Anyone else see this? It’s a diamond hotend with 5 inputs. First I’m hearing of it. New product?
So full rgb spectrum plus black and white
I like this configuration more
Looks like New York Maker Faire. I have that blue fish 
Yeah I’m waiting for Prusa to release files for that switcher. I’d like a 4 or 5 Input Splitter like that.
another company attempting full blended color?
Prusa’s is 1 of 4, no color mixing.
@raykholo ok
It’s been around for quite some years now. If I recall correctly there’s no actual diamond, it’s just the shape of the tip.
@ThantiK I’m familiar with the actual diamond brass piece that had 3 inputs, are you saying this 5 input variant has been around for a while too?
I didn’t realize the original wasn’t a 5-input. The thing is, http://reprap.me doesn’t have a good reputation with the community (if I recall correctly); and there’s been enough time since the 3 input version that it’s been cloned all over.
http://reprap.org/mediawiki/index.php?title=Diamond_Hotend&action=history
I think I saw it at the back center left of MRRF.
Honestly, if the filament all goes out one heated hotend, I am not sure if seperate heat sinks are necessary or just an overcomplication. A water/oil cooled heat break might make more sense and it would be much more compact. I am not against having all of the inputs. Hopefully backflow is handled, hopefully all the filaments want the same temperature, hopefully the power supply can handle the juice and hopefully there is a thermal safeguard but else than that it should be fine.
@NathanielStenzel The person you are talking about custom made his. I actually talked with him for a while. He machined it himself, and it was actually watercooled. Similar concept though.
Yep, there were 2. 1 mixer with a active spinning motor and another 5 input that I’m not too sure about.
Possibly a response to the cmyk printing patent by Microsoft. There maybe some additional software from the giant on the horizon.
Now if only smoothieware supported mixing extruders.
Hi Ray, do you have a board to use with this hotend ?-)
These “mixing” hotends do allow you to extrude two different colors at the same time, but they will not truly mix them and instead extrude a toothpaste-colored track. Objects will have a very noticeable color shift from one side to the other.
@E3D_Support 's Cyclops is explicitly not marketed as a mixing hotend due to this effect.
One other thing to keep in mind with the 5x Diamond is that you need to keep all five inputs filled for any print, even if you only use one. The idle filaments plug the orifices, but it also means they are slowly cooked while idling.
Yep, I’m much more inclined to do a Prusa Quad Material Y Splitter once he releases the source files for that.