The Possibilities of Dual Extrusion
Two Color World by m6mafia, ecohen, JonMonaghan, and Skimbal
With the launch of the brand spanking new MakerBot Stepstruder MK7 the citizens of Thingiverse have already started to upload designs that take advantage of the ability to print in two materials during the same build. Whether it is printing in two-tones, such as the “Two Color World” above, or by using a dissolving support material like PVA, there’s no denying the coolness that is a dual extrusion build.
So, what would you do with a second extruder in your 3D printer? 1 A single print chessboard? A single print zebra?
Oh! I know! How about a gangsta that dissolves in water and leaves behind a slouching skeleton? 234 Or, how about a surprise box that you can only see inside once you dissolve the cube in water?
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4 Comments so far
Ryan Nakata
MIT using a modified Makerbot nozzle on there take on a 3d printer using a robotic arm. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f38MHE9ASac
chooch
Viva la dual extrusion revolution!
Joe Larson
I’ve got a skeleton posed in the gangsta but for some reason blender doesn’t want to Boolean subtract the skeleton from the gangsta. I set up the head to fall off after dissolving but to have a peg and hole so it can be put back on. It was gonna be funny. I don’t know why Blender isn’t cooperating.
The surprise box idea won’t work as well since the stl preview won’t hide anything. But I have a pretty good idea about something that will work.
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