This is highly impressive, Mihai. This is not a project - it's an entire thesis and you should be awarded a PHd for it. My best wishes to you, and keep smiling! 🌞
@marsgizmo
2 жыл бұрын
impressive progress, great job! 👏😎
@MihaiDesigns
2 жыл бұрын
Thanks @marsgizmo!
@danielletterman6562
Жыл бұрын
Are y'all actually brothers.
@AdrianDemetrescu
2 жыл бұрын
Wow! Impressive design, please make videos of you assembling it and solving issues in the design along the way - it would be very interesting to watch! Also, if you do want to make your own firmware, this software engineer(me) recommends studying existing ones(Marlin etc), as many people have put many hours into making them - it can help you make faster progress and learn from their solutions.
@MihaiDesigns
2 жыл бұрын
Yup, already looking into the basic architecture of existing firmware solutions. I intend to do shorter updates with the challenges I'm facing.
@FilamentStories
2 жыл бұрын
I was fascinated through the entire video. Wow, you have made such huge leaps forward with this massive undertaking. I can’t wait to see what comes next. Always a pleasure watching your videos, Mihai!
@MihaiDesigns
2 жыл бұрын
Glad you enjoyed it 😃
@ThePapaVader
2 жыл бұрын
Really impressive! What impresses me the most is the scalability of all of it, from a manual change to 20 automated hot end swaps! Brilliant!
@MihaiDesigns
2 жыл бұрын
Thank you!
@texasermd1
2 жыл бұрын
Amazing job with this design. Super excited to see it in person. 👍🏼👍🏼
@MihaiDesigns
2 жыл бұрын
Thanks John! Can't wait to have it built myself.
@jakeharms1386
Жыл бұрын
Love this! This is the type of innovation that will really change the space.
@Vez3D
2 жыл бұрын
wooooa my man !!! this is huge project. Very awesome. The details are just crazy. You have put TONS of work here. Cant wait to see you rocking this one.
@MihaiDesigns
2 жыл бұрын
Hey, thanks a ton Vez! Yeah, I'm super excited about it 😁 Stay awesome! 😎
@tvathome562
2 жыл бұрын
That is the work of a man truly following his passion, so many complex problems for one person, I take my hat off to you.
@scrimpyd
2 жыл бұрын
This is a fantastic design. I enjoy building printers and this will definitely be added to my list of projects. Truly inspired design. Great job!
@teitgenengineering
Жыл бұрын
This really cool when you told me you where working on a tool charger for that printer i didn't think it would be this impressive
@edwinirizarry9277
2 жыл бұрын
Wow sir love to see more of the total concept! Looks amazing
@bridevalley
2 жыл бұрын
An awesome project! I look forward to learning more as you begin the build. Thank you for sharing.
@MihaiDesigns
2 жыл бұрын
Thanks for watching!
@aron.mp4
Жыл бұрын
Amazing! Even more people should watch your content! Great job Mihai!
@MihaiDesigns
Жыл бұрын
Thank you so much! Just starting the build for the newer version.
@NeilLund
2 жыл бұрын
Mihai, thank you for sharing your ideas. I would like to encourage you to not limit yourself by labels. Learning is fun and enjoyable when you take the labels away and just do all the things as needed to get to whatever next step you need to do on the project you’re working on. Beautiful work so far. I can see this is a labor of love for you.
@MihaiDesigns
2 жыл бұрын
That is indeed my strategy. Always trying out things that may not be the optimal move, but which provide answers I can use later on on my projects.
@lukaswernetz3258
2 жыл бұрын
Extremly skilled and amazing Design!!! Keep Up!
@MihaiDesigns
2 жыл бұрын
Thank you! Cheers!
@iAmTheSquidThing
2 жыл бұрын
I'm glad to see someone researching ways to reduce waste in multi-material prints.
@MihaiDesigns
2 жыл бұрын
Big thank you! Yes, I believe the future is to reduce waste and I'm doing my best to move the technology forward.
@THEOGGUNSHOW
Жыл бұрын
This must be your Magnum Opus! Such a sublime and intuitive design. Kudos 👏 my friend on a great accomplishment.
