12 3D Printing Innovations at FORMNEXT 2024

[@CNCKitchen]

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[@hausmeisterbanane]

Personally, I hate the feature

[@pizzablender]

The auto-dub is terrible (terruble?). Luckily it leaves English alone in my area.

[@Splarkszter]

IDEX NEEDS TO BECOME THE STANDARD. THE MATERIAL SAVINGS. AND THE MULTI-MATERIAL PRINTING ARE SO BIG THAT THEY NEED TO BECOME STANDARD.

[@mercerwing1458]

The potential of the wire ones is IMMENSE

[@MrHeHim]

the wire inlay has been around for a very long time, the difference is being able to print onto objects. like the car door for example

[@mcbrite]

Not far off being able to print electric motors into pretty much anything...

[@2spark631]

Aim3d patenting a production method in additive manufacturing like that leaves a bad taste in my mouth.

[@hippiemcfake6364]

Patents are a necessary evil - or even fair - when a company develops something truly innovative and novel. But this - as a lay person - doesn't seem to be the case here, so this patent just stifles progress.

[@Liberty4Ever]

Shame on the European patent office for allowing someone to essentially submit someone's research paper and granting them a patent on someone else's work. Imagine being sued for patent infringement for using your own published research to make something.

[@pHuzi0n]

<a href="#" class="seekto" data-time="770">12:50</a> We've seen non-planar 3d printing for a couple years now but I've only seen it in the context of better overhangs. This white/blue "thumb" thing just made me realize that it could also revolutionize multi-color/multi-material printing. Instead of having to swap filament multiple times per layer or having multiple extruders that cost $500 each, you could print the majority of the model in a base color (whatever is cheapest or strongest depending on your needs) and then "paint on" the other colors/materials with just 1 filament swap per color/material with endless amounts of swaps.

[@Splarkszter]

!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[@polycrystallinecandy]

That will only work for decorative parts and such. Not for functional parts where you need a multi-material structure through the model

[@pHuzi0n]

@@polycrystallinecandy it depends on how complicated you need the materials mixed throughout the part. It's difficult to conceptualize what type of parts truly need multi-material printing because the current use cases are so limited. The majority of multi-material printing that I've seen is just printing supports in a different material, but you don't need supports with 5-axis. Another common case is printing small pieces of a part in TPU to be flexible but that is almost always done as separate prints that get fitted together.

[@Dmitry_IMHO]

<a href="#" class="seekto" data-time="217">3:37</a> I will upgrade. For me it’s just a hobby and I have place for only one printer. Instead of building / buying enclosure I will simply upgrade to Core ONE.

[@GoetheLabforAdditiveManufactur]

Thank you for visiting us and showcasing our 5-axis Prusa! For everyone watching, it was built as a student project at FH Aachen University of Applied Sciences and is still a work in progress. Stay tuned-there’s much more to come! What would you create with a 5-axis printer? We’d love to hear your creative ideas!

[@AWSW-de]

@Stefan: Because you asked: I will upgrade all of my Prusa MK4S to the Core One because otherwise I would not use them anymore, when I get another Core One. So these machines continue to get used instead of becoming dust collectors. =)

[@hobbiesandotherthiings]

Just purchased the MK4S and Enclosure before finding out about the Core One. I will be doing the Upgrade Kit when it becomes available. Anyone that currently has a MK3 and up it will provide a direct upgrade at a very competitive cost, will maximize footprint utilitilization for anyone with a farm, and still provides modification capability and integration for modifiers. The smartest move Prusa has taken yet. They listen and support their community.

[@MrCcfly]

why you waste $ on that old thing when u could buy bamboo one ?

[@karl-andreaswaimer7994]

@@MrCcfly let him his Prusa and use your bamboo. It’s ok, they can coexist.

[@strangereyes9594]

Würth, the pharmacy of tool shops. If money is not of your concern, buy at Würth.

[@mitchellbernstein42]

True…I worked for Wurth USA for 18 years and we always was considered the most expensive.

[@emanggitulah4319]

Looked a bit like a school science project, with a very limited use case

[@athmaid]

<a href="#" class="seekto" data-time="301">5:01</a> the previous owners of our garden left bamboo as a little gift lol. A 25 square meter big and chest high insect hotel. What did the trick was basically digging up our entire garden. Anything that remained of the root system was nuked with herbicide or cut down before it could start growing. Best of luck and greetings from Mittelfranken!

