RE: newest INDX picture
without any additional incentive (discount or exchange program), I suspect it will be so!
BTW, I had a friend that owned one of the first "portables", and resembled very much one of those!
RE: newest INDX picture
It's an upgrade - just like the MMU3 was always an optional upgrade to the MK4s, and the Core One. The printer was never actually supplied assembled along with the MMU3 pre-installed and set up.
Saying that, considering the INDX system is contained inside the printer, whether Prusa supply a fully built and ready system with INDX pre-installed from factory is yet to be seen, but for the moment it is an upgrade option only.......
... nice page, but why would I buy a coreone now, only to remove the nextruder in a very short time to install INDX... unless the strategy is only to sell INDX as an upgrade part. Oh well, we'll see soon.
RE: newest INDX picture
It's an upgrade - just like the MMU3 was always an optional upgrade to the MK4s, and the Core One. The printer was never actually supplied assembled along with the MMU3 pre-installed and set up.
Saying that, considering the INDX system is contained inside the printer, whether Prusa supply a fully built and ready system with INDX pre-installed from factory is yet to be seen, but for the moment it is an upgrade option only.......
The key difference between the INDX and MMU3 upgrades is not whether the unit is installed inside or outside the printer, in my opinion. But whether installing it implies discarding a $300 Nextruder which you paid for quite recently.
RE: newest INDX picture
It's an upgrade - just like the MMU3 was always an optional upgrade to the MK4s, and the Core One. The printer was never actually supplied assembled along with the MMU3 pre-installed and set up.
Saying that, considering the INDX system is contained inside the printer, whether Prusa supply a fully built and ready system with INDX pre-installed from factory is yet to be seen, but for the moment it is an upgrade option only.......
The key difference between the INDX and MMU3 upgrades is not whether the unit is installed inside or outside the printer, in my opinion. But whether installing it implies discarding a $300 Nextruder which you paid for quite recently.
I guess that's the sacrifice you make for upgrading.
Similarly, I've completed the Vortek upgrade and now have a H2D full heatbed assembly, the toolhead and entire X Axis assembly, AP control board, steel sheets, front panel, etc - all as new (considering I hadn't used the H2D much until that point), sitting here in boxes not having any idea what I'm going to do with them! lol
Easy enough to sell the steel sheets I guess, but all the remaining parts - not so much - and some of them, like the toolhead assembly, cost a fair bit too! £500 last time I checked! Just seems a shame to waste them!
Guess it'll be the same with the Core One!
I do wish companies provided the ability to trade in for credit. They could easily refurbish and reuse components, and look after the planet at the same time!
RE: newest INDX picture
The major difference being that the MMU used the existing extruder, expanding the functionality. INDX replaces the extruder completely and it seems rather weird to pay for something that -if you are starting from zero- you will never used. My extruder started its life in my mk4 and I don't have a problem replacing it with INDX but buy and throw away?
It's an upgrade - just like the MMU3 was always an optional upgrade to the MK4s, and the Core One. The printer was never actually supplied assembled along with the MMU3 pre-installed and set up.
Saying that, considering the INDX system is contained inside the printer, whether Prusa supply a fully built and ready system with INDX pre-installed from factory is yet to be seen, but for the moment it is an upgrade option only.......
... nice page, but why would I buy a coreone now, only to remove the nextruder in a very short time to install INDX... unless the strategy is only to sell INDX as an upgrade part. Oh well, we'll see soon.