@lukaswernetz3258
2 жыл бұрын
I've just watched the whole video! Soo genius! You might become the future Prusa.
@changerdevie5421
Жыл бұрын
Very amazing, i was hypnotised during all your video. Really deep and well thinked project. I'm eagger to see the 3D printer finished and working.
@mab4110
2 жыл бұрын
Amazing! Really hope to start seeing videos on this very soon
@ricardoresendes2859
2 жыл бұрын
This is amazing! Very excited to follow along on this build. = )
@DennisDay58
Жыл бұрын
Using the SPACEX method of failures and redo again is very smart. I love your work even though my brain hurts trying to follow along but keep it up.
@thebuildbay
2 жыл бұрын
Impressive engineering! I tip my hat to your Fusion 360 skills 👍🏼
@MihaiDesigns
2 жыл бұрын
Wow, thanks! I should perhaps do a video on how I structure projects in Fusion.
@bridevalley
2 жыл бұрын
@@MihaiDesigns I would find that very interesting! Please do it!!
@thebuildbay
2 жыл бұрын
@@MihaiDesigns Absolutely!
@MakerMeraki
2 жыл бұрын
You are absolutely MAD, and i love it!
2 жыл бұрын
Impressive and incredibly well-designed! I'll definitely want to see it being built!
2 жыл бұрын
My biggest problem with this design is that it is eminently not enclosable. And building a tool changer that cannot handle ABS is maybe not the best idea?
@ruzzcraze1862
2 жыл бұрын
@ many people i know have never printed with abs. Small tradeoff to make for many people. As you said its a cool design, I also want to see him build it.
@LuisGarciaportillo
2 жыл бұрын
I sincerely missed the "stay awesome" at the end of your videos. But this beast is more awesome than I can describe
@MihaiDesigns
2 жыл бұрын
Thank you 😀
@SLcompany_watch
2 жыл бұрын
Can't wait to see this awesome project actually working in real life
@MihaiDesigns
2 жыл бұрын
Oh, me too! There is more work to do before it's all ready, but I'm hoping to have it functional by the end of the year.
@johboh
2 жыл бұрын
Very nice! Excited to watch the build series 👍
@NotTodayMaybeTomorrowOk
2 жыл бұрын
I love this project idea! I hope it’s designed so that you can start with 2 or 3 and build up. Love this!!
@MihaiDesigns
2 жыл бұрын
Yup, you can have fewer hotends and add more over time if needed.
@NotTodayMaybeTomorrowOk
2 жыл бұрын
@@MihaiDesigns can you post when you have documentation up
@Repkord
Жыл бұрын
Incredibly well thought out design. Fantastic work! I look forward to hearing more about your progress hopefully in person next month at FormNext!
@mattprobst6911
2 жыл бұрын
This is awesome. I would totally buy it.
@Marc42
2 жыл бұрын
This looks seriously awesome!
@TheITsoftware
2 жыл бұрын
Great job! 👏 The swappable bed level sensor is wonderful 🤩
@valcocora5689
2 жыл бұрын
Nice design, Mihai. Bafta!
@NicksStuff
2 жыл бұрын
Seeing a working prototype would have helped a lot
@KR33tzu
Жыл бұрын
Bravo ! Foarte tare ideea . Te urmaresc de ceva timp si apreciez munca ta . Astept cu nerabdare urmatorul update :)
@marcus3d
2 жыл бұрын
With CoreXY you could also have kinematic bed coupling (like the RatRigs), enabling tilt during non-planar printing like your printhead already supports. Because if you do non-planar printing with the nozzle at a different angle you'll easily get very bad results, depending on the direction of the movement (going uphill vs going downhill vs going across). Even with airbrush nozzles it matters if the filament is extruded to one direction or another. You really need either the nozzle to tilt or the bed to tilt or it'll be utter hell trying to slice it (even more so than non-planar slicing is anyway). Also, with CoreXY it would be easier to make an enclosure, for printing tricky filaments that easily warp if they cool down too much.
@MihaiDesigns
2 жыл бұрын
Yeah, that's the plan for a future version, but it'll be a little while before we get there.
