Granule printer V5.3,, track link, full print

[@XXCoder]

Too bad you live so far from me, I'd donate my mk3s to cause lol

[@HomoFaciens]

Thanks! But one MK4 is enough. More printers wouldn't speed up the development.

[@XXCoder]

@@HomoFaciens I suppose lol. well you're doing great!

[@btconstantin3682]

It's surprising how well and quickly it prints with granulated PLA! Congratulations!!

[@shoumikahmed6373]

Is that quick?? LOL

[@HomoFaciens]

@shoumikahmed6373 Show me a FDM powder printer that can do it quicker with a comparable print quality.

[@shoumikahmed6373]

@@HomoFaciens I do not care about powder printer. My FDM printer can print PLA at 250mm/s with great quality. Now some printers can print at 500mm/s with good quality. Powder printer has hortible quality. You have to babysit the printer for clow in both input and output of the extruder, no consistency, horrible quality, under extrusion, small window of plastic material choice etc. Why bother??

[@HomoFaciens]

@shoumikahmed6373 Babysitting? No! As soon as the material feed is fully implemented, you start the Prusa same as in filament mode. See my latest video on that: kzbin.info/www/bejne/aGPUfaavrdGqarM Underextrusion? No! Just raise the extrusion factor in your slicer. In therms of print quality: I am working on that and the result I am presenting in this video is by far better than any existing pellet or powder extruder. Give me time to get even better as this is work in progress. Also, you can print materials that simply are not available as filament or hart to print as filament. For example metal filaments are extremely brittle and so more easy to print as powder. Same is for extremely soft materials which easily get stuck in filament extruders. Prints get cheaper, you can quickly recycle failed prints into new raw material (more on this will follow), no more spool change if filament gets empty, no waste plastic spools. There are definitely reasons to use a powder/pellet extruder. I never said, this would replace filament printing, but it definitely is a step forward in FDM printing. Not only in industrial scale. Stay tuned to see how this project evolves!

[@TheChillieboo]

i swear man, there is nothing you cant build!

[@HomoFaciens]

...and if I fail, I will try again! ;-)