Category Archives: 3D Printing

JGMaker Artist-D IDEX 3D – Kickstarter Campaign

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JGMaker Artist-D IDEX 3D Printer

This is my review of the JGMaker’s Artist-D 3D Printer. This will be a multi-post series where I discuss the Kickstarter Campaign and a review of the printer that I received. In this piece I will briefly introduce you to the JGMaker Artist-D 3D printer and provide an overview of my experience with the Kickstarter campaign that produced the printer I received. In a follow-up I will dive deeper into the technical side of the printer and discuss my impressions and observations. Artist-D IDEX 3D Printer The Artist-D is an IDEX 3D printer that JGMaker brought to life through a … Continue reading →

JGMaker Artist-D Duplication Mode

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The JGMaker Artist-D is an IDEX printer that is really, really neat. One issue I’ve run into is with duplication mode. Duplication mode works, but depending on how you send g-code to the printer you can get a very nasty grinding from the left extruder (T0). I believe there is a bug in Marlin that needs to be addressed, however coming up with some simple start g-code, the issue can be avoided. To best take advantage of this it is a good idea to create another printer in your slicing software. There are two advantages of doing this. First, you … Continue reading →