Playing with Cyclops - doing some interesting test prints involving mixed functional materials and

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Playing with Cyclops - doing some interesting test prints involving mixed functional materials and a crappy facsimile of colour mixing. Not the prettiest of prints, but some of the most interesting.

I think @Daniel_Noree will enjoy this, and also @Richard_Horne who has some really cool mixing experience. Also tagging in @Joshua_Rowley and @Steve_Wood_Gyrobot who has just received his Cyclops!

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1706…mmmm handpad…

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Super cool (or hot), is this bowden or direct drive setup?

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That’s bowden, but perhaps soon to be direct drive with your new micro extruder, which looks awesome!

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Those are really cool man. What speeds did you print the semi-flex at? Also what was the wipe and prime tower volume you used on either?

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@Mike_Kelly_Mike_Make I honestly cannot remember the speeds and purge volumes, but generally around 40mm^3 of purge, and speeds of around 30mm/s.

The material was our Flex PolyEster - which is Shore 65D http://e3d-online.com/Filament/By-Property/Flexible/Flex-PolyEster-Shore-45D-Black-1.75mm-500g

It’s just about stiff enough to print through a bowden tube if you’re careful.

I’m really keen to get a direct extruder (using @Steve_Wood_Gyrobot 's design) on top of the thing, scrap the bowden tubes and print some much softer ninjaflex in conjuction with more rigid materials.

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I’ve got this design in the works: http://i.imgur.com/a06SrHr.png

Printed the parts last night to hold it. Just need to find time to finish installing it. Dual direct drive would be nice but I figure it would be uncommon to need to print with 2 flexible materials at the same time.

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@Mike_Kelly_Mike_Make That CAD is absurdly sexy. I agree on the single direct drive front, two flexibles is unlikely. I just like the concept of ditching both bowden tubes entirely though.

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I agree with that. Especially with the speed limit the cyclops induces bowden is a bit pointless. If I could fit my two bondtech’s on there I would… Just not sure how it could be assembled

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@Sanjay_Mortimer1 ​​ - remember we didn’t actually even use a prime tower on that dodecachain! (just inside out perimiters if I remember correctly?)

Please @Simplify3D ​​ give us prime towers…

1706 is the code to get into the secret E3D drinks cabinet :wink:

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