Toolheads available - General discussion, announcements and releases

RE: Toolheads available

mUltic0re — Tue, 06 Feb 2024 17:16:22 +0000

Posted by: @florian-10
Hello
I received today the email saying that tools are available with upgrades. I originally bought the dual-head printer and was wondering if I was able to buy the "Original Prusa XL Single-Tool to Dual-Head Upgrade" to upgrade my printer up to 3 tools? Normaly the printer can host 3 tools before changing the hardware. It is 500€ without VAT, instead of 1000€ (2 to 5).

I don't think thats possible, since you would be missing the XL splitterboard and an extra PSU, which are needed for 3 or more toolheads and are included in the 2to5 upgrade kit. You would have to buy them seperately. In addition I don't think that PrusaSlicer even supports anything else than 1,2 or 5 head machines as of now. Maybe in the future.

RE: Toolheads available

Florian — Mon, 05 Feb 2024 19:14:37 +0000

Hello
I received today the email saying that tools are available with upgrades. I originally bought the dual-head printer and was wondering if I was able to buy the "Original Prusa XL Single-Tool to Dual-Head Upgrade" to upgrade my printer up to 3 tools? Normaly the printer can host 3 tools before changing the hardware. It is 500€ without VAT, instead of 1000€ (2 to 5).

RE: Toolheads available

darksharpie — Mon, 05 Feb 2024 00:13:20 +0000

Nice! I just reached the calibration stage on mine now. I had a similar problem where putting in Dock 1, I kept tightening the wrong screw and wondering why it was still loose (even though I had the right one on 2-5).

After this is done I still can't take the printer back to where it belongs because I had everything set up to do the Sumo enclosure install, and then the toolheads became available...

RE: Toolheads available

FoxRun3D — Sun, 04 Feb 2024 22:37:18 +0000

Finished the upgrade. Was pretty straightforward and uneventful. The hardest part was getting the old dock out because I kept trying the wrong screw... In the end, the only issue (albeit a modestly significant one) was that the side filament sensor 2 was stuck on INS. Prusa Support made me do a full reset and reflash the firmware, which fixed it. First prints came out beautifully.

RE:

FoxRun3D — Wed, 31 Jan 2024 16:02:49 +0000

Mine have shipped. I also didn't really expect them to ship before the end of the year, so yeah, nice surprise.

I had ordered the 5 toolhead version way back when but then switched to single when they became available, because—didn't want to wait. I know. Stupid. I wanted the XL for its tool changer capability, not for the print volume, but frankly, once I had the big printer, I found more use for it than I had thought. But now I'm happy to do the upgrade. DHL says Monday delivery.

EDIT: I also just saw that the upgrade instructions are online now. Seems like a bit of work but not too bad. Mostly swapping and installing extruders and some electronics but no real change to the mechanical aspects of the printer.

Toolheads available

darksharpie — Wed, 31 Jan 2024 15:51:02 +0000

Has anyone ordered any additional tool heads? I'm (pleasantly) surprised they're available, I didn't think we'd have them before XL orders were completely caught up (but of course, the limiting factor in building them might not be the tool heads).

I seem to have gotten in early enough that mine are preparing for shipping.

I guess once installed, I will no longer be able to post on this section of the forums for some reason 🤣 (still not sure why there needs to be two different sections when a large % of the concerns would be the same with both types of machine).