This is very interesting.
Some very nice machine work there!
What do you do when your nozzle clogs?
@ThantiK cry.
The size of the machine is impressive looking at his other videos.
@ThantiK exactly my thought. I was wondering what the probability is that it would get clogged, but it seems he has some huge prints that come out just fine.
Imagine what happens when you start mixing materials such as T-glase, PLA, and 3 other materials…the possibilities!
He seemed to be switching colours manually. I would imagine that you actually need some sophisticated temperature control when doing this.
I could imagine it would be useful to have the slicer maintain temperature profiles linked to layer changes instead of simple tool changes and sporadic temperature switching.
Looks rather like this: http://paulwanamaker.wordpress.com/six-color-color-mixing-hot-end-for-reprap/
The nozzle and “heat-breaks” are probably removable too, so clogs are probably not the end of the world.
I’m playing quite a bit with this X-in-1-out thing, and what I am most interestested in is how he stops molten plastic flowing back up the wrong channels.
@Shai_Schechter - what about the different processing tempreatures? He would need to get rid of those extruder-selector-switches and use a good-sized prime tower to allow the tempreature to change and purge any degraded material…
Cant wait to show you guys The Cyclops! @Sanjay_Mortimer1
Very nice!
CMYKW. Finally.
@Paolo_Amboni with the high viscosity of the plastic I wonder if it would actually mix. I guess the small nozzle could help the mixing process
Mixing colors would require a modified slicer/host since it has to push the filament at half the speed.