Multi color filament self print (dual, tri, quad) by Molodos

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Print Profile(4)

All

A1 mini

P1S

P1P

X1 Carbon

X1E

[AMS] Dual color filament

Designer

28 min

1 plate

4.9(14)

[No AMS] Dual color filament

Designer

24 min

1 plate

5.0(3)

[AMS] Tri color filament

Designer

44 min

1 plate

5.0(1)

[AMS] Quad color filament

Designer

49 min

1 plate

5.0(2)

Boost

183

234

238

Released

Description

A 3D printable piece of filament. Use it to create your own dual-, tri- and quad-color filaments. Unlimited options for color combinations. One could even use transparent PLAs or PETGs for dual color PETG. Start your experiments now!

Features

About 4.6m of ~1.75mm filament (enough for a benchy)
Dual-color filaments printable with manual color swap at height
Tri- and quad-color filaments need a printer with AMS or AMS Lite
Prepared print profiles for all 3 variants
End discs for better adhesion
Unlimited possibilities

Recommended print settings

Layer height: 0.2mm (0.1mm for more accurate diameter, but not needed)
No supports required

Usage

Print your desired filament (Pro tipp: Use similar color strength filaments. E.g. black and white will lead to a dirty white when printing with your created filament)
Cut off the end discs
Insert the created filament into your printer carefully to prevent tangling
Print your own filament

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Comment & Rating (30)

@Hawk1252

This definitely works. Used Bambu PLA basic red and blue. Had just about 2.5 feet left over.

@user_897046402

Print Profile

[AMS] Dual color filament

I expected it that when it is used for printing it melts two colors in the same time and what you get is one color (mix of two used). If it worked that way, it would be ok - you can combine colors in CMYK mode (f.e. red+blue = purple) But indeed, the mixing of colors is not full, and I suppose that one side of melted "drop" is purple with more red, and the other, is purple with more blue I used PETG The effects are fantastic Brilliant idea!

@user_897046402

It also gave me an idea to try to make something similar to "rainbow filament", where the filament is multicoloured but colors change across the length, not the width/height f.e: https://pl.aliexpress.com/item/1005004166589258.html First quick and naive experiment shows that in principle it is possible (photos attached) But here colours change rapidly, and I would like to achieve smooth transition like in commercial "rainbow filaments". And the model is not finished because my filament went with quite bad quality, and broke during printing. I will experiment with it a bit more

@user_897046402

Replying to @user_897046402 :

v2:

@brandt369

Replying to @user_897046402 :

I saw a research article on nature.com from early May regarding a DIY gradient filament. You have to have the next filament transition from the center. Pretty neat concept that looks to work well and they even provided the source code to try yourself.