hey guys. i was woundering if anyone knows (or diy it) if there are any upgrades to have mulit material extrusion options for printrbot simple metal. its not so much for different color , as to have a different material for supports. any ideas. I really wish printrbot would make an official thing for this like they added a heated bed option. its something most 3d printer enthusiasts would love, and would probably bring in lots of money.
You could use a dual extruder setup and have support material in the secondary extruder. There’s no official dual extruder upgrade for the Simple, but many DIY projects to do it.
PB offered dual extruders on the Plus at one time, but in the end found it just isn’t ready for mass market. The technology needs to improve before it’s really practical.
@Tom_Nardi ya I’ve been searching around but I haven’t found a really step by step guide, I’m probably looking for the impossible. and seeing as I don’t have enough money to waste it I want to make sure I can do it b4 I actually try , if you know what I mean. lol took me for ever to make the decision to change to the e3d v6. I saw a post a while back about a Bowden setup that only needed one extruder. would something like that work in your opinion?
There aren’t many step by step guides because it’s all in flux, programs improve, available machines change, firmware evolves. A few people figure it out or not, but may or may not even post about it, much less spend the time to document it.
@Jeff_DeMaagd ya i see what u mean. im going to keep looking. hopefully ill find somthing.