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

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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/).

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