[@antonventura6364]

A Christopher Helmke collab with Stefan would break the internet

[@SaHaRaSquad]

I'm glad Ratrig seems to get bigger and more successful as an open european brand. I'll probably buy their Vcore 4 kit next year, I think it hits that sweet spot between the Prusa Core One and XL.

[@Liberty4Ever]

I'm also intrigued by RatRig. Their large format IDEX version of the V Core 4 has much potential. I particularly like it for printing PETG or PET-CF with PLA support.

[@Liberty4Ever]

Thank you for covering FormNext and visiting the booths I'd want to see. I'm particularly impressed with what RatRig is doing lately. The V-Core 4 IDEX looks very interesting and Disrupt Engineering looks promising as well. The industry needs a 500 mm cubed volume high quality 3D printer designed for commercial applications. At 4500 euros, I can see this used to make custom manufacturing equipment, work holding pallets, etc.

[@Fiberthree_com]

Thanks for the visit!

[@paranoidpanzerpenguin5262]

You can fill your prints with a low viscosity casting resin right now for a similar effect as the last one. Smooth-on's Task 21 is similar to oil in consistency, for large prints it shouldn't be too hard to pour in with the right 3d printed design

[@l1qu1d0us]

Hehe, those customs insoles were already the next cool thing at orthopeadics conventions like 2 years ago. Glad to see that they stuck around

[@chrismayer8990]

Eines der interessantesten Formnext Videos die eich gesehen habe! One of the most interesting Formnext videos I've seen!

[@MrUntermieter]

The "inject plastic infill into your print" becomes hugely important when thinking of bigger printers like the Elegoo OrangeStorm Giga. As after all, who has more than 100 days until their print bed format-filling 3D print with high infill density is ready? 😉 I was at the Formnext on the second day and had the impression that most of the exhibitors were still feeling the effects of the first day. Maybe next year I'll go directly on the first day to see the premieres as well.

[@fntsmn]

I always miss some stuff at Formnext, to many nice people to speak with! Always nice to see you at the event!

[@aholesen]

Regarding Voxelfill - I have no clue how this can be given as a patent!?! I have thought of this years ago and I am pretty stupid and have only been printing for ten years. I am sure somebody else have introduced this tech to market before.

[@two_number_nines]

neither the consumers, nor the courts have the time or money to properly verify which patents are actually new and which ones copy something expired ages ago. patent scams are the meta in 3D printing rn

[@3dexperiments]

Patent applications are not exhaustively researched by the granting authority. The real determination of validity of any patent (sadly) happens through litigation. I'm not a lawyer but have written several patent applications that were approved by the USPTO. They key (at least in the USA) to getting your patent application approved is to strike the right balance between specific and vague. And when the patent is challenged some license accommodation is often the result. Also, good luck litigating against any non-USA based entity (esp. Chinese) when you find your USPTO patent is being violated.

It might be that the patent is not for the *idea*, but for the specific technical details of the *implementation*, like chemical formula of the filler, the technical details of the injection process (pressure, temperature), etc.

[@SnakebitSTI]

Reminder that the US once granted a patent for linked lists. Decades after the invention of linked lists.

@SnakebitSTI The problem with the US patent system is that after rejection you can resubmit it after minor changes, until you get granted a patent... at least that's what I heard.

[@spedi6721]

Thank you for this summery. Definitely very interesting ideas

[@azinfidel6461]

I was just thinking about injecting epoxy or other two-part polymer last night, the first several layers of infill being a different pattern from the main infill that would allow resin to flow from one cell to another.

[@SnakebitSTI]

I think the biggest downside to that is heat build up. A given combination of resin and hardener usually has a rated maximum thickness before you have to let it cure and pour another layer. Not a problem for small parts.

[@VEC7ORlt]

Resin heating is not a problem with proper slow cure systems, but it not the epoxy I'd like to see but foams - those DO heat up like crazy.

[@MattWeber]

Bamboo is easy to get rid of.. keep cutting it down before it can produce leaves. It requires the leaves in order to produce enough sugars to restore the roots with enough sugars to grow after cutting. NO leaves, no restored sugar, no coming back once the roots are fully depleted of sugars to regrow. Also each species has a height at which it will start to push leaves out..that length coincides with how far out its roots will also put out runners, so a 10m species will put out runners 10m in each direction. This makes managing it much easier as well when trying to get it to grow "where you want", not "where it wants".

