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I have one of those FlashForge Creator X Clones. Dual extruders.
I was wondering.......
Can I use one extruder 0 to print items in one color......and the other to print the exact same items with a different color?
I've been printing all my items in black with the right extruder.
So if I load up white PLA on the other side can I simply change the extruder from right to left and print with the other extruder?
If so, this would be a very good reason I would be glad I bought a dual extruder.
After trying a couple of dual extruder prints, the novelty wore off for me. I'm glad I bought a dual extruder because I have a whole spare extruder there just waiting in case the other one fails on me. The 2nd extruder's nozzle got used long ago (as have 3 replacement nozzles!). (Note that there is no way in this world I'd pay FF's price for replacement nozzles!)
Well,
I'm not exactly wanting to do "DUAL" extruder prints at this time.....
Just EITHER the left OR the right.....with black filament on the Right and White filament on the left.
So I was thinking I could print any given item in EITHER black OR white depending on which nozzle I tell the build to use.
I have a feeling this is VERY easy to do and works well......I just need confirmation :cool:
OH. Too simple... just pick which extruder in your slicer!
That's all I needed to hear :)
THAT alone makes me 100% glad I bough a dual extruder!
FWIW, I name my prints in the slicer with plastic type and extruder. Example, "FPVBaseLPETG" <-- Object is FPVBase, Left Extruder, PETG. You have to keep it short because you only get so many characters in a name...
I knew there was something about you I liked....it was in your avatar all the while :cool:
Oh, you like 3d printed suff like this? ;)
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Coolbeans!
Were the props 3D printed ?
No way. 3d printers are good for a lot of things. Props are not among them. :p
Yes you can do that, but you need to save out different g-code so the printer knows which nozzle to use. I use simplify 3d and have profiles for each nozzle, and just save "left" and "right" versions of the file.Quote:
Originally Posted by Ward
Dual printing works by telling your slicer that you're using a single extruder printer and then setting the printer to "dual" in the LCD menu. You just have to make sure that your objects aren't wider than the distance between the nozzles, which is limiting. Still it's awesome to print 2 small or thin objects as quickly as you can print 1.
You can create the gcode for whatever hot end you want. Changing the printer head afterwards is just about changing the head indicator in a couple commands.
G104 T0 to G104 T1 and so on ... do a mass replace and good to go.
djprinter - I created a LEFT EXTRUDER profile by changing all the necessary parameters in the process to LEFT T1 extruder......BUT......
After looking at the GCode, it seems easier to just change all the T0 settings in the file (There are only a few) to T1 as LambdaFF suggested.
I think there was one or two T1 references in the right extruder file but they were just to default the non used extruder to cool temp.
What you want to do is very straightforward. True dual prints require a fair bit of skill to master and even then it's not easy. Work with dissovlable support is, in my opinion, still the best reason to have a dual extruder.