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I'm also interested. I'm not sure whether I'll upgrade or not yet. Everything I've read about the MMU2S has been fairly negative (although it's supposed to get a lot better if you replace the PTFE tubes with wider ID ones), so I'd be interested in hearing how you find it.
I think the thing that would interest me more would be printing in multiple materials (support material + PETG). If you try that at all I'd be really interested. I can see some benefit in having multiple colours for writing on the top (or bottom of things), but that usually only needs one (or maybe two) colour changes, so fairly easy to do without the MMU2S.
I think the thing that would interest me more would be printing in multiple materials (support material + PETG). If you try that at all I'd be really interested. I can see some benefit in having multiple colours for writing on the top (or bottom of things), but that usually only needs one (or maybe two) colour changes, so fairly easy to do without the MMU2S.
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Even multi materials for functionality + support.
Carbon fiber nylon + TPU+ compatible support is a challenge (if support can't be designed out)
OBC PE is another difficult one that don't marry others well
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Genuine question. What's the purpose of the cameras on the printer?
So I can check in on the print every now and again when I've left a print going and gone out somewhere. If it looks like it has all gone wrong I can stop it remotely.
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I've also ordered a cheap endoscope that I'll add and set up pointing directly at the nozzle, that should give a better view of what's going on and I may even set up a local copy of The Spaghetti Detective (coz I'm too cheap to pay for the service).Genuine question. What's the purpose of the cameras on the printer?
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Thanks for clarifications, if I understood them - all this tech is a bit beyond me .
I'm glad I've not succumbed to the siren calls of 3D printing, I've barely enough time to get done what I need to now
. But I do admire folk who can get it all to work properly.
.I'm glad I've not succumbed to the siren calls of 3D printing, I've barely enough time to get done what I need to now
. But I do admire folk who can get it all to work properly.
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Thanks for clarifications, if I understood them - all this tech is a bit beyond me
I'm glad I've not succumbed to the siren calls of 3D printing, I've barely enough time to get done what I need to now
The remote monitoring stuff seems very good if there's a chance you're going to be away while a print is running. This is what the webpage on my printer looks like right now (currently printing a batch of slightly modified versions of the paint pyramids that @AndersK posted about way back on page 2):
The webcam video gives an idea of how the print is going (an endoscope camera on the nozzle will probably be better though) and the icon at the top that looks like a red hand is the emergency stop button. The web interface also allows you to record timelapse videos if you're really, really bored.
The Spaghetti Detective is supposed to be an A.I. system that looks at the images from the webcam and automatically notifies you if it looks like it's all gone wrong. I suspect it will work better with a "nozzle camera", so I haven't bothered to set it up yet.
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I can't remember where I read it but some lad kept getting an alarm and the printer would send him a blurred picture of a mass of filament gone haywire.
Turns out the camera was taking a picture of someone's straggly beard as they lent over to look at how the print was going.
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Emperor's new clothes mate.That new invisible filament is impressive.
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Apologies if I have shown this before, and it's 4 years ago so not today 
A colleague had been struggling with a print a wile. When 7 came in one early morning there sat a perfect print run overnight.
I added a birds nest salvaged from the bin from one of his failures. No need to say his expression was priceless when he came. Not to mention the wording...
A colleague had been struggling with a print a wile. When 7 came in one early morning there sat a perfect print run overnight.
I added a birds nest salvaged from the bin from one of his failures. No need to say his expression was priceless when he came. Not to mention the wording...
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Yet.
Definitely not, I've not got the space to set one up, the patience to wait hours for the finished article to emerge (or not, as the case may be), nor the CAD knowledge to design what I want to make.
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Space, you'll solve that.
Lack of patience, will evolve into excitement
Cad, there are plenty people here, including me, that wouldn't mind helping you out. Only problem is that everyone seems to hold their very own package as favourite.
Every failed print is a lesson, one wouldn't learn much in life if everything was learned from success
Everything has a first time for everyone
Lack of patience, will evolve into excitement
Cad, there are plenty people here, including me, that wouldn't mind helping you out. Only problem is that everyone seems to hold their very own package as favourite.
Every failed print is a lesson, one wouldn't learn much in life if everything was learned from success
Everything has a first time for everyone
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Definitely not, I've not got the space to set one up, the patience to wait hours for the finished article to emerge (or not, as the case may be), nor the CAD knowledge to design what I want to make.
It's therapeutic and somewhat mesmerising, watching things appear as if by magic.
Like looking into a fire. In fact if it all goes seriously t!ts up it can be exactly like looking into a fire...
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I saw the negative stuff too but some of it at least reminded me of the bad reviews you get on trip advisor - giving a hotel 1 star because it rained, or the beach sand was too coarse. Happy customers just get on with their lives.
It’s early days but I nursed it through the first 2 colour print tweaking and aligning things and once that was done it’s like the prusa - just works. I’ve only tried PLA so far BUT it is (apart from treating myself to some prusa galaxy black) the very cheapest ebay filament i can find so it’s not like it needs super precise high quality stuff. In my experience it’s the fancy stuff that gives you bother
If it did nothing else, when you print a single colour it lets you pick which filament to use when starting. Luxury.
problem now is I only have 4 colours. Soon to be rectified when ebays best £10 a roll filaments arrive.
The galaxy black though *chefs kiss*
