Multicolor 3D printing with single extruder, manually

This is my second video where I am talking about multicolor 3D printing with single extruder and manual filament changes (multicolor can be even in a same layer). In previous one I explained mostly two color printing: how to prepare the object in Fusion360, settings in Prusa Slicer, 3D printing..
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In this episode, I am talking more about the advantage of this method. It can be very useful to 3D print two different materials too, not only plastic with different colors. In second part of the video I am 3D printing a heart box where I will put a valentine gift for my wife. She liked the box better than the gift in it.. I had to buy some flowers next day.

[@marksierra3522]

I think this video in combination with CHEP's video is game changer for those of us balling on a budget. I ain't got $500 to spend on some fancy automation.

[@JerryBallard-we1fd]

Great technique. This one will go into the helpful toolbox. I tried the M117 to add a comment on Ender 3v2, but it didn’t on very long. So I used a M00. It pauses the machine and leaves the bed and hot end on. This gives me time to stage the filament before staring the M600. Instead of ( M117 Red ) I used (M00 Red ). And it works great.

[@burgosfx1391]

Although I had to swap out the filament 6 times and baby sit the printer, your method works!!! Thanks for sharing and I will wait for the time where I really need this ability but the results are great and looks amazing

[@dinosoarskill17]

Haha, I think only us guys think 3D Printing and the results are cool.
Very nice work

[@DevilZcall]

Excellent video, exactly what i was looking for

[@Milks808]

really enjoyed playing around with this technique, very useful video. It might also come in useful for printing PVA support interface layers for prints than have large supported areas

[@R3mProductions]

Extremely interesting video.thanks for sharing !!

[@sebwer7]

Very nice work !!! I used this technic on my Ender 3 pro and it works perfect!!! The biggest adventage is basically no limit for the layers what allows to thicken the layers for very contast collors and they are not interfering togather. Thanks

[@jeucedahn]

Very nice video! Thanks for sharing

[@nikdonic]

nice, I was looking exactly for video like this

[@robertomesnik7908]

Agree with others, VERY NICE VIDEO!!!! As a comment, on my printer, using Marlin 1.8 , the pause command that works is M0. But you have to add some extra codes to move the tool away from the part. Thank you for sharing this!

[@BLAZEPSI]

Thank You!

[@lubeda04]

Very nice, i am looking forward to my weddingday....

[@haront.marinho898]

Thank you

[@brule_zg4839]

Thank you bro ❤

[@ArunSen]

Hey there thanks for this video. I'm trying this out with Cura but it switches between the "extruders" within each layer, not doing several layers on one model then switching to the other extruder to finish that model.
Seems to be leading to many more "tool changes"

[@caddyguy5369]

I want to try printing a 2d skin to laminate around another print.

[@kbruin79]

At least it was a nice ending lol..Thanks for sharing. That was awesome.

[@alienw99]

Great video!
I'm having issue where my primary color is being changed after "intro line"; and it's the color that should be printing first? Should I edit gCode or I am missing something?

[@Megavoltamper]

Köszönöm, nagyon sokat tanultam ebből a videóból, teljesen megváltoztatta a nyomataim feliratait!
Nekem az vált be, hogy nem bántom a retraction alapbeállítást és kikapcsolom a wipe tower-t. Igaz így néhány másodpercig még nem tökéletes a flow, de a kész nyomaton ez alig, vagy egyáltalán nem látszik. Kísérleteztem azzal is, hogy egy demo line-t nyomtatok filament csere után, de azt nem az asztal szélére nyomja már, mint a nyomtatás elején, hanem oda, ahol befejezte a nyomtatást. Ami még picit bosszantó, hogy a demo line után, a nyomtatás kezdete előtt is csinál a Prusa Slicer valamiért egy tool change-t, ami plusz 1-2 perc időveszteség.

