Very nicely done. I'm contemplating going down this road for mirror printing but also for dual extruding where I can park the unused nozzle over an ooze guard for fast printing. This will mostly be for soluble of easily removable supports.
Thank you! Mirror and duplication modes are nice, but IMO the real advantage of a separate carriage is indeed parking the tool off to the side. You loose the flexibility of doubling output (when compared to IDEX+mirror/duplication), but another great alternative would be a Jubilee (or e3d) toolchanger - 2+ tools, where you have dedicated tool docks for unused tools. Print head has the capability of grabbing tools on demand.
Thanks for the comment! It is not a CoreXY - just a cartesian IDEX(although the bed of course moves in the Z direction, rather than the Y direction). The Y axis is driven by a NEMA23 stepper, and the X and U axes are driven by NEMA17 steppers. I've got some details of the printer linked in the video description if you're interested in learning more.
Of sorts, yeah! Check out the video description, just added a link to the Duet forums where I also posted the printer. In there is a Google Drive link - I guess technically it falls under CC BY-SA. So far only I have built (and designed) this printer, but you're free to check out my parts document and CAD files and use them how you see fit.
cool dude
Very nicely done. I'm contemplating going down this road for mirror printing but also for dual extruding where I can park the unused nozzle over an ooze guard for fast printing. This will mostly be for soluble of easily removable supports.
Thank you! Mirror and duplication modes are nice, but IMO the real advantage of a separate carriage is indeed parking the tool off to the side. You loose the flexibility of doubling output (when compared to IDEX+mirror/duplication), but another great alternative would be a Jubilee (or e3d) toolchanger - 2+ tools, where you have dedicated tool docks for unused tools. Print head has the capability of grabbing tools on demand.
Nice Printer! Is this a Core XY machine running idex? Never seen one like this before. What kind of printer is it?
Thanks for the comment! It is not a CoreXY - just a cartesian IDEX(although the bed of course moves in the Z direction, rather than the Y direction). The Y axis is driven by a NEMA23 stepper, and the X and U axes are driven by NEMA17 steppers. I've got some details of the printer linked in the video description if you're interested in learning more.
Is it open source project?
Of sorts, yeah! Check out the video description, just added a link to the Duet forums where I also posted the printer. In there is a Google Drive link - I guess technically it falls under CC BY-SA. So far only I have built (and designed) this printer, but you're free to check out my parts document and CAD files and use them how you see fit.
@@jaredwebbermay the force be with you!