[Swansea Hackspace] Diamond RGB Hotend

[Richard Morgan]

Might well be 'limited' but the video definitely shows 'mixing' of
colours....

On 4 December 2015 at 10:20, Gerrit Niezen <gerrit.niezen at gmail.com> wrote:

> Sorry guys, I tend to disagree. In none of the prints shown are there more
> than three colours used. I have difficulty imagining how filament can be
> mixed to produce accurate colours. Even in their Kickstarter campaign, they
> call it “multi-color” printing. I’ll be happy to be proved wrong though! ;)
>
> The “mixing chamber” is specifically called “small" so that it can switch
> quickly from one colour to another:
>
> https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/wr3d/the-diamond-hotend-single-nozzle-multi-color-3d-pr/description
>
>
> On 4 Dec 2015, at 10:05, Richard Morgan <richard.morgan at avocation.co.uk>
> wrote:
>
> Yes, it does print in full colour - it will mix the filament from three
> reels so you could do 10% Red, 50% Blue and 20% Green etc....
>
> Not sure how you G-code it to feed the filament though using Slic3r and if
> there's more RAMPS wiring needed....
>
> P.S. Emyr - you're such a hoot ;-)
>
> On 4 December 2015 at 09:54, Gerrit Niezen <gerrit.niezen at gmail.com>
> wrote:
>
>> For a moment I thought “RGB full colour” meant it mixes and actually
>> prints in full colour, but on closer inspection it looks like you can just
>> print in three colours at once?
>>
>> On 4 Dec 2015, at 09:41, Richard Morgan <richard.morgan at avocation.co.uk>
>> wrote:
>>
>> Anyone got any views or experience with the RGB full colour hotend?
>>
>> http://reprap.org/wiki/Diamond_Hotend
>>
>> Christmas is coming and I was wondering if it's any good...
>>
>> Cheers,
>>
>> Richard
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>
> Richard
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