[@MyTechFun]

Igen, arra már rászoktam, hogy az első M600-at törlöm a gcode-bol. És úgy látom, ezen sokat dolgoznak. Másképp viselkedik most 2.3 PrusaSlicer mint korábban. Állandóan kísérletezni kell vele.

[@jaynottelling5892]

Impressive approach.imoressive results!
I have an ender3, an with filament changes I get a bad layer adhesion and a thin wall using a pause, any tips? The best I have found is to cut and load without pausing, but with a Boden tube, timing the change is really hot n miss.

[@MyTechFun]

I don't have experiance with Ender3. Have you tested M600 command? Or you pause manually the printer? If M600, it is important to add it to proper position, try to insert it using some online tool or directly from slicer. If only the adhesion is the problem, raise the temp by 5-10°C or add a little extra flowing to extrudation.

[@karlburmeister1552]

Did you just say you had a wife before you bought the 3d printers? 7:40. I don't know whether to laugh or cry.

[@Joh750]

I have a ELEgoo neptune 3 pro printer. I use Cura. The printer has 2 options when printing. 1 is pause and other is abort. The slicer creates STL files. I think I can use GCODE files. How do I modify the gcode for message to change filament??

[@MyTechFun]

Try to insert M600 command to some layer. You can do it after slicing.

[@alexcostafotografia]

ok kind of late for the video but still... I tested... works amazing but... I'm doing a text inlay in a black piece. The text sometimes is small so I need to print the text before it starts to print the piece so I'm 100% sure the text will show p ok. How do can I control that in prusa slicer

[@alexcostafotografia]

never mind just figured it.... need to import the piece first and set it to extruser one... well great video great techniique thx for sharing dude

[@ifyouthenme]

Hi, i have one a question. How did you export all letters in one stl from fusio?. Because each letter in fusion is a new body.

[@MyTechFun]

Yes. But you can export the whole project, not one by one every body.

[@friday3d383]

did you figure out why it didnt show the text after m117?

[@MyTechFun]

Not yet, but I didn't try it since that. Maybe after new firmware it works(?) I just added a beep sounds. That works.

[@mekanikateknik8723]

Hi please help, when i add m600 the printer get stop at the certain layer that i set. But it didnot unload the filament. Im using anet a8 plus. Thank you sit

[@MyTechFun]

I don't have experience with A8, search on Google if it support M600. And maybe Firmware needs upgrade

[@mekanikateknik8723]

Hi thank you for replying me, the problem solved already. Just cut the first filament and insrt the 2nd. Since it cant automatically unload filament

[@gyorgykopcsa8906]

Szia
Ezt nem lehetne magyarul is a másik csatornán? Vagy ha van esetleg tudnád linkelni? Sajnos nem találom .

[@MyTechFun]

Magyarul nincs meg nekem, de Walter Reéb csinált hasonló videót magyarul. Az a bajom, hogy most már nem tudom eldönteni, hogy melyik nyomtatóra csináljam. Túl sok van a piacon ami népszerű (és sajnos nem egyforma)

[@gyorgykopcsa8906]

@@MyTechFun igen. Elég nehéz lehet kiszolgálni az igényeket mert megnövekedett a népszerű gépek száma. Viszont köszönöm szépen a válaszodat! Üdv Pécs!

[@Norweskie_widoki]

Więcej oglądających miałbyś jakbys to robił w ojczystym języku 🙂

[@khartwell6910]

Why are you in the bathroom

[@BurgerSoda]

It might have good audio quality there

[@Mieciu81]

Po Polsku się nie da?

[@MyTechFun]

Ne, Serbian

[@Festivejelly]

Its interesting but anything more than 2 changes is a pain in the ass.

[@MyTechFun]

Depend of the project ;-) I really had fun 3D printing a Hilbert cube (12x) but didn't like the dice (10x) in prevous vid. th-cam.com/video/oFwVSJYbrDE/w-d-xo.html

[@johnpeters4214]

My goodness some people have problems expressing ideas in a succinct way.