Scott
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(Part 2: Continuation of previous post)
GOTTA GET SOME OF THAT ONYX
The Mark Two prints with engineering nylon and Onyx. Onyx is a proprietary material that is composed of engineering nylon and chopped carbon fiber (CCF -- every cool tech has an acronym). It is more heat resistant and significantly stiffer than plain nylon. It also has a nice matte black appearance. When you combine Onyx and one of the continuous fiber strands you wind up with a really strong, good looking part.
(A part printed in Onyx on a Mark Two, not my part)
NO MOISTURE HERE
The printer comes with an air-tight dry box to hold the nylon or Onyx. It's a high-quality box from Pelican Case which, I assume, they had customized with an air-tight, push-to-connect fitting and a bracket to hold the continuous fiber spool. The continuous fiber spool appears to be 3D printed, perhaps on a Markforged. If so, you gotta love companies that eat their own dog food. When you print a part it knows the last time that you printed and it will automatically print a purge strip to consume any of the filament in the Bowden tube that may have absorbed water.
All of the filament and continuous fiber comes carefully packaged in air-tight packaging. The filament is packaged with desiccant that you're drop into the dry box.
Dry box behind the printer
The result is an end-to-end solution that produces dry nylon and a high-quality print. This is far beyond upgrading the hot end of my 3D printer.
HARDWARE
As I've already stated, if Apple were to build a 3D printer it would look the Markforged. The build quality, fit and finish are outstanding. It features a color touch screen built into base and it comes with everything that you need to begin printing.
Fits on counter
Rather than using paper as a gauge to adjust the print heads, they provide brass strips, one for nylon/Onyx and the other for the continuous strands which are set higher.
GOTTA GET SOME OF THAT ONYX
The Mark Two prints with engineering nylon and Onyx. Onyx is a proprietary material that is composed of engineering nylon and chopped carbon fiber (CCF -- every cool tech has an acronym). It is more heat resistant and significantly stiffer than plain nylon. It also has a nice matte black appearance. When you combine Onyx and one of the continuous fiber strands you wind up with a really strong, good looking part.
(A part printed in Onyx on a Mark Two, not my part)
NO MOISTURE HERE
The printer comes with an air-tight dry box to hold the nylon or Onyx. It's a high-quality box from Pelican Case which, I assume, they had customized with an air-tight, push-to-connect fitting and a bracket to hold the continuous fiber spool. The continuous fiber spool appears to be 3D printed, perhaps on a Markforged. If so, you gotta love companies that eat their own dog food. When you print a part it knows the last time that you printed and it will automatically print a purge strip to consume any of the filament in the Bowden tube that may have absorbed water.
All of the filament and continuous fiber comes carefully packaged in air-tight packaging. The filament is packaged with desiccant that you're drop into the dry box.
Dry box behind the printer
The result is an end-to-end solution that produces dry nylon and a high-quality print. This is far beyond upgrading the hot end of my 3D printer.
HARDWARE
As I've already stated, if Apple were to build a 3D printer it would look the Markforged. The build quality, fit and finish are outstanding. It features a color touch screen built into base and it comes with everything that you need to begin printing.
Fits on counter
Rather than using paper as a gauge to adjust the print heads, they provide brass strips, one for nylon/Onyx and the other for the continuous strands which are set higher.
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