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Topic: Easy welder tool

The easy welder tool is new and might be released to public. It allows the fusion of two filaments together allowing multiple color combinations. So does anyone know if you could figure out how much filament would be used up to a certain layer? This would allow you to print multicolored prints with one extruder.

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Re: Easy welder tool

You may want to check this out.

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Re: Easy welder tool

barry1685 wrote:

The easy welder tool is new and might be released to public. It allows the fusion of two filaments together allowing multiple color combinations. So does anyone know if you could figure out how much filament would be used up to a certain layer? This would allow you to print multicolored prints with one extruder.

That thing looks like a heck of a faff.
I would think it would be much easier/quicker to just pause the print and switch colours.

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Re: Easy welder tool

Scobo has a very good point. I can't believe I never thought of that....

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Re: Easy welder tool

Could also just use a belt splicing kit for polyurethane belts. They aren't very expensive and do all the alignment and what not for you.

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Re: Easy welder tool

This method only works if everything being printed on the same layer(s) is of the same color.  With that said, I would never pay $900-$1000 for a splicing machine.

scobo wrote:
barry1685 wrote:

The easy welder tool is new and might be released to public. It allows the fusion of two filaments together allowing multiple color combinations. So does anyone know if you could figure out how much filament would be used up to a certain layer? This would allow you to print multicolored prints with one extruder.

That thing looks like a heck of a faff.
I would think it would be much easier/quicker to just pause the print and switch colours.