Full colour 3D printing at home with PolyDye - Open Source Inkjet integration

Check out my 2nd channel, TT Racing: https://www.youtube.com/@TTRacingYT PolyDye is a community created solution to full colour 3D printing, by adding an inkjet cartridge controlled by custom electronics and firmware. In this video, I take you through how it works, installation and calibration, and current performance and issues. Hopefully some testers come on board to help develop and get this production ready. The hardware in this video was provided free of charge for the purposes of testing and making this video. Although Jacques is my patron, I think it’s still clear that I have provided a transparent account of my experience, including bugs and problems. I can only applaud the amount of work that has gone into this. This is such a huge and complicated project that will drive colour 3D printing forward for the community. PolyDye website: https://www.level9000.co.za/index.html PolyDye GitHub: https://github.com/cooljjj33/PolyDye PolyDye store: https://www.level90003dprintedmodels.com/shop 0:00 Introduction Biana’s YouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/@level9000.3D 0:52 What is PolyDye? 1:35 Alternative multicolour solutions Prusa XL: https://www.prusa3d.com/en/product/original-prusa-xl-semi-assembled-5-toolhead-3d-printer/ Bambu Lab AMS waste video: https://youtu.be/p3ZIM3megIU Stratasys Polyjet: https://www.stratasys.com/en/guide-to-3d-printing/technologies-and-materials/polyjet-technology/ 3:36 PolyDye workflow SketchFab: https://sketchfab.com/ Blender 4.1 download: https://download.blender.org/release/Blender4.1/ 5:12 Prerequisites and hardware Marlin firmware: https://marlinfw.org/ Neptune 2 video: https://youtu.be/RUnH_VKx1bs 6:04 Printed parts and custom mounts Neptune 2 GitHub CAD: https://github.com/elegooofficial/Neptune-2/blob/main/Neptune2-20210208-3D(2).rar My mounts in Onshape: https://cad.onshape.com/documents/aff7f542f079d918706e3e3c/w/1cb12100149c0f57ed75d277/e/cc3fd24e66e205bee2284fc7?renderMode=0&uiState=6763bb7cec96061fd4bb2b61 7:05 Assembly and firmware 10:15 Slicer setup and calibration 13:01 Performance and caveats 15:10 Conclusion Models featured in this video: "ホオグロヤモリ 🦎 House Gecko, Hemidactylus frenatus" (https://skfb.ly/oBZvO) by ffish.asia / floraZia.com is licensed under Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/). "Model 40A - Walking Tokay Gecko, "Big Mama"" (https://skfb.ly/oyCso) by DigitalLife3D is licensed under Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/). Buy quality and affordable filament from X3D. Buy 3, get 1 free and a free sample pack with every order: www.x3d.com.au Get Quality Resins from 3D Printers Online. 5% off storewide for Teaching Tech subscribers [Code: tech5] https://3dprintersonline.com.au/ Take a look around and if you like what you see, please subscribe. Support me on Patreon: http://www.patreon.com/teachingtech