[@mynameisben123]

wot

[@MattWeber]

@@mynameisben123 Just keep cutting it down before it grows leaves. Bamboo only grows leaves right at the end of its growth cycle as it reaches max height. (He mentions planting bamboo in the video and not being able to get rid of it)

[@mghumphrey]

Great video, thanks. There are a couple of points I wish you had made about the new Prusa: 1) It's not available; in typical Prusa fashion they've announced a product before it's shipping and are taking people's money for it. 2) It uses the same flawed heatbed design as their MKx series printers: a PCB which is rigidly fashioned with screws at many points. This design leads to an uneven surface because of thermal expansion.

[@georgepeden]

i appreciate you saying right up front that this is a catch up printer that is at least 1 year behind. I am sure its a fine printer.

[@Donorcyclist]

I love the idea of the verticla injection to strengthen parts! The software would need to account for it, but multiple holes a few layers deep, staggered in layer batches and overlapping vertically, would significantly improve layer strength over what we have today! I can't wait to see what Stephan comes up with on this front!

[@JonNewell]

Some exciting and amazing innovations, the future looks 3D!

[@jasongooden917]

I'm unusually excited over all this.

[@OmegaGamingNetwork]

From a business and a hobbiest perspective one of the biggest things I would like to see standardized would be the spools themselves. The internal diameter and the external both need to be the same across the board that way no matter the platform, it just works. Honestly I would love to see everyone adopt a similar model to Bambu where the internal part of the spool can be a cardboard ring for disposibility and they just all agree upon the dimensions of that so people can print their own spool or buy a spool and just eliminate cardboard solid spools which are frankly just terrible. Far less waste this way and far more choice for consumers. Doesn't need to be bambu's exact design as it isn't perfect itself, but I'll argue to the death that the basic idea they have is the right direction.

[@Liberty4Ever]

The sort of industry standards you describe are great for consumers but not for manufacturers. Why does every modern high speed printer have a nozzle that is functionally the same as a Volcano but just slightly different enough that they deliberately are not interchangeable? I've decided to replace the hot end on every new printer I buy with a a MicroSwiss hot end so I can use the MicroSwiss FlowTech nozzles on all of my printers. No more throwing away all of the spare nozzles that I bought a year or two later when the printer is retired for a newer faster better printer. As an added bonus, I can cold swap the FlowTech nozzle without removing and reinstalling the heater and thermistor. That's a much better design. QIDI has apparently improved lately but I'll never buy a another QIDI 3D printer. I bought five of their original 3D printers. The enclosed architecture made them difficult to service and they needed a *lot* of service. Even worse, they made all of their parts proprietary when everyone else was using generic Ender hardware. QIDI went so far as to solder the pin headers on the back side of the open source stepper driver daughter boards to reverse the pinout to force me to buy their version. If that wasn't bad enough, they discontinued their proprietary printers a year later and I couldn't buy their proprietary repair parts.

[@gregoryfouche8211]

Thanks from South Africa

[@AzaB2C]

Awesome! As always, I appreciate your info and perspective on advances in 3D printing and related tech.

[@aaronalquiza9680]

hmmm... i have a bambulab a1, but i might try prusa core one when it comes out.

[@stevegrimeszz]

Helll yea 5 axis printing!!!

[@microponics2695]

Nice Mosquito hot end on that.. good company.

[@OlliACM]

The difference in scanning performance at <a href="#" class="seekto" data-time="1042">17:22</a> and <a href="#" class="seekto" data-time="1144">19:04</a> could be partially due to the reflections of the materials. If Revopoint would have used chaulk spray or had gotten rid of the clear coat, they could have performed better. At least that was my experience when scanning objects that would reflect light, especially in bright conditions

[@TS_Mind_Swept]

<a href="#" class="seekto" data-time="514">8:34</a> About time; I've been saying this is what shoe shops should transition to for years

[@mururoa7024]

To unconfuse you about Aim3D : Patents are "first to file" not "first to invent", however they can be contested on the basis of "prior art" in some countries. A research paper isn't an invention until it found a practical application. Patents only apply to the practical application of an idea, not the idea itself, which is why there are plethora of patents for bread toasters. Tomorrow another company can patent the exact same infill injection principal for as long as it's done differently than how AIM3D's patent describes it.

[@mynameisben123]

From my admittedly superficial understanding of patents, you can patent things you haven’t actually built yet or made into a practical application. In fact many patents I’ve read go on about “in another embodiment, ….” And they proceed to cover dozens of permutations with random changes they never have and never plan to build, to get as broad coverage as possible and prevent others from using other concepts.

[@mururoa7024]

@@mynameisben123 E.g. the idea of applying heat to bread isn't patentable, but the device to apply heat to bread is. The device is the practical application of the idea. "Practical" doesn't mean produced. You can patent a new toaster without building the first prototype.

