I always forget about Send Cut Send, and this is the first Ive heard of Tap Plastics, thanks!

Thanks! It would have taken me around 8 hours I'd say, maybe a bit less.

Just niche products that I've designed, all decorative

I designed and built my own before Prusa released theirs, I made a video about it kzbin.info/www/bejne/d4Gsep2AadyLepI Thanks for watching!

@@AsaMakes Yeah. I ended up seeing after I wrote this comment. Good videos, man. Thank you.

Thanks so much for watching!

Prusa is privately held so estimating their financials would be guesswork at best - but I don't think it's greed. They just don't prioritize low costs for the consumer - they manufacture in the EU (and now in the US), since COVID they do a lot of manufacturing work in house instead of relying on partners and suppliers, and they offer quite good support which I've used. Is this enclosure too expensive? Yes it definitely is - but not because of greed in my opinion). Thanks for watching!

@@AsaMakes hello good content you make there don't get me wrong 👋,myself I own a mk3s back in the day for a marlin based printer was a bulletproof reliable go to printer but marketing wise there going down a not so consumer friendly open source road asking 4000_5000 euro/dolar for a xl printer ,seriously ,??? You can go a long way for that asking price you can buy a good reliable ratrig printer and Cnc for that money, btw I build myself two klipper based diy printers, still not in that price range that they market there products.

Thank you! A few weeks in I'm still quite pleased with it

With the 5amp-hour DeWalt battery mine lasts 20 or so minutes, and when it runs out I just swap to my 2nd battery

Thanks for sharing your XL model! Saved me quite some effort

@@AsaMakes oh boy, am i going to release a bomb in the next 2 weeks on printables. Working on an upgrade for the xl for 3 weeks now ;-)

​@@surfalex2000 cool! I'll be looking out for it

Thanks! It was about $600 though like I said I could have saved $100 or more by buying cheaper polycarbonate and aluminum

Actually the MMU2 had three issues: The 5V-issue, the mechanical stability and the filament tip on unload (the special heatbreak does not result in much improved filament tip without a lot of tuning the ramping profile). The MMU3 fixes the first two issues. The third one can be solved on the mk3s+ by using a Revo Six instead of the original hotend. The integrated Nozzle/Heatbreak combo leaves a much nicer filament tip on unload. Trianglelabs Unified Nozzle might do the trick also, for a much more reasonable price. However, on the mk4 the Nextruder nozzle is even better than the Revo. Practicly no tuning of Ramping Profiles needed. But with the MK4s you need to "downgrade" to a standard flow nozzle. If you already have a MMU2, you should do the upgrade. The two mechanical/electrical parts (the metal drum holder and the smal PCB) you can get for a fraction of the upgrade price on AliExpress. And a TUN hotend is about 25€ (if you have an mk3s).

They make those too. Good luck!

Thanks for watching! Let me know if you make your own or build off the design for something better

I've been using the same two 5ah DeWalt batteries since before I made this video, and I really use the heck out of the vacuum cleaner. So for me it has been a great investment. The run time is around 20 minutes

Thanks for watching! Do you have any good royalty free music to recommend? The KZbin supplied tracks don't have a lot of selection

Yes I have one of these (a proper DeWalt brand one) The only issue is I've noticed some kind of parasitic power draw when I use my 20v battery on my 18v DeWalt drill - it will drain the batter if I leave it connected. Not sure if it's an issue with my drill or my adapter. Easy fix - I just don't leave the battery connected. Thanks for watching and for your comment!

Good luck! My two MMU3s are still working great

Ok, someone who actually puts links in the description of their videos! So you already answered one of my questions! I guess I am THAT guy.

I will! Parts are all designed, just need to find time to assemble, test, film, and edit

Thanks for watching!!

Oh I didn't make these they're one of the common MMU multi color test prints on Printables.com That being said in Prusa Slicer you can use a paint tool to assign different colors to your print. I've used this for my MMU3 quite a bit and it works well and is intuitive Thanks for watching!

Yep, not the best stress test but definitely easy I give them away as little Etsy freebies

Thanks for watching!

Clever! I definitely will get a small projector for my next drawing related project - I'm not particularly good as freehand It ended up being 70 or 80lbs I'd say, I didn't weigh it but it was heavy, and also sturdy - we had dozens of kids and adults take photos and it held up really well. Thanks for watching!

Sure thing, I'll do it this evening

And thanks for watching!

Well you can buy an X1C +AMS combo and have it in a few days instead of waiting 6 months to a year for an XL multi head or waiting for the Mk4 version of MMU3 to ship (few weeks or months?). So if you need something today I fully understand the Bambu approach. If I saw a deeply discounted X1C + AMS combo on the used market I would probably buy it for testing. But for now I vastly prefer to simplify my workflow and stock with Prusa Mk3s/Mk4/XL. I want to reduce, as much as possible, the different types of printers and configurations

@@AsaMakes It took 3 weeks for my Bambu printer to come. And at half the price, the mmu i can wait a little for

Oh wow I'm surprised it took that long. Last I was looking they had stock at Microcenter which fortunately I live close enough to

@@AsaMakes Yeah theres a Mcirocenter in my state but its 4.5hr drive. So i just waited. 9hrs round trip for a printer , huh uh lol

Yeah different colors at a minimum - glad you caught it before breaking something like me!

From memory I think they're 1" by 5" pine boards, I'll check this evening

@@AsaMakes looks great, nice work!

Thanks for watching! And yes... lol.. I would expect normal shipping handling will be just fine

I rounded up - looks like Prusa charges appropriately. Example SRS12-310LM(GK) THK linear bearing from MiSUMi is $137 before tax and shipping. This isn't the exact part but should be close From Prusa the part was $150 and shipping was another 20ish

And no sales tax / import tax from Prusa to my location at least

Thank you! At this week over week growth rate I'll have 8 billion subscribers in just a few years. The math check out

Thanks! Yes I have a satin sheet for the XL but I didn't film any B-roll of the PETG prints I did. (Though if I'm just printing a 1-off I'm frequently lazy and just spray some window cleaner on the PEI sheet as a release agent. I only do this if it's already a well used PEO sheet). On my Mk4 I keep the satin sheet on most of the time. On my Mk3 I'm mostly running PEI sheets. Thanks for watching and commenting on this video too!

Those are not purge blocks as the XL is a toolchanger and does not need to purge previous material in the nozzle. They are wipe towers and while not strictly necessary, they are used to stablize extruder pressure after idling on the nozzle seal. They are hollow and use very little material compared to a MMU setup.

Thanks for the correction I've been calling them purge blocks incorrectly on the XL

Thank you! I'm designing my enclosure now, and will upload printed parts and a bill of materials to Printables+ make a video. And there are already some enclosure designs on Printables that I'll probably borrow from design wise. Don't forget the golden rule of 3D printing - "try not to drop your printer down the stairs and if you do and it survives try to follow the assembly instructions" - J. Prusa (probably)