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[–] 1 point 33 minutes ago

I just want a new version of the Prusa Mini already.

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  • [–] 1 point 1 hour ago

    Ordered the Core One+ gen2 kit

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  • [–] 1 point 2 hours ago

    I was initially excited to hear the XL was finally getting some attention, but the price of this upgrade has me quite disappointed. It would cost me at minimum $500 to upgrade my 5 tool head XL, and that's not including the new high flow nozzles.

    I was an early XL adopter and pre-ordered based on my great experience with their MK3S printers. I love my XL when it works as intended, but it's been a long and rocky road to get it to a point of being pretty reliable. I've sunk countless hours of my time and loads of filament tinkering with and without Prusa support to troubleshoot issue after issue and even then still having to wait months or years for software updates to solve problems that it never should have shipped with.

    So now to find out that there's finally a real solution to make it the printer that was promised years ago, but it costs as much as many printers is yet another letdown in my XL journey.

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  • [–] 0 points 1 day ago (1 child)

    Wooo! Time to upgrade your expensive beta test!

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  • [–] 8 points 1 day ago (2 children)

    Isn't the INDX upgrade super delayed because Bondtech couldn't figure out the nozzle heat treating?

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  • [–] 7 points 19 hours ago (1 child)

    Not delayed AFAIK - just not with "hardened" steel nozzles. They currently have nozzles that are steel and hardened, but not hardened to the level of printing carbon fiber, glass fiber, glow in the dark and other filled materials. ~20HRC vs ~50HRC, where standard brass are ~5HRC.

    Personally I'm not doing multicolour and multimaterial with filled materials so not a big deal to me, but it'd be nice to have the option I suppose.

    I received my INDX dev kit a few days ago, and I'm currently working through the installation on a Voron 2.4. It's been a lot of fun so far, hopefully using it goes as well. Can't speak for the Prusa side of course but knowing them they have better documentation and support.

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  • [–] 1 point 16 hours ago (1 child)

    Apparently there are also QC issues with the heating coil.

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  • [–] -3 points 15 hours ago (2 children)

    And people wonder why I have avoided Prusa. Always the same hobbyist hacker mentality and selling beta versions that take years to finally work. Just call it COMMUNITY.

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  • [–] 6 points 1 day ago (2 children)

    I saw several videos about Prusa INDX recently and decided it would be my first printer. I hope the Prusa version does not get delayed for too long. It has already taken me years to decide where I wanted to start.

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  • [–] 6 points 19 hours ago

    As mentioned in another comment, I don't think it's delayed, unless you want an assembled one. They've sold the first batch of upgrade kits, shipping September, with more upgrade kits coming soon and full Core One+ with INDX coming later (as kits and assembled).

    If you're itching and want to learn more before getting into toolchangers, the Core One (and One+) announced today are a great place to start, and can be upgraded in the future as newer models release.

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  • [–] 2 points 15 hours ago (1 child)

    A reliable printer with three good tools would be the solution. The closest to that is still Snapmaker. I have no idea what Bambu was thinking with 1 1/2 heads, but until this industry figures out their shit, I'm not buying a multi tool head printer. I'm waiting on Creality because they promise to take TPU seriously, but they always underdeliver. Looks like number of toolheads is the new multi razor.

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  • [–] 2 points 14 hours ago (1 child)

    Depends on what you want out of your printer. 5 is the minimum for me for multicolor prints. I usually max out my MMU when I'm doing that, and the new color mixing can take advantage of even more.

    3 is probably all you need for structural stuff. One PLA, one PETG, one TPU and you can make tons of very unique, useful items. But 5 colors + support + TPU? That's an amazing amount of flexibility and design options.

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  • [–] 1 point 12 hours ago (2 children)

    What's MMU mean in this context again?

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  • [–] 2 points 9 hours ago (1 child)