[@joshuahansen5486]

You might also be able to use a can of spray foam as a infill for your 3D print it'll make it more insulated and float Maybe

[@Foodgeek]

I will upgrade my two MK4S’ 😁

[@Amybnuy]

Ooh that load cell was cool! I wonder if those printed stain guages work.?

[@rallekralle11]

the biggest negative with the core one in my opinion is that it isn't open source. feels like prusa is doing a makerbot or ultimaker.

[@herr_rossi69]

Prusa is open source, but they don't publish it right away. What else are they supposed to do? Prusa is as open as it gets. The Chinese don't play by the rules. And they are on a course of conquest. Once they've done that, they present the bill.

[@logicalfundy]

As I understand it, Prusa is doing the same thing they started with the XL and Mk4: Making more hardware information available with time, rather than releasing everything at once. The software will remain open source, though.

[@Duraltia]

Why bother? Their i3 Series was like 90% off the Shelf Parts and 3D Prints with the remaining 10% being proprietary in some form or another making it possible to remodel it to your needs. The Core ain't that... It's like completely reversed with 90% or the essence that makes up the Printer being proprietary Parts you can neither get from anywhere else but Prusa nor can you make them yourself ( at least not at home - on your 3D Printer ) necessitating a complete redesign at which point you'd have to ask yourself why not just make a Voron?

[@MaxMichel89]

​@@Duraltiavoroj ist cool but you are responsible for all the Support yourself (granted there IS a big Community) but No voron is alike and a Core One will be much easier to build yourself due tontheir good Manuals. And it will BE much faster as a voron build. I do Like the voron Design, but i cant spare that much time to Tinker with IT and tune all the Parameters, and there are a lot of people Like me. Also having Lots of people with the Same machine does bring benefits with modding, as they start from the Same Spot (Just Look at the whole Ender Community) I will happily Sidegrade my mk4s to the core one in a few hours and boom new possibilities.

[@SnakebitSTI]

⁠@@logicalfundyif the documentation will be available later, then it is not open hardware. Full stop. If the documentation is released, it still won't be open hardware. When the documentation and design files are released publicly, then it is open hardware. The 3D printer market is pretty bad about calling products "open", but the only source files they provide are for firmware. If that.

[@raaah]

I am in Northern New Jersey, and it is illegal to plant bamboo in our house or our neighborhood. It is such an invasive species that you cannot. Even if you go to the roots. One little route stays behind and it doesn’t grow on your side of the fence. It’ll navigate its way 5 feet over into your neighbor’s yard and start growing on his side of the fence.

[@danielstorbeck]

I will convert my MK4S with MMU3 to the Core One as soon the kit will be available, because the MK4S will not fit my enclosure. It's a little bit wider than a MK3S+, which is now in it.

[@Phil-D83]

5 axis would be sweet

[@robblincoln2152]

I’m envisioning a part production line where a 5 axis rig moves between printers using cross-line scanners to locate the precise stating point for each application of filament. And using a 5 axis rig might allow embedded wire without the specialized rotating head. But the main take away from this video that I didn’t get from any other of the dozens covering the event was the 5-axis software. This is sooo exciting! I would love to see the Prusa XL multi-tool system move down to the CORE One family of consumer devices and move up to the next big innovation-5 axis printing!

[@xbtcookiez]

Funny how the Core One first layer looks like garbage @<a href="#" class="seekto" data-time="219">3:39</a>

[@5Komma5]

So glad Prusa finally did it. The day I purchase one of those cloud based and fake open source 3D printers is the day I stop using them. Time to give my MK3 to a kid in the neighbourhood so I have room for the new one. 2025 will be a good year for 3D printing in Europe!

[@liamosterhout6538]

Prusa is slowly becoming less open source 😢

[@karl-andreaswaimer7994]

@@liamosterhout6538it’s because of bamboo lab and other companies that take and don’t give back. 😢

[@DoubsGaming]

The Wurth cabinet is a good idea and I have seen others do similar stuff with good success. Some things I would like to see. 1. I would like to use this for where I work but we have a some policy about manufactures have to be in the US so it would be nice to see a US location/distributor. 2. If the service wouldn't be limited to just what wurth has to offer. For example, slant 3D filiment is on the up and up on being one of the best filiments to buy for the price. If they could work out some deals to make that a non issue for the end costumer that would be grand. 3. A smaller version or different sized for different spaces. Where I work this would be used for filiment and screws but we wouldn't need it for much else so having a big cabinet might be too much. Those are what I would like to see with sadly the first being a requirement. I wish it wasn't.

