Rostock Max v3 to Quad-monster conversion
Posted: Fri Jul 26, 2019 5:32 pm
Just finished my quad-struder conversion of the rostock. My multi color journey started a year ago with the mosaic pallette. It was great, but only with PLA and it wasted ALOT of plastic. Couldn't use multi-material and massive PITA to hook up with a rostock. So I figured if i wanted to do multi-material(like TPU/PLA) i'd need to do it with more extruders and not splicing. Anyway, went the dual-route for a while, but ended up with a quad 
Wanted to share pics.
Upgraded from original
-Duet2Wifi
-Duex5 addon board
-0.9 degree steppers (allround)
-quad BMG's
-carbon fiber arms
-SE300 hotend
-FSR leveling
-capricorn tubing allround
-magnetic build-plate
-quad extruder, with 3 y-adapters
Took a looong time to troubleshoot and get working, still tuning stringing as we speak. Had to write a few macros to get the loading/unloading working seamlessly and adjust for the proper retraction during tool changes.
Anyway, here's some pictures of the build
Here's the main board, with the two additional extruders added (nothing to hook them up to yet!)
Duex5 installed, power breakout and cable management added
All buttoned up
Picture of the tri-Y setup. Working fine now, might model a 4-in-1 adapter to speed up the tool-changes
It's ALIVE!
Finished product, first try!
Couple notes
-the spool holders are too close to do a quad setup with the stock holders, i made some taller ones that have a cross-brace and are further apart.
-lots of tuning required to get to this point, make sure your dual-setup works great before starting with 3 or more.
Wanted to share pics.Upgraded from original
-Duet2Wifi
-Duex5 addon board
-0.9 degree steppers (allround)
-quad BMG's
-carbon fiber arms
-SE300 hotend
-FSR leveling
-capricorn tubing allround
-magnetic build-plate
-quad extruder, with 3 y-adapters
Took a looong time to troubleshoot and get working, still tuning stringing as we speak. Had to write a few macros to get the loading/unloading working seamlessly and adjust for the proper retraction during tool changes.
Anyway, here's some pictures of the build
Here's the main board, with the two additional extruders added (nothing to hook them up to yet!)
Couple notes
-the spool holders are too close to do a quad setup with the stock holders, i made some taller ones that have a cross-brace and are further apart.
-lots of tuning required to get to this point, make sure your dual-setup works great before starting with 3 or more.