Guides
Soluble Supports (PVA) Without Swapping Filament
Supports that dissolve instead of being pried off. When PVA is worth it, how to use it, and why it works best on its own toolhead.
Soluble Supports (PVA) Without Swapping Filament
Supports that dissolve instead of being pried off. When PVA is worth it, how to use it, and why it works best on its own toolhead.
What Multicolor Waste Costs: Per Print, Per Year
A simple formula, our test numbers and three usage scenarios: what discarded filament actually costs.
What Multicolor Waste Costs: Per Print, Per Year
A simple formula, our test numbers and three usage scenarios: what discarded filament actually costs.
One Print. Four Materials That Don't Get Along.
Rigid with flexible, structural with soluble. How independent toolheads let different materials share one print, and what to check before pairing them.
One Print. Four Materials That Don't Get Along.
Rigid with flexible, structural with soluble. How independent toolheads let different materials share one print, and what to check before pairing them.
Bed-Slinger vs CoreXY for Multicolor 3D Printing
Two ways to move a print head, and what each means for multi-toolhead printers: simplicity, access, speed and materials like ABS.
Bed-Slinger vs CoreXY for Multicolor 3D Printing
Two ways to move a print head, and what each means for multi-toolhead printers: simplicity, access, speed and materials like ABS.
IDEX vs IQEX: What Four Independent Toolheads C...
IDEX put two independent extruders on one gantry. IQEX puts four on one axis. Here's what that changes.
IDEX vs IQEX: What Four Independent Toolheads C...
IDEX put two independent extruders on one gantry. IQEX puts four on one axis. Here's what that changes.
AMS vs Tool Changer: Which Multicolor System Wa...
Two popular ways to print multicolor, compared on waste, color-change method, calibration and cost, plus a third option.
AMS vs Tool Changer: Which Multicolor System Wa...
Two popular ways to print multicolor, compared on waste, color-change method, calibration and cost, plus a third option.