[@Zden215]

I'm planning to upgrade my MK4S to a Core ONE at some point in the future. The combination of Core XY and a proper enclosure is genuinely quite appealing, especially with the promise of even better quality and increased speed.

[@logicalfundy]

Same here. Also looking forward to checking out if I can print more advanced materials without warping.

[@wil7173]

And since the conversion kit isn’t that much more than the dedicated enclosure alone, it’s a pretty good deal to get a whole core xy motion system for $100. Shows how overbuilt the enclosure was 😂

[@MasterOkojo]

I'm considering converting my mk4s to a core one, but I'm waiting to see how the MMU integration works. Right now, my MMU3 works perfectly with the mk4s.

[@FrankGraffagnino]

it would be cool to see you demo one of these technologies at OpenSauce!

[@DownEastSaw]

Ya know, strangely enough, when people used to wear shoes made entirely of leather and cork, everyone had custom insoles. After wearing all leather, welted construction shoes, the insole naturally molds to the shape of your foot. This provides the support that your modern, disposable footwear lack. They also contain NO plastics. Why add more plastics through the world through 3d printed insoles to solve a problem we solved 100 years ago with all natural materials?

[@tagg8233]

Yes after a painful week of wearing in. And many people don't want cow skin on their feet, I'm not one of them, but they clearly exist. So there's two reasons just off the top of my head

[@SnakebitSTI]

Why? Cost and convenience.

[@dantefox6556]

Any multi colored/multi material printing for the core-one?

[@matterhart]

What about designing the print to have channels that would distribute epoxy within the print for strength? Maybe not as cost effective as filament, but would be cool video(s) and would get around the patent.

[@MrCcfly]

wonder why you say that creality need 2 year to get to bamboo and not for prusa ? they still not there yet ? one been just announced

[@mark6302]

conductive filaments is freaking cool :0 (are cool?)

[@pirobot668beta]

Electrically or thermally conductive? 'Ice 9' TPU has been around for some time...heat conduction similar to aluminum. And it provides EMI/RFI shielding while not being electrically conductive. Heatsinks? Oh yeah!

[@mark6302]

@@pirobot668beta the ones in the video o.O

[@Karaon]

Prusa in bamboo enclosure is a great joke

[@DistortedSemance]

The bro culture around 3D printing makes me really hesitant to get involved in it. Every time someone moans about Prusa I get flashbacks to early aughts game console flamewars.

[@NickNick2024]

There are toxic communities in 3d printing but I've found many more exclusive and welcoming communities in 3d printing. Don't let a loud group of unpleasant people scare you away. I rarely see them. 😁

[@FlyingEyes27]

Joo der typ bei <a href="#" class="seekto" data-time="968">16:08</a> rennt einfach mit einer 12.000€ Kamera da rum 😂

[@joshuahansen5486]

Wurth I have an idea for a new kind of 3D printer I guess it's more of a mechanical painter you use the arm that a 3D printer would use only instead of a printer head you have a spray paint nozzle or a paintbrush and you use that to paint your 3D print and instead of just dipping your paint brushes you could also have a continuous paint feed mechanism by having pumped paint go through a tube that goes out a hole amongst the paintbrush bristles you should also make a printer head that integrates a fiber into the plastic feed to increase the strength of the prints and lastly you guys need to look at how plastic joints were made back in the day and come to the realization that you need to preheat the plastic that is about to have a new layer line applied to it

[@k_DEDb07]

is there a way for a hobby 3d print user to scan a real life model just to get dimensions for drawing the model up on software please anyone know. thanks

[@JiajuChen]

Use an iPhone with LiDAR maybe?

[@mercerwing1458]

It's literally 17 minutes into the video

[@k_DEDb07]

@@mercerwing1458thats why i asked. i should of been more clear wgen i said hobby use. i dont have 5k. or even 500 bucks. but if there was some kind of image scanner whete i could just compare 3d points to get measurements. i dont mind the extra work as long as i can gwt the coordinates. i have searched and i don't think my lesser common requirements have an app that exists

[@arekx]

@@JiajuChen Hardware is not enough. What software is good for that?

