The World's First IPEX 3D Frankenprinter!
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 27 พ.ย. 2022
- We take an IDEX printer and convert it into a new IPEX design (Independent Paired Extruders) by doubling the extruder count! That enables 4-material prints, or mirrored two-material prints.
The donor machine is a JGMaker Artist-D
3D Parts Designs: www.printables.com/model/3275...
Custom Marlin Firmware: github.com/mighty-bean/Marlin...
Other parts include:
The Chimera Hotend from E3D
e3d-online.com/products/chimera
The Octopus Control board from BigTreeTech
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Extruders:
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Low-profile steppers motors:
amzn.to/46KVsnY
Parts printed in Polymaker ASA filament
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Music: www.bensound.com - วิทยาศาสตร์และเทคโนโลยี
Dude, you brake my brain. I'm stragaling to calibrate 1 extruder, 4!?
That's a crazy project
Very cool! Love how you can use the same machine for different print configurations (two colors and a support material, 4 colors, 2 types of materials etc).
Is this the Apex of IPEX? Tee hee hee.
Well done.
Awesome Mighty, you should be very proud😄
Thanks! Hopefully the next update video for this printer will be posted soon.
This is something I would have never thought about!
A couple of suggestions for your video, which may make it better:
- better mic if you can, if not that's fine but your voice seems muffled
- reduce to a minimum the extra sound effects, it's nice the first minute but gets old quickly, the visual effects are less of a problem
- the noctua hotend cooling fan may not be the best option, it's quiet but that's all. Go for a fan which pushes a decent amount of air through the heatsink fins if you experience cooling issues
I hope this helps your channel grow!
Thanks for the feedback!
Your a wizard Harry!
Such a cool build. I want/need to rebuild my jg maker. This is inspiring enough to make me start! Deffinetly going to make my own version of the brush cleaner/nozzle cap! Looking forward to more of your content!
Great build. Looking forward to more content involving this printer!
better wiring than I could do 👍👍👍
thanks!
yes! I've been thinking about this for years
Loved the sound design, I thought it was very funny
Glad you enjoyed it!
This alone -- warrants a subscribe from me!
I`ve had an idea for quite some time now and you seem to be the kind of person who would be mad enough to build it, at least i think after watching this.
Imagine a corexy motion system where the gantry moves on the z axis also and the bed stays still... Easy right? But slap that montruosity in it, 4 extruders.
And one more thing, make the bed stay in place in the middle of the printer and make another motion system on the bottom, printing upside-down.
That would be 8 extruders on a single printer, and we`re not even considering an individual Carrot feeder for each one....
But why
Great to see this up and running!!
How the hell do you have fewer than 300 subscribers? This is amazing!
I'm just happy there are folks out there who like the videos!
Nice Work Mighty!
Super awesome!!!!
That's awesome!
Thats a crazy printer! and I love it, + 1 Subscriber
Just got into idex, this seems wild.
To lighten the weight I suggest using fish net style wire loom. Let's see a build with it
Great idea!
This is brilliant
Thanks! working on the next update video.
Awesome job Greg! I just bought the Pro Version - Got it cheap myself! I may just try this too... I'm also considering a y-axis upgrade - not sure if you've had issues with bed wobble and how JGMaker suggests one fix it... Doesn't exactly instill confidence in the long term durability of the stock y-axis. I'm thinking dual linear rails instead of the extrusion with wheels... Anyway, I will also tackle your lead screw video as well. Thanks for sharing!!
I wasn't aware of y-axis wobble issues, but I'm going to watch out for it now. Thanks!
Greg, have you attempted ABL with this printer? Their new version includes ABL but I was told they're using a different board. They said the stock board isn't compatible with ABL. I did some research on the stock board and it does have 3d Touch connections, thinking it may be a Marlin / dual extruder issue... I'm considering Klipper via a PC to run it instead. What are your thoughts?@@mightystudiosvids
For the 4-nozzle design, I had to switch to a new board from BigTreeTech (the Octopus v1.1) it supports ABL connections but I have not tried to use them yet. The original board on my Artist-D was an MKS Robin Pro v1.0 which has support for a BLTouch sensor. In theory, it should be possible to enable it's use in Marlin or Klipper with the correct settings.@@jamespatrickbales
Hey Greg! I received all of my parts for the IPEX conversion - I've been watching for more videos on your channel! Hoping to get an update with print examples... The one worry I have (other than all the re-wiring) is whether or not you get much leakage during prints from the adjacent nozzle. Are you getting clean prints? Would you do it again or do you have regrets?@@mightystudiosvids
If your standby temperature is too high, then the adjacent nozzle will leak onto the print. This can also happen if the adjacent nozzle is told to preheat up to print temperature too early while still moving over the bed. I've been tweaking Marlin source code to help combat this, but some slicers might let you adjust this as well. I don't have regrets because this is a very fun project to tinker on for me. If Bambu were to lower prices significantly, I think that would be a good alternative to building your own multicolor printer. @@jamespatrickbales
Awesome video! Subbed
Awesome thank you!
