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Thread: My 3 Color Mixing Printer
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10-22-2016, 12:22 PM #11
Thank you. I am or was actually hoping to make more than 3 colors. I am new to 3d printing but have some light experience with Arduino boards and am very experienced at fabrication and electrical/electronic systems in the automotive industry. When I saw the mixing extruder, I thought it could be setup to blend filaments and figured if I loaded in the 3 primary colors then with software controlling feedrates I should be able to make every color in the rainbow. That was the whole purpose behind the 3 gear reduction extruders was to give better control over low feedrates because if you want the same amount of filament out of 2 filaments then the extruders have to run at 1/2 speed. I am learning that control does not exist that I have found, or at least yet. But it is a great idea. I am not a programmer and my programming skills are weak at best. So I wont be writing my own software to make purple out of red and blue. I will find it or it wont happen for me.
Please explain to me how to...
05-13-2024, 03:08 PM in 3D Printer Parts, Filament & Materials