[@JeffBradway]

Some helpful 3d scanning tools: The software from Revopoint or Creality, Meshroom, Meshlab, Fusion 360. With Meshroom, meshlab, a bit of patience and a photobooth you can make very good 3d scans using your smartphone camera. Helpful videos: kzbin.info/aero/PLDSgM5JAGDi5hwvJtgYOPBuiB9_SoobdB&si=vJCwq0MAoAHLiQKN

[@alfiegordon9013]

Hopefully someone pushes aim3d and ends up proving prior art for that patent. patents are always scummy but in a space built by community collaboration, it stings even more

[@teabagNBG]

im still dreaming of a 1mx1m flat bed cnc with a laser and a 3d printer with dual exrtuder ... i wonder why they dont bring out more machines like this, i know there is snapmaker but the machine is not good... the zünd g3 is a perfect example... it can do everyhting... imagine this thing could 3d print....

[@3707_here]

Not enough free filament samples and candy there for the entry price imo.

[@kitmarshall4084]

core1 is good if you don't have a printer, but guys like us already have printer of that size and waiting for the next large format corexy. Prusa should out shine bambu and released a enclosed corexy 300mm or 350mm printer ahead of Bambu... which i suspect will be coming out in 2025. By next year while Prusa busy playing catch up, we've all bought large format printer from Bambu and Prusa left to wonder how they miss the opportunity when they finally come out with their large format corexy... edit if i can upgrade my mk2s to core1, then yeah i would do it, but looks like it only for the mk4's

[@aliasname5518]

Can you do a review of the Würth Trockenbox please?

[@CNCKitchen]

You mean the orange one?

[@aliasname5518]

@@CNCKitchen Yes, for the 200mm spools

[@gerarderloper]

The CoreOne would have been pretty nice if it had more Z height, say 350 or more.

[@Gegsite]

So AIM3D stole your idea?

[@qlum]

As for planting bamboo, you will get rid of it, just have to wait for that one year it flowers and dies. May take a couple of decades though.

[@rickseiden1]

As a Prusa Fanboy I have to say that the Prusa Core is another sign that Prusa has become out of touch with the market. Pretty much the same printer has been on the market at other companies for half the price. I can get a Bambu Lab P1S with AMS unit for just a little more than I can get a Core. When I bought my MK3, Prusa was The Printer. And you paid extra for it. But the market is different now. They still make great products, but they aren't worth the premium anymore. I used to tell people who wanted to get into printing to spend more to get something reliable lie the MK3. Now I tell them to spend less and get something reliable like the Bambu Labs A1 mini or A1.

[@oonieyamoto7354]

prusa can't promote the printer without referring to bambulab

[@mervhoward5821]

I know one thing for sure. For someone whose second language is English, he can certainly talk.

[@EarlMiller]

This is 2025. Why are they still using linear rods and bearings?

[@MatiasAugustPetersen]

You do not really gain anything by using square linear bearings when having two parallel linear bearings apart from rigidity - the main advantage of the square linear bearings are that the carriages are locking in rotation and that the rails mount to a larger assembly. By having the bearings in parallel, you have already locked rotation, and if you do not need the extra stiffness, then there is simply no reason to go with the more expensive square linear bearings.

[@jimmysgameclips]

I suppose Prusas are also a big rival to Ultimakers in terms of quality/reliability? I was not impressed with ultimakers until... I used one lol. Horrible pricing though

[@silverfoxgaming6661]

at my school we have 3 ultimaker machines and we have nothing but problems. They are over 4 years old tho but since you could literally buy 13 a1's for less money then one of those machines it is in my opinion defenitly not worth it.

[@Jepespecial]

@@silverfoxgaming6661 it’s not the machine but the man behind it.

[@silverfoxgaming6661]

@@Jepespecial the first machine always stops mid print for some reason, the second machine is incapable of completing a print and sounds like a 90 year old that smokes 2 packs a day and the last printer gets confused about its build plate size every few prints and needs to be reset. All of these problems likely occurred because nobody does proper maintenance on them tho but that wasn't really my main point. The biggest problem I have with ultimaker machines is that haven't innovated at all in the last few years and they are way more expensive then printers like the A1. If you buy an A1 and every time you have a problem or need to do maintenance you could just throw it away and buy a new one and it would still be way cheaper.

[@Jepespecial]

I have a S5 since 5 years. Never had serious issues. Dual nozzle is unbeatable for technical prints. Most people only prints PLA or PETG. An A1 is made for it 👌

[@roveism]

Prusa Reducing the internal print volume, taking away the only advantage prusa could have had with this machine over Bambu. Face palm.

[@The_Privateer]

Prusa Core One - too little, too late.

[@VincentGroenewold]

No it's not. A printer is not like a phone, I just pick a brand I like and buy their stuff when I'm happy with them. Bambu has great stuff, but no real track record and I don't really like the closed design. So Prusa it is for me. This shouldn't matter to anyone, just my choice and the fanboy battles these days are so 90's.

