Is that compatible with other brands? I believe most MMUs are only compatible with their own printers. That’s another advantage of INDX, and other toolchangers I’m sure are in the pipeline. I’m going to be installing an INDX in my heavily modded Ender 5 Plus, and if I ever decide to sell it, or retire it, I know I’ll probably be able to carry it over to another printer.

Are there a lot of heavy trucks imported in the US? All I see from afar are those ancient looking Kenworths, Peterbuilts and the like.

Orcas have almost never killed humans in recorded history. The recorded cases were either jailed orcas, or mistaken identity. There are however many documented cases of orcas offering catch to humans, and behavior like that. They “kill” boats, not humans.

Sadly, fridges are the one appliance that uses the most energy, it runs 24/7, so running an older model will cost you a lot in the long term. I have a 20 year old fridge that hasn’t had a problem ever, save a broken glass shelf and a door basket, and I’m replacing it with a dumb one with the best energy rating. It’s the same with cars, although it’s getting harder to find “dumb” cars.

Oh, I understand that perfectly well. The question is: that thing is a tethered balloon. If they expect to have it float 10 Km up, it has to be tethered with a cable at least 10Km long, which should be able to withstand the forces created by wind resistance, plus its own weight, and be conductive, so some lightweight cable won’t cut it, metal will have to be involved, and not some lightweight signal cable, but hefty metal. Will that thing be buoyant enough to lift that cable?

Is that thing going to be able to float itself and support the weight of the cables at the altitudes they talk about?

The thing is that Europe will only buy whatever is not produced locally… yet.

Things like Patriots and the like. Europe can produce most stuff right now, and is working on the rest. Things like 6th Gen fighters are in the pipeline (if France stops dicking around, as usual, with their project direction fetish), patriot equivalents should be reasonably easy, etc. Politics is the usually the hurdle, but many multinational programs have been succesful, and there is a real incentive now.

I may agree in a DIY setting, but for a business it’s a sunken cost fallacy. I’ve owned 2 businesses where productive equipment were integral. Replacing machinery where there is a substantial improvement does make absolute business sense. Also, if you allow a machine to wear out you are shooting yourself in the foot. It’s much better to unload them in the second hand market, and renew. I haven’t owned a print farm, but I’m certain that amortization is fairly quick.

The industrial ones may be tough, but the one in the video looks janky and the abundance of printed parts does not inspire confidence in its longevity. Also, it is an addon to an MMU, making the whole multi color set up closer to $500, and limited to bowden, which precludes flexibles. Once a tool has been swapped it must be heated to the proper temp for the filament.

I’m not intimately knowledgeable with subtractive CNC, but I own and have used a lot a hand router, so I’m familiar with the business end of the things. Reliability is not going to be the same with a dry tool or toolhead, than with an oozy nozzle.

The system is for bedslingers only, which are inferior to cartesian or CoreXY cube printers.

The INDX is way more capable, simpler (thus likely more reliable) made by Bondtech, which has a proven reliability and performance record.

The only scenario where I see this being equal or superior to a toolhead changer is, well, none.

I’m going to guess that since Europe is going towards full self reliance in arms procurement, and the US defense producers are seeing their sales tank, he has been told that this is a way to sell stuff, at least short term, since the European ramp up will take some time.

If you have a print with supports, having a support filament that adds little extra time, compared to an MMU, is much more than nice. Being able to use rigid and flexible prints reliably in the same print is more than nice. From what I have read, flexibles in MMUs are prone to failure.

The swapper may reduce poop, but it looks like it won’t reduce print times.

Also, it looks like it has a ton of failure points. Tool changers are much simpler and faster.

Most MMUs are in the 300€ range. For that money you’ll soon be able to buy an INDX tool changer from Bondtech.

No Brainer.

I’m no historian, I’m just pointing out what the Torah says God commands them to do.

Wild guess here:

Maybe your hotend thermistor is failing, but not dead, cutting out intermittently, which could cause the hot end temperature to be fluctuating, thus alternatively under or over extruding.

To see if your filament is humid, raise your Z, and with a magnifying glass look closely at the extruded stream while you extrude. If wet it will be uneven and/or have bubbles.

That’s my take too. Also, while pre 1.0 development was kind of slow, it looks like it’s picking up speed. I guess releasing 1.0 may have given it much needed visibility, and probably attracted some developers.

I’m pretty sure that’s caused by a 3D printer.

Now seriously, what printer is it?

You have over AND under extrusion.

Stock hotend?

Deut 20:16 But in the towns of these peoples, which YHWH your God is giving you as a heritage, you shall not let a soul remain alive. 20:17 No, you must proscribe them—the Hittites and the Amorites, the Canaanites and the Perizzites, the Hivites and the Jebusites—as YHWH your God has commanded you.

Netanyahu?

From Haareth: “82 % of Israelis support the expelling of Gazans”.

Let’s not give Israelis a pass.

Also, this is not new:

Deut 20:16 But in the towns of these peoples, which YHWH your God is giving you as a heritage, you shall not let a soul remain alive. 20:17 No, you must proscribe them—the Hittites and the Amorites, the Canaanites and the Perizzites, the Hivites and the Jebusites—as YHWH your God has commanded you

If you are not Jewish, remember: They are the chosen people, you are not.