• The Pantser@lemmy.worldEnglish
    4·
    1 year ago

    What would be nice would be a way the waste can be used to print something else like a functional part that colors won’t matter.

    • Carighan Maconar@lemmy.worldEnglish
      5·
      1 year ago

      Yeah like during the infill portion of each layer, swap the color. But I can only see that work if each layer is a separate color.

      • JohnDClay@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
        2·
        1 year ago

        If you have different parts of the same layer, you could jump back and forth to the infill to purge. But you’d need to make sure you have enough inside volume compared to the outside surface area.

    • JohnDClay@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
      1·
      1 year ago

      That would involve remelting the filament and re-extruding, which can be bad for strength. Maybe you could print the functional print at the same time and use it as the purge tower?