[@chimpo131]

and too expensive lol!

[@ThatGuyYouSeeCommentingOnClips]

@@VincentGroenewold Accusing them of "fanboy battles" when they just made a comment about not liking the product while you felt the need to defend the company seems like projection, honestly. If you like it, great, they clearly think it's not good enough. It's perfectly reasonable and in no way fanboyish to look at a product and say it's not good enough value.

[@herr_rossi69]

@@chimpo131 The new Bambulab will also be significantly more expensive. Bambulab is backed by large financial groups who will want their money back at some point.

[@JonS]

Such a lazy take. How about posting a more nuanced comment about how much of the enclosed corexy market it will be able to capture? Things are never so black and white that simple statements like yours provide any value.

[@jelyfzh]

awesome

[@75echo]

Prusa's bambu lab clone is too little- too late. The problem with Joseph Pusa is that he milked the bedslingers for too long and getting him to innovate was like pulling out teeth. If bambu lab comes up with something new again next year to disrupt the market, Prusa's earnings will really be trouble.

[@pirobot668beta]

There are rumblings of a dual-headed printer from Bambu...a layer of this, a layer of that without all the tedious filament changes. TPU alternating with PETG comes to mind...the two materials bond to each other quite well...

[@mcbrite]

Prusa best sell their core one FAST... Like REALLY fast... If anybody will buy it at that price... I fear it's too little too late... I don't think many core ones will shift, with the Bambu Lab rumors already out there. And once it releases in a couple of months, it may well sweep away the rest of Prusa, math is math... 😞

[@joshuahansen5486]

Couldn't you just pour resin into your 3D prints instead of trying to use your 3D printer to injection mold the print solid which could have done in the first place

[@spinnetti]

Core 1... too little, too late, too much $? I love my Prusa, but they have been disrupted. They should cut the cost more on the MK4S and make the core1 a bit bigger, and with a camera and better AMS at a more competitive price. I like the Core 1, but its not enough at that price to slow the Bamboo momentum.

[@NoMercyFtw]

Wait the core one is 220 by 220 by 270 then that's a hard pass

[@jamieclarke321]

Companies like aim and stratasys really need to have their ceos given the United health treatment. Stop painting stuff like brick layers and injecting infill. We need this stuff

[@Amybnuy]

BOOO I was scared of the whole patent thing... disgusting. every single person I've met has had this idea, discussed it and even the research paper you mentioned existed.

[@JohnJaggerJack]

This is the most someone has shilled for a company if i ever seen that...

[@chriv8429]

Cool

[@PaulDominguez]

Well it's a pity Prusa took so long to release. I would have gone with them

[@polycrystallinecandy]

Great, another company trying to patent a technique that already exists. 😠 Do they actually add anything substantial to what's already in the Z-pinning research paper?

[@IvandelMuntSoler]

Too much sponsored content.

[@CircaSriYak]

"3D printing improves itself but it doesn't improve other industries." Words I heard once and keep thinking about

[@seboperrier8099]

That's arguable.. or at least closed minded 😢

[@ttonAb2]

Entirely false.

[@logicalfundy]

Rockets are using 3D printed parts. Prototyping fully embraced 3D printing. I've seen hobbyists who do things like woodworking add a 3D printer to their toolset. Dentistry uses 3D printing - I think my crown was made via a 3D printing (or using a 3D printed mold). 3D printed jigs are used in some industries. The list goes on - this is very, very false. You might not see many 3D printed end products, but if you look "behind the scenes" at how 3D printing is being incorporated into the design and production process - it's actually being used a lot.

[@SaHaRaSquad]

That's like saying screwdrivers didn't change other industries because you don't see walmart employees run around with screwdrivers in their hands and telling you all day how cool screwdrivers are. 3d printers are tools and have been used as tools for decades.

[@SnakebitSTI]

There's some truth to it, in that the 3D printing industry has a long standing obsession with trying to do everything with 3D printing. But also, 3D printing's strengths and weaknesses lean towards prototyping and some especially niche use cases in manufacturing and finished products, i.e. stuff that's invisible to consumers.

[@PaulDominguez]

Plant clumping bamboo not running bamboo.

[@CNCKitchen]

Wise words!

[@dertranssilvanier3667]

Hi, ich finde es nicht gut das du, wenn du schon soviele alternatieven Sprachen anbietest nicht auch eine deutsche Spur hinzufügst.

