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Upgrade A10M to A10T

Posted: Thu Oct 24, 2019 10:50 pm
by Ricky1966
Hi everybody. Someone knows how to upgrade A10M to A10T? I know the board is the same, GT2650 v 3, but must solder a connector up E2 driver's slot. Which is the hotend? Which is the firmware... Could you explain me more info?

Re: Upgrade A10M to A10T

Posted: Fri Oct 25, 2019 7:36 am
by Jarda3d
The easiest way is to sell A10M and buy A10T. Or buy A10T and you will get two printers.

Re: Upgrade A10M to A10T

Posted: Fri Oct 25, 2019 7:45 am
by Geeeko
I do not find the mixing extruder of the A10M pointless. It can be a lot of fun when it works as intended.

Currently at 400$, the A10T makes it quite expensive for 'just' a third extruder (and indeed a triple mixing chamber).

Re: Upgrade A10M to A10T

Posted: Fri Oct 25, 2019 7:54 am
by Jarda3d
It is possible to add filament switch, aka Y-adapter. But you need 1 more extruder and 4P2T switch or do it electronically (driven by pushbutton on far axis end etc). 4x 1P2T Relay and pushbutton "brick" 2P2T on the far end of X axis is the simplest option. Driven by gcode....

Re: Upgrade A10M to A10T

Posted: Fri Oct 25, 2019 5:55 pm
by Ricky1966
Ok. I've change prospettive. Do you think is possibile to "attach" Prusa MMU2 to GT2650 V3 board? So, I only change hotend (isn't stricktly needed) and work multicolor

Re: Upgrade A10M to A10T

Posted: Sat Oct 26, 2019 5:26 am
by Jarda3d
Geee, add some "vertex" chamber into hotend mixing "cube" to make mixed colours uniform.

And agree, dual colour printer is only for 1% of tasks. It is time consuuming to prepare models and slicing.

Mixer is great, but 3 colours is not enough!

Cyan
magenta
yellow
white
black
transparent
support material

and at least 3 "effects"
metallic fill
wood fill
glow fill
temperature changes