3D Printing on karl

Multi-Material Printing Hack for Prusa XL

Wed, 25 Dec 2024 00:00:00 +0000

In the same spirit as an earlier post, here is a quick hack I used to get my dual-headed Prusa XL printer to print with three materials at once.

While the technique worked, it may not be the best method, so proceed with caution.

The problem

I am trying to print a part that requires two different materials at the same time: ABS and TPU.

The shaded blue area is meant to be TPU/FLEX material. The shaded yellow area is meant to be ABS material.

Quick and dirty hack to extend the MK3S print area.

Sun, 04 Feb 2024 00:00:00 +0000

This isn’t going to be a long post. I’m working on a larger project but hit a snag and I didn’t find any easy/obvious solutions online so I thought I’d share what I came up with.

Details will come later when the bigger project is ready to be released so you’ll have to forgive me for the lack of context. Essentially I have a large / multi-hour print that almost fits on my MK3s print bed but is too large to slice as is.