@Cretten
2 жыл бұрын
Welcome back wondered were you had been. Love your videos!
@MihaiDesigns
2 жыл бұрын
Hey, thanks! Been busy working on the design :)
@bernhard_derProtoTyp
Жыл бұрын
extremely cool! can´t wait to see this built!
@Creative_Electronics
2 жыл бұрын
I watched the full video and you did an incredible job! I'm looking forward to see your whole printer and pitstop design working! I'm right now working on a new fully 3D printed RC car, for me it's already version 4 and I'm designing it this time to be modular :)
@MihaiDesigns
2 жыл бұрын
Sounds like a cool project. Best of luck! 🤞
@iamrobot9319
2 жыл бұрын
Great, so much work on this project... Very impressive... Keep going :)
@MihaiDesigns
2 жыл бұрын
Thanks a lot!
@t1mmy13
2 жыл бұрын
I've been wondering what bigger thing you've been working on for a while now, with all the cool little stuff you've shown. This is very interesting!
@AndreaNassisi
2 жыл бұрын
Wow, it is excellent to see a well-thought design! Looking forward to seeing the build.
@MihaiDesigns
2 жыл бұрын
Thanks!
@yehudabillet8145
2 жыл бұрын
The nfc tag system is actually genius
@santiagoblandon3022
2 жыл бұрын
Mindblowing! The attention to detail is really impressive!. Autodesk should be sponsoring you >=(
@Golf3gti1
Жыл бұрын
Tolle Arbeit. Bin sehr gespannt / Great work. Am very excited
@TomWilbourn
3 ай бұрын
Still checking back weekly for updates on this!
@emberprototypes
Жыл бұрын
Very cool project! I love that you've integrated a probe for XY and Z offsets. If it ends up taking up too much space you can consider using a camera assisted method for the XY that can be taken on and off the bed instead.
@henninghoefer
2 жыл бұрын
Wow, what a project! Not only is your design awesome, but also the Fusion360 modelling is top-notch. For the tool changer I'd suggest to make all slots active slots and just do a temperature control multiplexed for all hotends (probably at a lower standby temp). Yes, this might need a few more MOSFETs, but overall I think it's way easier to put every hotend always back in its same slot and not having to deal with tangled tubes or shuffling around hotends between slots. For control I'd suggest a setup similar to how most Biqu displays work: They act as a separate controller using special firmware and can pre-process the G-code they read from their own SD card reader, which is then sent to the main board running Marlin via internal connection.
@MihaiDesigns
2 жыл бұрын
Thanks! I find the tube untangling to be a fun challenge to solve. If it doesn't work, then you are right that I can fall back to running all active slots and figure out the custom hardware for that.
@florinlazar3190
Жыл бұрын
@@MihaiDesigns maybe use klipper as an firmware, with it you can add more then one controller board and heave all the heaters you want, also with some python scripts and klipper macro you can solve tool selection.
@surajbiswas8642
2 жыл бұрын
Nice wonderful, As expecting Last time at the end of hotend video.
@Doogleraia
Жыл бұрын
I see further potential for even larger beds, belt-beds, or even chamber. But One thing that would be a very interesting evolution of it for a "v2" (or whatever name that sounds more fancy..), taken directly from tool-changers from CNC machines, top-mounted tool-changer on a rotating magazine, so the print head goes up to it and the magazine pulls out the current tool into an empty set spot for that given tool, and then the next tool only moves down to slot into the head/mount and back down we go again for more printing fun! To further build on that style of system, with a top-mounted magazine like that, the tool heads could even be automatically z-tested in the magazine to calibrate them up there prior to being put into the slot for printing, only needing to reference machine z-offset after that.
@kyleyoung2464
Жыл бұрын
Briliant.
@maximuschapman7760
Жыл бұрын
I love you're perfectionism. I would buy a printer like this for $1000 for my print farm.
@ycy-technologies
2 жыл бұрын
brilliant design. thank you for sharing!
@MihaiDesigns
2 жыл бұрын
Thank you too!
