The VORON also has the ERCF.
Which I think TriangleLab sells a hardware kit of, but the link won’t work right for me.
There is some YT content about it…
Not sure if it helps, but I made a runout sensor using an esp32 that will pause octoprint over a wireless REST call. It has proved invaluable for my use case.
It should also fire a telegram notification
Time invested vs time saved I’m not sure. But if you want a plug and play bambu labs is definitely credited to that. As I’m sure everyone else has mentioned there are lots of DIY options and some paid versions. They all take a bit of setup and I’m not sure how much time would actually be saved. Now printing with multiple colors/filaments they are definitely worth it between slicing and use. If you don’t have a runout sensor get one to pause the print when it runs out so you don’t have to baby it. Other than that I think its more up to personal preference.
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This sounds like a good thing. Do you think the Kobalt has got something to do with it?
And maybe why the jackpot boards are out of stock?
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I meant the black friday sales of the systems I listed. Oddly enough, I think the Kobalt deal worked the other way. I did not sell a Lowrider kit for nearly two weeks after the announcement. I think people must have been waiting to see if they were going to be selling a kit or something.
No idea why they are not here yet they have been assembled and packed for more than a week now and still have not shipped. I did place a larger than normal order but nothing super crazy.
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Oh, I completely got that wrong then. This is also interesting. Kinda weird, but interesting.
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It could also be a slow product start. People could be waiting to see how the kobalt holds up to the abuse before committing. Or everyone knew Black Friday was coming and waited til then. A lot of people’s wallets are tight right now
It was around this time last year that I almost purchased a MakerMade kit during a Black Friday sale, but ultimately went down the rabbit hole and ended up here because of a recommendation on an old Reddit post. Couldn’t be happier with my experience, and ultimately the Lowrider and community exceeded my expectations.
There could also be people waiting to see if you do any sale for BF/Cyber Monday unaware that your prices are extremely competitive year round.
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Yeah I usually do get a few emails about that. It used to be in the FAQ’s.
Maximize Your Filament Usage with Palette’s Smart Features – Mosaic Manufacturing Seems like this is exactly what I am looking for, $500 is rough but a lot better than $800 and I get the option to have multicolor (not the more robust multi-material) prints if needed.
The bambu’s with AMS is only $50 more and multi material is possible…but my slicing would have to be redone and it is not a V1 printer.
Shoot.
Well I finally slapped a runout sensor on one. That gets me 50% of what I want. A little less stress about low spools. I will run with that for a while. I will probably slap them on all the printers. BTT V2’s are on sale for $18
Maybe I will spend the time to set up the next printer in klipper and check out one of those DIY swappers.
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Thanks for all the help!!
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If you do go this route you should document it. I’d love to see your takeaways and inputs on that
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A filament changer on the repeat would be awesome!
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Hoping someone makes a Viciously Repeating Feeder, forked/inspired by the Enraged Rabbit feeder, and/or other designs?
A zero waste purge free Printer/MMU would be neat, anyone seen/have one? Until then, would try to do prints with minimal purging.
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PrusaSlicer has options to wipe purge into infill…
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The only non purge multi-spool thing I have seen is the printers with multiple extruders but that is obviously semi-limited and not cost friendly.
You can in some slicers instead of purging send the purged filament to another print on the bed. It limits space and isn’t practical on complex prints but does work. I really want to make a recycling system so I don’t have to worry about the waste
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Yeah, the multi nozzle setups with ooze guards do look interesting, but cumbersome…
Hopefully there is, or will be, something more compact? Without resorting to all nozzles being Bowden, maybe there’s a hybrid mix, i.e. Direct drive for the main filament, and a (detachable?) rack of Bowden hot-ends when doing multi colors, or multi materials, or concurrent extrudes if/when the slicer/plug-in can handle.
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Prusa lets you wipe into an object or infill, so you can either create a fun-filled colourful part no-one is going to see or colourful infill. Can’t test it yet though, because of them not delivering it for the MK4. 
Whoops, was already answered.
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