Misschanger - Milestone 1 - proof of concept

[@absak]

so in the end what will it be 5-6 SB ?

[@vinny5915]

With the current mechanism, the limit is 4 SBs, unfortunately. I do have ideas to get the 5th in there, but can't promise that any of them will work. To elaborate a bit further. Personally, I will not be using more than 4 toolheads on this printer. However, there is value in having enough space for the 5th TH. It can be use for a cleaning / align-check station, for example. Therefore, it is something that is worth going back to the drawing board for.

[@absak]

@@vinny5915 an alignement board in place of a 5th one would fit the bill! That project is probably one of the most ambitious I've seen in a while, that plus the fact it is easily removable is really nice I'll be more than pleased to follow and maybe help with the development as you said you were short on filament 😅

[@caramelzappa]

Awesome work, and THANK YOU for being willing to share it in its early stage. It's going to allow both better feedback back to you to improve it, and allow others to learn from your own work for their own development. Really cool stuff, excited to see it develop.

[@QEngineering]

Super cool project, thanks for sharing.

[@null2470]

Thank you for making your progress public.

[@faisalalbader8385]

Thank you for your great work! Cutting time of z movement as in tap changer is really significant, I’ll try to add helpful input with the published design 👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻

[@Reds3DPrinting]

Congrats on the Milestone! This looks so awesome!

[@d0u8l3m]

This is awesome, great work! I'm glad you started to release these, I don't have a full size voron to test with but I'm building a salad fork so maybe this can be shrunk down for boop!

[@3DWolfEngineering]

Awesome, great job that will absolutely cut down tool changing times, because i am currently planning my next build and also trying to add speed to it, one difficulty is it to move up and down with a heavy gantry

[@jpcarvajal4930]

Amazing video, it gives me hope in more open source multi-material/color open source 3d printers, I think it would be a great idea for you to have a patreon if you dont have one already, I think many people with vorons or may want to build one as myself would want this mod to be out for the public and would consider very much helping you to develop this great mod!

[@protadec]

Amazing

[@designbydave]

This is awesome!

[@ifrite3]

you could consider seeking funding in the form of patreon to help fund this and possibly future projects

[@creativecityis]

forgive me for being slow... the tool changer is at the bottom of the printer, so when tool changing with a half printed model its gonna smack it... why not have the tool changer at the top?

[@vinny5915]

It is not at the bottom of the printer. It is strapped to the gantry and come up with it as the print goes on. This way, it won't need to travel to the top to fetch the next toolhead.

[@giuliopajot5438]

hei its an awesome project and i think i want to try too contribute maybe i could hel you with buyng some filament and some coffee to chug along, i also have a 2.4 and i would realy like to use a tap compatible tool changer fully reversable

[@platin2148]

Hmm i guess you need to add a nozzle wiper when switching.

[@pixel_vengeur391]

I'm gonna follow this quite closely. I'm super interested in making a toolchanger machine but, despite the brilliance of the TapChanger, I find the the DragonBurner toolhead way too limiting cooling-wise on my V0. So a toolchanger that can keep the Stealthburner is exactly what I am looking for! Side question, what's the size of your 2.4? Is it a 300 or a 350?

[@nebuchadnezzar47]

I do not think that printed parts will be sufficient for big prints with thousands of toolchanges... look at the E3D motion changer or a machine that was derived from that (Makertech Proforge 4)... I really think something like they implemented is needed... I also heard of the prusa XL being inconsistent with the toolchange or even fail the toolchange completely at one point... I think there needs to be a strong, self centering coupling system that is highly repeatable... maybe you could use a lighter electromagnet instead of a servo

[@caddylad09]

Hi, i was just wondering if you managed to get any help with the project?

[@vinny5915]

I did. This are going well, and I am making the video for the next milestone, which has been reached.

[@tructruc00]

Will it work with the trident ?

[@vinny5915]

I don't have a Trident to work on. But it is design with the Trident's motion system in mind

[@mikebeaudin7117]

How difficult would it be to mod this to be compatible with dragon burner tool heads?

[@vinny5915]

It would be easier and better to adapt tap-changer to the docking system.

[@thecamarokid4230]

Does this go up and down with the Z Axis?

[@vinny5915]

Yes. it is attached to the gantry, and go up and down with it.

[@thecamarokid4230]

@@vinny5915 If it was stationary, could you add multiple of them and double or triple the amount of toolheads? or would the print interfere with the the tool change?

[@vinny5915]

​@@thecamarokid4230 Just to clarify. This docking system is not stationary, it is attached to the gantry and travel with it. Nevertheless, there are stationary dock design in the Tapchanger repository, which (theoretically) can be doubled up.

[@thecamarokid4230]

@@vinny5915Yup yup. Just wondering. I do like the design. Having it move up and down with the z axis will probably make the tool changes a lot quicker right?

[@vinny5915]

@@thecamarokid4230yes