@Μιχαλης-τ4ψ
2 жыл бұрын
Hell yeah continue the great work 👍
@ericlotze7724
2 жыл бұрын
7:31-7:35 Not that many models…YET This printer design is seriously going to lead to some interesting stuff!
@dgfpv1988
2 жыл бұрын
not finished watching yet but that's a masterpiece
@bw_boulder_problem3878
Жыл бұрын
Impressive. Thanks for Sharing.
@KK3DTechnology
2 жыл бұрын
After very long time... 👍🏻😍❤
@MihaiDesigns
2 жыл бұрын
Indeed. I wanted to get this design ready to build and I postponed video production for this time. Now I'm back :D
@Ahadun
2 жыл бұрын
I'm speechless. I love it
@hayden9944
Жыл бұрын
This is cool. If you are pre-heating ur nozzles - perhaps an ooze sheild like the ones seen on the snapmaker J1.
@thehappyextruder7178
2 жыл бұрын
Great implementations of simple processes, keep up the great work !!
@janzugic6798
2 жыл бұрын
badass. genius design!
@uprisingsnake7152
2 жыл бұрын
Great Project. Try to build a simple 1:1 mockup as soon as possible to prevent any flaws overseen. Please check your center of gravity of your construction loaded with 10+kg of spools. In front of the Screen it looks dangerously
@amazac9869
2 жыл бұрын
Outstanding CAD work ,have a more simple idea ,that is ; place all your extruders at the top X gantry and place a Z slider above slides on a rail that will push the new extruder downwards (latching) -Z Z, you need another input for controlling the new ABOVE X axis ,powering the hot ends can be done by SSR sharing same ground with an adequate power . Good Luck.
@nikscha
9 ай бұрын
Very impressive! At minute 20 or so you mentioned the problem of preheating. I suggest to just have a single connector located in the arm. So whenever a certain tool needs preheating the arm can just dock against that tool in advance and power it up.
@nickbuhling
2 жыл бұрын
Awesome project! Can't wait to see it in action.
@MihaiDesigns
2 жыл бұрын
Me too 😀
@mrfxm55
2 жыл бұрын
I don't know anything about any of this but it's very impressive like having an industrial grade factory in your home garage. I suppose a radial printer is on the horizon.
@JM-ep7sj
Жыл бұрын
"Stay hungry, stay foolish", you are. I wish new generation IT hipster had 1% of your attitude. Amazing job
@DiomedesDominguez
2 жыл бұрын
23:11 keep it simple by setting that every hotend has their own position in the stand by station, hotend 1 to the position 1, hotend 2 to the position 2, always. Another thing: trying to keep pre-heated hotend will create a lot of complexity because it's too far from the printer (during the movement the temperature will drop, some filaments will drop because of remnant pressure in the hotend, having such small amount of pre-heated nozzles will require a lot of movement creating waste of time just in the standby side, ...), and even if you resolve them, the user will need to keep in mind specifics gcodes for their specific filament creating more tuning than necessary. I suggest you to keep it simple by watching how the Prusa XL will do it: first you should think in a CoreXY printer to reduce complexity and have a lot of optimizations like using a single power source instead of two and not using bed slinger that could cause a lot of artifacts in the prints. Aaaannnd you made bassically a big resolution for a lot of problems explaining the nozzle probe at 34:45, so you can forget almost everything I already said, but the CoreXY approach must be implemented.
@MihaiDesigns
2 жыл бұрын
CoreXY planned for early next year, after I get this working.
@kamilx6188
10 ай бұрын
Woow, awsome project 👌
@hatless-cluncky-capsize
2 жыл бұрын
Great work! Thank you for sharing your work!
@modmike4406
Жыл бұрын
Amazing project! You could use a Beacon probe permanently in place. Its higher than the nozzle and solid state.
@scruffy3121
2 жыл бұрын
Very nice project. You might want to place a strain relief bore in the back of the Z adjustment slits.
@MADEIN3DPRINTING
2 жыл бұрын
Very informational video and great job👌💜
@MihaiDesigns
2 жыл бұрын
Thanks for watching
@anastasiosgoumas
2 жыл бұрын
Great job friend....keep the great work
@MihaiDesigns
2 жыл бұрын
Thank you! Cheers!
