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Bowden tube Y-splitter

By basdrumt

at 2024-05-11

Bowden tube Y-splitter that can be mounted on an Ultimaker 3D-printer to convert it into a 2 filaments into 1 nozzle system. Bowden tubes can be mounted using the same clips as in the Ultimaker 3D printers.

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If you want to use this Y-splitter for printing with PLA I would advise not to use PLA for printing the Y-splitter itself as the friction of PLA on PLA is relatively high. This would result in more friction. I've got good experience with the Y-splitter printed out of Nylon and then using it for printing with PLA filament after mounting it to the printer.

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bigrjsuto

over 4 years

Thanks basdrumt but I already made one from scratch that seems to be a little better. I'll credit yours as a remix though!

basdrumt

over 4 years

Hi, I used this for some experiments quite a while ago. I can't remember that I did any special cleanup. I do remember that I printed it at quite a low layer height to get it as smooth as possible. I also printed it in Nylon and not in PLA (see remarks about friction under materials & methods). If it doesn't work, you could also try to enlarge the inner diameter slightly. If you don't succeed at that with the STEP file, I could see if I still have the native file. Enlarging the inner diameter in the native file should be easy. Good luck! Kind regards, Bas

bigrjsuto

over 4 years

Hey I just printed this and I can't fit 2.85mm material through it. Is there any cleanup typical on the inside of this? It looks like it's getting caught in the merge area.

basdrumt

almost 7 years

Yes, it could. You would need 2 extra material feeders though. I made this design to enable someone to do 2-color printing through 1 nozzle on an Ultimaker 3. In this case we just used both material feeders that are already available on the machine. The goal was to do very precise dual color printing and by using this solution we did not have to calibrate the x-y offset between the two nozzles: we simply printed both colors through the same nozzle.

Luis

almost 7 years

Any more info about how this works? Cura? This could potentially result in 4 colors, right?

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