[@helixxharpell]

Without active chamber heater this is a waaay overpriced machine. Hard pass for me. 🙄

[@aholesen]

Please look into bamboo production before you consider calling it sustainable. Even though the plant grows rapidly, the process of making it into sheets is not. Thank you for the video.

[@Smallpieguy]

second :D

[@Smallpieguy]

should i get the sovol sv06 ace?

[@herpderp9854]

Yes

[@TheRoxzilla]

That’s pretty awesome. I am a bit concerned about the swastika deliberately displayed at 11m39s though.

[@SaHaRaSquad]

Get a grip

[@elijah_9392]

It's a quad point connecting mechanism that allows some flexability. That is the most geometrically efficient way to achieve the intended effect. It is not a political message.

[@SnakebitSTI]

It's a sample to show off their technology, so the "intended effect" is for people to look at it. Yeah.

[@ChanceRoth]

Copy Bambu and make it out of bamboo. Nice dig.

[@kwedl]

They didn't copy Bambu. Bambu did not invent 3D printers and didn't invent corexy. People need to stop that argument already. By their logic Bambu copied Prusa with the A1 and A1 Mini.

[@andreas.grundler]

@@kwedl Unfortunately this won't stop because a bunch of people think that before Bambu Lab there were only i3 style printers and that Core XY is new technology. The Ultimaker 2+ that we have in our office would clearly disagree. As far as I know, the first Core XY design was released in the same year that Prusa's i3 design was released.

[@SaHaRaSquad]

You know what copying existing stuff and tweaking it is called by normal people? Innovation. You know, the thing that happened when Prusa created reprap mods and when half China copied Prusa's i3 and when Bambu did their own spin on the existing corexy design, and so on. I'm not saying Prusa is super innovative right now but the Core One is very clearly not just a copy.

[@ChanceRoth]

Ok. Was just commenting on the clear shade. Just saying it was pretty overt. But, no doubt Bambu clearly did a thing with the category and now everyone wants a piece. I get why someone might have a thing against Bambu...privacy and closed and all. My takeaways on this new one were it's good the thing doesn't phone home. it's more open and they indented the sides so we could hang the filament, did I miss anything else. As far as the A1 goes, you're probably right, but then everyone has been doing that style for quite some time and that's what's happening here IMHO. Side note: Can't wait to see their AMS for it next year. Or, maybe it'll take them two like it took Creality.

[@SaHaRaSquad]

@@ChanceRoth Their "AMS" is the existing MMU3

[@crowguy506]

Nope. Still B2B only. No access for consumers even with an invite.

[@gcardinal]

@<a href="#" class="seekto" data-time="223">3:43</a> you can see the ugly first layer of Prusa

[@elijah_9392]

What's wrong with it?

[@SaHaRaSquad]

@@elijah_9392 It's a Prusa so it must be wrong /s

[@gcardinal]

@@elijah_9392its bumpy and uneven, over extruded and shows that platform is not leveled

[@disconductorder]

Prusa lost the game they pissed off too much of industry while catching up with the times too late they also stretched themselves too thin with R&D, unless they do all their research in China theyre in a financial hole

[@bruderdasisteinschwerermangel]

why would they do research in China? Out of all the things to outsource, R&D is the absolute last one

[@kabinet0]

They sell more printers than ever before (They can literally never keep up with orders due to how much demand there is), business is booming, and nobody reasonable is pissed off at them. They're actively expanding to new production lines (Their latest post describes how they literally just opened a new filament facility weeks ago), they're hiring, and are not in any kind of financial strife. Seriously, what did they do aside from not being your choice of printer? Just because they don't have the same dominance as bambu doesn't mean they're struggling. I use and like bambu printers, but this is ridiculous.

[@disconductorder]

@@kabinet0 well what are those numbers? I dont see why they would be booming outside of print farms with HUGE bulk discounts. I cannot think of one reason to buy a prusa outside of name recognition

[@kabinet0]

@@disconductorder The numbers would be the lead in weeks time for ordering the core one. They backed up within the first day. The mk4 and mk4s launches were the same. As I said before, you clearly don't want a prusa, but there are tons of people that do, and if you look up why to get a prusa, you'll get a lot of answers from their customers, they definitely aren't struggling. (Again, as evidence, they are actively hiring, recently opened a new location, and are consistently getting too many orders to fullfull) Heck they don't even really do discounts for print farms lol.

[@logicalfundy]

Last time I checked, the Mk4 is their best seller so far. I'm sure the Core One will continue that. I've also not heard of the industry being "pissed off" at them.