@add859tankionline
2 жыл бұрын
Awesome model I am in awe of this CAD detail!! but all of this work to just change the colour. I'm sure the future will involve some dye that can mix into one master filament. What will be important is to change filaments that require different temperatures on the fly.
@Texas62
2 жыл бұрын
Looks like someone is ready to make a how to video on fusion 360 that's amazing work!
@billyjoe3309
2 жыл бұрын
FINALLY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
@chpoit
2 жыл бұрын
Now we just need it for voron/non bed-flinger printers :)
@MihaiDesigns
2 жыл бұрын
Coming up next year.
@christianmarkussen6412
2 жыл бұрын
What a great project. I would consider using Klipper for both the printer and the tool changer. Both controllers can be connected to the RPI and you can drive the tool changing function through Kipper macros with perfect synchronization. Many other tool changer do this.
@MihaiDesigns
2 жыл бұрын
There's an advantage in running motion asynchronously from the printer, otherwise it can't do any move while the printer is printing. And I need a custom interface. So even though your solution would work, I'm willing to try a different approach.
@arturstanczuk5448
2 жыл бұрын
@@MihaiDesigns in short the klipper ecosystem looks like this today: mainsail/fluid (web user interface) -> Moonraker (API Web Server for Klipper) -> klipper (3D-Printer firmware). For the needs of your project, we only need a klipper - to which you need to add your own custom interface. Klipper provides: multiple micro-controllers, multiple extruders, multi-device support (kinematic, sensors, sensors, stepper motor drivers, etc), that's why there are so many comments supporting the selection of a klipper :)
@I3enjiman
2 жыл бұрын
Dang, what a project! I really feel you wanting to do everything from ground up. Even though it might take a little longer and be quite intricate, you can make exactly what you want and how you want, all while learning a heck of a lot. I really hope you manage to achieve all the goals you set for this project and I'm very excited to see where it goes! Stay awesome!
@MihaiDesigns
2 жыл бұрын
Thanks for watching! Yes, that is my strategy. I'll post more once I have updates.
@zoidbergVII
2 жыл бұрын
A small custom PCB could be designed for heating the extruders and use CAN. Then you could use as many or as few of them as you wanted and have software control of the extruders. It is a relatively simple/low cost PCB to do this.
@MihaiDesigns
2 жыл бұрын
That could be done indeed. I wanted to avoid anything custom for now, but in the future I'm also considering custom PCBs
@efea368
2 жыл бұрын
Awsome job wow
@arismegas3732
2 жыл бұрын
Wow!!! This is amazing👍 I really like the idea to use nfc tags🔖 I think you should make the station a cylinder so you can rotate it. That will enable you to have a smaller setup and include more tools
@MihaiDesigns
2 жыл бұрын
I did consider a large revolving unit with all the tools, but there is a risk there with filaments snapping after being twisted a little bit on every tool change. Good point though. I might make a prototype of that one day to either prove or disprove my assumptions
@ahmetemindilben
2 жыл бұрын
This is incredible!
@DeprisaDryICeBLasting
6 ай бұрын
Im ready to buy two pieces
@chabad360
2 жыл бұрын
Why not put the pogo connector on the hotend side? That side would be used much less often (you use different hot ends) and would be easier to replace (it's not meant to be permanent).
@MihaiDesigns
2 жыл бұрын
Indeed, this has been proposed on my previous design. It's easy to swap the connectors already (moving the pogo to the hotend) without any other change and there are advantages to this. On the other hand, the side with the pogo pins is pricier and would still require replacement from time to time. We'll see how it performs in practice, and luckily the change is very easy to do.
@messinger123
2 жыл бұрын
Brilliant.
