Is footprint worth it?
Hi,
I'm planning to replace my Prusa mini with something bigger, newer and hopefully with multimaterial system, and as sad as I might be I'm leaning towards BambuLab P1S with AMS as Prusas MMU is a monstrosity which requires twice of footprint of printer itself to setup just one more material than AMS, vertical mounting on walls is not really possible for me.
So there are two quastions I have about MMU3:
Why is it created in such way that it requires almost separate european apartment to contain it? Is there any reason for that?
Is this size even giving good results in multimaterial prints?
RE: Is footprint worth it?
I mount my reels on a shelf over the printer and it works well, no prusa buffer. most rooms are 8ft tall so it fits in without increasing the footprint
Joan
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RE: Is footprint worth it?
Is there any minimal height which it requires to work without buffer? Cuz shelf is out of question for me ATM, but I though of using a desk mounted photography railingy from which I could hang spools, but I've seen on youtube some people trying mmu3 without buffer and they were experiancing issues with spools on desk, is this really solved with spools above printer?
RE: Is footprint worth it?
You need some way of accommodating the back fed filament without spilling over the side of the spool
In my diagram there are two pieces of PTFE and the back fed filament ends. U between the pieces of PTFE
I try to make safe suggestions,You should understand the context and ensure you are happy that they are safe before attempting to apply my suggestions, what you do, is YOUR responsibility. Location Halifax UK