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    Technologist Kingoddball's Avatar
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    Going to take a look at them soon! (Work has vid's blocked!)
    I'm also looking for add-on/ideas to add to an i3, too.
    I've ordered parts for my bed leveler and will print required parts today!

    So far I have:
    LEDs on the bed
    Auto Bed-Leveling
    Bowden (never tried this)
    Dual Extruder (maybe, not a fan)
    LCD (built into the frame)
    Network the printer (R-Pi or BBBlack)

    Any more?

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    Don't stop with a dual extruder, use THREE. Now you can print in RGB (well actually CMY or RYB I think) and mix the colors to get ANY combination (like mixing paint!).

  3. #13
    Ok Here is what I would want to see:

    - Auto levelling,
    - neon lights and glow in the dark paint - just for fun
    - multi extruding,
    - wifi/blue tooth adaptation (to send from smart device to print)
    - self containing box/cover to help reduce external factors
    - "non stick" surface, I am going through tape like crazy (not installed heat bed yet)
    - recycling hopper on the top so you can re-use old prints and plastic
    and then I suppost a function that prints money so I can be rich.... not asking a lot I know...

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    Two heads with dual boden extruders to reduce weight on the Z and X. It can be a fairly compact and light x carriage.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Pomie1 View Post
    Ok Here is what I would want to see:

    - "non stick" surface, I am going through tape like crazy (not installed heat bed yet)...
    I print on glass with Hairspray. No tape.

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    Use lead screws instead of belts.

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    For a surface, I'm using perforated board and a 'raft'.. No lift or failed prints. (well, very low percentage).
    Started to make ABS Juice the other week, will try that soon.

    I did try the bluetooth on a sanguino but moved away from the sanguino. Looking at a build chamber next, maybe a small barrel type with a perspex window

    Had a dual extruder, but the motors I used went really (extremely) hot really quick and made my bracket melt on one side.. :S Moved back to single.

    Bowden is nice. Great looking piece.
    No neons yet - I found an LED piece which you solder onto the heat bed to illuminate the print area.

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    I recently saw a concept using 4 extruders.

    Or a two color setup using a single extruder... you wantrd crazy ideas.... right?

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    3 Head Extruder but it prints one dot at a time instead of lines. i.e Extrude enough for a pixel sized dot, then the next extruder and the next dot,and the next and have then intersect like you do with newspaper print. now that would be interesting.

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    Dude! That's crazy!! (pixel print)

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