@cleisonarmandomanriqueagui9176
5 ай бұрын
Amazing video ! very very impressive . Could you share with us your progress on the firmware making ? from scratch as you said
@vizionthing
2 жыл бұрын
Rather than risk tangling the reverse bowden's, consider using Pi Pico's to control the preheating of each nozzle in its normal storage location, Pico's cost 1/10 the price of a normal Raspberry Pi and are perfectly capable of controlling two extruders, for power switching very cheap and small MOSFET boards are available that can handle the current needed for 40W hotends, each pico can be configured to run on an SPI bus as a slave so a single bus can be used to link them together with minimal wiring. Outstanding design, looking forward to seeing this progress
@ThePhilbox
2 жыл бұрын
Mihai!!! Im still going down the extruder wood grain rabbit hole.... I found with my ASX1 it was the little plastic gear on the stepper that prevented the wood grain. Changing to metal I got wood grain. Also tried a variety of big and small gears there. Different combos produced wood grain or not. I ended up with a mellow (Ali) large gear) and random plastic small gear. Still more to explore there.
@MihaiDesigns
2 жыл бұрын
Wow interestig insight.
@xisop
2 жыл бұрын
Really impressive. Mind is blown 😄 Maybe it's an option to make all the parking bays active. Park all hotends in their own spot at all time so the tubes won't get tangled. Add relais to the power of the parked pays so they can preheat when the gcode trigger is met. There are lots of 24V SFF relais
@MihaiDesigns
2 жыл бұрын
Thanks! All active is a recurring theme and I do get the reasons for it. It's a fallback solution if the current one proves to not be as easy or as reliable as I'd like. Personally I find it a fun challenge to solve the untangling and is why I wanted to go with it, but I'm ready to discard it if it doesn't work perfectly.
@Yeltrah
2 жыл бұрын
Very interesting
@happninmojo
2 жыл бұрын
Can't wait to see it in action. If the standard is 10 filament lines could you connect it to a 3DChameleon for 40 different filament lines with next to no purge towers or waste?
@MihaiDesigns
2 жыл бұрын
I haven't used that, but we don't have a hard 10 filament limit, which is one of the core features. In fact, I'll be assembling a 20 filament version later on. 40 would be a bit of a logistical problem, but should be doable!
@JustynIkeda
2 жыл бұрын
Very impressive! How do you plan on connecting the probe tool with the pogo pins? Since the pins are connected to thermistor and higher voltage ports for heating. Perhaps the probe tool would have its own wires connected to the toolchanger board (instead of a PTFE tube like the regular tools)? Can't wait to see the next update on this project!
@RubixB0y
2 жыл бұрын
I had the same thoughts, the wires would definitely need to follow the path of the PTFE tubes like the other hotends, but ultimately I suppose they don't need to be connected to the swapper and could be connected from there straight to the main printer board (so the swapper doesn't have to manage the probe signals). You're right about not going through the pogo pins though, would have to use some relays for that, which would be a pain.
@MihaiDesigns
2 жыл бұрын
Indeed, the easiest way for now at least is to pass the wires through the tube and then to the printer board.
@MAmosov
2 жыл бұрын
Great job! My opinion is to upgraid the core xy or simular highspeed printers that allows to use modern boards and pressure advance properly.
@Se9n.
2 жыл бұрын
So after watching this 12 hours ago and thinking how amazing I wanted to see if i could improve it for less tangling and preheat control a simple solution to the tangle is each filament has a designated spot so no filament is ever in a different spot, but that leads to preheating. this could be done using the tool changer it could have a pogo connector so it can reach ahead of time and preheat before the appropriate time. So i would imagine every mount would have the connection but the tool changer would have the provide the power. Hope this makes sense.
@MihaiDesigns
2 жыл бұрын
Makes sense, but it would be very hard for the arm to provide power because it has to not stay in the way of the connector when it mounts the hotend in the extruder. And on top of that, it might have to preheat multiple hotends at the same time. But with my design each hotend does have a spot and it will sit in its spot most of the time when it's not needed, but on occasion it may swap places with other hotends temporarily.
@Se9n.
2 жыл бұрын
@@MihaiDesigns I was thinking the arm would be mostly waiting for its next move so why it was waiting I can help preheat the next hot end. I just feel like coding the mapping of the places of the hot ends is going to be a little more difficult especially if you have to consider not tingling the filament so I was trying to go at it as if there was more consistent and location so tangling wasn't a factor. But as you build it maybe this will spark a different idea if you find it helpful
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