love it
thats awesome
Very nice i like how your mind works 😁
Thank you! 😊
Very cool design!! But the chimera is a very bad hotend, or any other with 2 nozzles always at the same weight, it will always cause issues. I think it would be better to use one 2 in 1 out hotends, but a good one like Phaetus and others!
Thanks for the feedback! I wanted to stick with 2 in 2 out designs for this first revision since it will hopefully minimize the amount of filament purging needed. I think I may experiment with at least one 2 in 1 out extruder in the future to see what that can do.
@@mightystudiosvids can wait to see your results!
Sweet way to redo an IDEX. IMO the dual nozzle isn't ideal because of oozing, potential nozzle bumping, and an extra hotend to heat. I wonder if the dual pivoting head would have been better. Or the single nozzle dual bowden type hotends. Seriously cool work
oozing was an early issue. In the IPEX version of Marlin, I added changes to ensure unused extruders do not preheat over the build. That's mostly solved the problem. A pivioting heat would have been better than having to level all four nozzles the way this design requires. Perhaps the next revision.
nozzle brushes could be mounted a bit higher its bending on your wire wraps great job with the design surprised this was done in tinker cad ive been considering printing a whole x carraige for my ender 5 this mightve convinced me
the brushes were kinda rushed. I think that's going to be one of the first things I redo. Thanks for the feedback!
So how is it to print some bigger multi color/material prints with this setup? Would love to see it in action
Interesting idea - I was thinking about doing something similar. I have a JGMaker ArtistD and also a Weedo X40 which is also an IDEX printer. I was think about achieving a similar result to yours by removing the gantry from the Weedo and grating it onto the JGMaker behind its gantry - that way I would have 4 totally independent print heads too
.I would need one more motor driver than yours - but hopefully the board your are using would work for me too.
Or alternatively I was wondering whether it might be possible to drive the Weedo Gantry with a separate board, and then maybe merge the two into one overall system using something like Clipper.
May disadvantage I can think of with my approach is that the rear Gantry wouldn't be able to access the whole of the Y volume.
The Octopus board I'm using is maxed out on motors, so you'd need to find a different board if you need more. Your idea is very interesting. Keep at it!
Really cool! If I may ask, why don't you run klipper firmware?
Just because I wanted to customize the firmware and I found it easier to do that in Marlin. I think Klipper could work fine, too.
This is a sick idea! I can’t believe the result is lighter than the original printer. I’m curious about the cost of the printer in total and if you plan to run klipper on it? Also I’d recommend learning FreeCAD or Onshape because it’s a lot easier to design complex parts on those as compared to tinkerCAD
links to the major parts are in the description. That'll help forecast the cost. There are cheaper knock-offs of the E3D hot end if needed. I'm not planning to add klipper since the Marlin stuff is already working for me well enough.
Actually not the first in history, though it's been ages since I've seen one. I've also been thinking of making something similar for a while, though I've got a while left to wait before I can afford to try lol
If you really want to go OTT... E3D had a four-per-carriage system a few years ago....
Good to know. I figured as much, but I didn't find any examples on an IPEX configuration. Hopefully someone will post one. It'd be nice to compare notes with a similar build.
Subscribed great video and awesome idea. As for thinkercad I'd recommend you use 123D Design it's oldware now but you can still find it online. It's thinkercad with more tools. I've used it for over 6 years now and it still gets the job done.
Thanks! I'll check that out. I like using Tinkercad because it's easy to share my models in a way that folks can easily break down and edit if they want.
I was thinking int making one gigantic gantry to carry 4 independent extruders, I think the problem of this one is to properly level each nozzle
on the IPEX, the right carriage has a height adjustment screw similar to what JGMaker did on the original. Leveling could still be easier, though. It took me a while to dial it in.
The non printing nozzle will leak and ruin the print if there's nothing physically preventing it from oozing & the metal brushes don't work. I guess this is why you haven't posted any 4 color prints
Brilliant.brilliant.brilliant. This channel needs to look into Promo SM!