Here is the Evolution of the idea of a single hot end for double filament.
This is the version we are going to distribute for testing. Many times dismounting the idler, for filament change of other activities, it is difficult to find again the proper load to apply to the filament for a correct extrusion,
We are glad to announce a formal agreement with UPS for fast orders delivery, All the order from now on will be delivered with UPS, tracking number will be available for every single shipment and delivery time will be much faster.
The big advantage for customers is that even with the same cost of the normal postal service they will get fast delivery for their orders. Thinking about an Alu frame that will help to solve some of the limits of the Prusa mendel V2.
It has already been for a while that we are testing Aluminum X-carriage for various printer models, included our, of course.
We have really noticed an improvement in the smoothness and precision in the movement of the Carriage. Here we are posting some answer to the most common questions we received about the full metal hot end .
Filament won't get out of the nozzle. Temperature is correct, idler's springs are tight so what's wrong?
Surface quality testTo perform this test we choose this beautiful vase posted by Virtox on thingiverse. here is the link http://www.thingiverse.com/thing:26251 Although this vase is not a very complex geometry it has a clean line and smooth surface, ideal for our tests and calibration.
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