RE: INDX is coming for CoreOne?
INDX release date delayed until End 1Q26 - so a delay from 18th Nov to I presume 31st March - shame
RE: INDX is coming for CoreOne?
"https://www.bondtech.se/2025/09/26/good-things-take-time/"
4th gen Bondtech INDX for production release. Precision head positioning, bed probing, inductive heater etc. Some of this sounds familiar, along with the pre-ordering and Late Q1 delivery.
Pre-order is not unique to the 3D community. Currently, many small to medium companies get preorders, before they build a new release. One I work with just gives a range of a year, not a quarter, for delivery and sometimes they miss that.
3D Bondtech is a small company with under 50 employees, some reports show about 16. Hopefully the final 4th try will be acceptable and supply chain will run smoothly and they can meet demand...
RE: INDX is coming for CoreOne?
Probably wishful thinking * 10,000, but wouldn't it be nice if certain "launch partners" were able to integrate and release before Late Q1 🙂
RE:
I said this on the Bondtech discord:
"Re the specific mentions of OEMs in the announcement - I assume that includes Prusa - I wonder if following the popularity of the Prusa post - they might have arranged any sort of deal to get the first few months of batches - I guess it might make sense to do Oem releases before retailing the product for DIY users."
The response was:
"Nothing like this is planned, we want everyone to have an equal chance of getting a unit no matter the printer it’s equipped on"
RE:
I said this on the Bondtech discord:
"Re the specific mentions of OEMs in the announcement - I assume that includes Prusa - I wonder if following the popularity of the Prusa post - they might have arranged any sort of deal to get the first few months of batches - I guess it might make sense to do Oem releases before retailing the product for DIY users."
The response was:
"Nothing like this is planned, we want everyone to have an equal chance of getting a unit no matter the printer it’s equipped on"
Speculating of course, but I don't think it would be far-fetched if Prusa made them specifically for the C1 under license. Also, idle speculation, but just imagining if Prusa had the capital to simply buy them out.
RE: INDX is coming for CoreOne?
if Prusa made them specifically for the C1 under license
They don't seem too keen in general to move things in house with Prusa? Also Bondtech seem to be really keen on high quality to the point where it would be surprising if they gave up control over production of 'their' parts.
That said, of course with a combined product there will be some sort of split between where the Prusa manufacturing ends and the Bondtech one starts.
RE: INDX is coming for CoreOne?
if Prusa made them specifically for the C1 under license
They don't seem too keen in general to move things in house with Prusa? Also Bondtech seem to be really keen on high quality to the point where it would be surprising if they gave up control over production of 'their' parts.
That said, of course with a combined product there will be some sort of split between where the Prusa manufacturing ends and the Bondtech one starts.
At this stage in my hobby, I have need of multi-material prints and less so multi-color. For multi-material I only need 2 heads. I would be happy if Prusa came out with a dual head setup for the C1. That said, this is a race. So June of next year (an arbitrary point in time for me) I'm going to see what is available in terms of multi-toolhead and make switch. I would prefer it to be a C1 upgrade. But if it's not available then I'll probably end up switching. I'm not so deep into this that I have need of an XL (I don't have the space for it either).
RE: INDX is coming for CoreOne?
for me it would a 'nice to have' addition to be able to print multimaterial and -color using the c1... it is going to depend on the price I guess...
RE: INDX is coming for CoreOne?
for me it would a 'nice to have' addition to be able to print multimaterial and -color using the c1... it is going to depend on the price I guess...
I almost pulled the trigger on the MMU3 but glad I didn't. Just seems too much hassle and requires 3rd party enhancements like the Core Boxx to be useful (from what I've been reading). Anyway, multi-material, single extruder designs are obsolete or soon to be.
RE: INDX is coming for CoreOne?
As much as I would like to have Multimaterial working in my CoreOne today, I see a clear need of combining forces in Europe, both companies can not compete against the current international competition alone.
So my hope is that Bondtech and Prusa will merge and join forces