Prusa CORE Two
Obviously it’s going to have two nozzles - nominative determinism! 🤣
But will there be an upgrade path from a CORE One, or even a MK4?
RE: Prusa CORE Two
What?
Where does the information about a core two come from?
RE: Prusa CORE Two
There is no information that I’m aware of. I just thought I’d start a light-hearted speculation thread. Sorry for getting your hopes up!
So what else will it have?
RE: Prusa CORE Two
Awesome!
It will also come with PMS. Prusa Material System. 😃
RE: Prusa CORE Two
Well, it is pretty clear that Core One is first of a new product line. They actually said that, when introducing it. But most likely it will take some time before the next product is released.
What about the name? If excluding 'mid-generation' upgrades A.K.A. Core One S, naming the next one Core Two (pun intended) would make totally sense. However, naming it Core One Mk 2 would be a very 'prusa' thing to do. How long it took to drop 'i3' from name of their flagship product? A decade?
I'm pretty sure, that whatever comes next on the lineup, has an upgrade path from Core One. I doubt them offering upgrade from Mk 4 directly, as upgrade from it to C1 is allready quite big change. At that point it could be, that more parts are replaced than re-used, which would kind of make it pointless.
RE: Prusa CORE Two
Maybe they'll license INDX from bondtech and put that into the CORE Two? (One can only dream...)
See my (limited) designs on:
Printables - https://www.printables.com/@Sembazuru
Thingiverse - https://www.thingiverse.com/Sembazuru/designs
RE: Prusa CORE Two
Maybe they'll license INDX from bondtech and put that into the CORE Two? (One can only dream...)
I had to Google that, but wow, that looks like it would be a great addition to the CORE One. Even if it didn't make it into the official CORE Two specs, no doubt some clever people could have a go at adapting the CORE One to use it, maybe even with Bondtech's help?
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I feel like multi-filament tool-changing solutions are a clumsy step toward more sophisticated extruders.
Multi-filament makes sense in projects that require multiple types of filament - hybrids, dissolvable supports, etc. But my sense is that most multi-filament models use the same material in different colors, and using different spools of filament for different colors feels... primitive. It reminds me of a very early-stage printer I had back in the 1980's that not only drew individual symbols with a tiny pen, but featured five different pens for different colors. Obviously, that's not how paper printers work today.
A 3D printer that melts and deposits plastic could also feature an ink injection system that precisely dispenses one or more dyes into the extruder right at the point (temporal and physical) of deposition, so you'd get an entire rainbow of color with only one neutral-colored filament. Might even include effects like a silk additive to adjust luster. And if that sounds like an excessive amount of dye, note that only the visible surfaces would need to be dyed; the infill could be undyed.
Of course, this would require an entirely different design with fluid dye conduits and such. But compared with the drawbacks of multi-filament systems - huge space inefficiency, lost time and interrupted prints during tool changes, poop towers - dye-injection tech is certainly worth exploring.
RE: Prusa CORE Two
The printer you describe already exist:
https://mimaki.com/special/3d_print/color.html