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Prusa Multi-material Upgrade – Part 2

After a week of troubleshooting, I’ve finally gotten my printer back up and running again.  If you read my last post, you’ll remember that I upgraded my Prusa with the new MMU2S, and while building the upgrade itself wasn’t too bad, getting everything working again afterward didn’t go well.  I didn’t document the time I spent troubleshooting, taking things apart, and putting them back together, but I did document the original build, so here’s the image montage of that, then I’ll talk through the steps I took to get it all back working again.

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Prusa Multi-material Upgrade – Part 1

Over the weekend, I decided it was time to build my long-awaited multi-material upgrade for my Prusa 3d printer.  I had planned on ordering this way back in March, but the combination of my funds and other things I wanted to order at the same time being out of stock stayed my hand.  Still, after lots of different delays, I finally got around to ordering it and building it. Continue reading Prusa Multi-material Upgrade – Part 1

Building a 3D Printer

A while back, I decided I was going to get a new 3D printer.  My old printer was becoming a bit long of the tooth, and there have been a lot of advancements in 3D printing technology in the last few (seven) years.  A good friend of mine was working at Aleph Objects / Lulzbot, and that gave me a lot of visibility into what was going on in the industry, and that convinced me it was again time to take the dive.  While I was initially investigating and looking into a Lulzbot Workhorse, I eventually decided on getting a Prusa i3 MK3S, the wrinkle was, I decided to get a Prusa kit, which meant I’d be building this one myself. Continue reading Building a 3D Printer