If I was to do this again, it would literally take me like 30 minutes and not 6 hours..lol. I hope I am able to help people see what the process is like and not make the mistakes I did..hahaha
Exciting to see a multi-head finally out of the cave. I'm awaiting a 5'r. Can't wait for your 2nd video and beyond! Please let us know the good, bad and any oddities to watch out for. Thanks!
I don't have a Prusa XL yet, but they are the first where I can see how to calibrate the nozzles, especially when you have 2 or 5 extruders, thanks for the video.
lets go! petg supports for PLA are AWESOME and you can set interface to 0. Perfect separation and perfect finish. Try it on helmets and the result is PERFECT
Thanks for the video. I'm looking at getting an MK4 kit with enclosure which is about $1,135. So do you think spending extra for the XL would be worth it? Looking at hobby printing, figures, swords and maybe even armor. Also interested in seeing how to does with smaller prints. Have you noticed any difference between the MK4 and the XL?
one of the nice things about printing out of a filament dryer (even with the MMU) is that the filament won't get loose on me. The only chance for that happening is when I'm feeding it out of the dryer initially.
Thanks for the unbox video - It's great to see these multi-head production units out in the wild. I have a 5h coming hopefully yet this year. As you mentioned a few times throughout about being concerned with choosing a large enough space, during the pre-order wait, I've been thinking about how/where I want to set this up. We've known about the overall outside dimensions of the machine for some time now, but what I'm curious about is the overall outside dimension of where the foot pads make contact with your table top. This would really setup the absolute minimum surface size that you could get away with.
Hey, I didn’t fully understand your issue with the snapped heat bed cable at your MK3. But from what I’ve seen: all your MK machines have a standard straight cable outlet housing at the bed. There’s a 60 degree angled version of that little black cable housing available. With that conversion, the heat bed cable makes more of a rolling movement when the heat bed is moving, instead of being bent that much like with the original housing. That tiny upgrade could possibly prevent related issues in the future. Note: there are different versions for screwed and soldered heat beds available. Choose 60 degrees over 45 degrees. 60 works best.
Hi there, just had notice from Prusa that mine is coming, having to decide where to install it, so could you tell me how far apart the feet are, so I know whether or not to get a new bench top! Thanks
That LCD assembly looks difficult. On the mk3 (and I would think mk4 as well (I'll find out)) you can just turn it upside down. That doesn't look like the best of options with the xl.
Are you satisfied with your aluminum extrusion shelving in terms of stability, vibration etc.? What extrusion type you used there 20x20 or 30x30 and what kind of brackets you used to fix it firmly?
Waiting on a 5 myself that I pre ordered over a year ago now, super interested to see you do this with multiple colors on the same layer, and 1 color with water soluble support interface material for hopefully perfect support! Subscribed and if you want inspiration for quick easy videos, ive been watching a lot of tada3dprinting and her 1 head xl content!
@@jean-marcgruninger9019 Well Prusa are saying the first batch of 5 head should be coming July 19th, which isnt too far away but i know there are A LOT of people ahead of me too haha, so we get to watch if there are any major issues with it before we have to put our money down which is a positive
@@pixisdesigns761 I totally get that especially for the work it looks like you do (first vid i saw of yours so this is an assumption) where you will paint or have multi part models made. For me I wanted single part pieces made with 4 colors and soluble prints to remove any sort of post processing, but im sure i will have a couple of 2 head units in the future as well. looking forward to seeing more from you man!
Yep, subbed to tada too, that's a great channel She has almost daily uploads of their XL and MK4, and really inspired me to want an XL - but man the Prusa order fulfillment wait is forever. Subbed to this channel too now. This is the first multi tool changer extruder XL I've seen. Very 😎
Printer is smaller than I expected which is a good thing. I have a 5 head XL coming and my shop is pretty tight. Can't wait for someone to come up with an auto feed! I run MK3s all day at work so I know the Xl is going to be good! Sorry didn't watch entire the video was that a semi assembled machine? Thanks for vid.
It's gonna be a struggle. Table space is premium in my workshop. Only 16 M2 of table space and it's all used every day. Got two prusa printers running under a table. The XL ... i quess gonna have to make some space on a wall under the sealing or something. No way it's gonna end up eating table space with these dimensions.
After the announcement on Nov. 18th 2021, how soon did you place your pre-order? I didn't learn of it until the 24th and immediately placed my pre-order, I've yet to receive a purchase email.
@@pixisdesigns761 Zowies! I was told sometime in Q3 for my purchase email. If I divide Q3 by 6, I shouldn't expect an email before mid-September. Thank you for the information.
Even if you really were missing the second piece I wouldn't have let it stop me. It just means cleaning the machine a little bit after you get the piece in.
@@pixisdesigns761 I'm sure it would. And it definitely wouldn't affect the calibration stage. I think the only thing that part does is minimize the amount of filament drooling out. So if it doesn't exist you'd just get a little extra filament in the trench.
@@K8Stuff as a kit you probably have to assemble the entire frame including X Y rails, belts, wiring main board and power supply, heat bed, etc. I think pre assembled saved about 8 additional hrs at least. And then you'd need to be sure it's all squared correctly.
I have not seen a video of this printer yet where someone has not had to fernangle or repair parts to get this thing assembled and working, come on Prusa you can do better than this!
The guy rambles forever. Fifteen minutes in and he STILL hasn't gotten to the extruder set up. I just don't have the patience to sit through all the off topic transgressions. I think this 1 hour 56 minute video could have been more useful if condensed to 15 minutes without loosing any useful information at all.
