Voron VS EnragedRabbitProject

Anti-features like this just make me more convinced to get a Voron instead. Open source design, great community, almost infinitely moddable, and at least as capable as the Bambu. You can self-source all the parts or buy kits from various vendors.

https://vorondesign.com/

However, I say all this as someone that is technically inclined, wants to tinker, and is a fan of the open source. Somebody that wants plug-and-play should definitely look at another printer.

https://vorondesign.com/

"The original goal of the VORON project, back in 2015, was to create a no-compromise 3D printer that was fun to assemble and a joy to use. It had to be quiet, clean, pretty, and continue to operate 24 hours a day without requiring constant fiddling. In short a true home micro-manufacturing machine without a hefty price tag. It took over a year in development, with every part being redesigned, stress tested and optimized. Shortly after the release a vibrant community formed around the project and continues to grow today. This community is part of what makes VORON such a special experience.

What was once a one-person operation has grown into a small tight-knit group of engineers united under a common design ethos. We're dedicated to creating production-quality printers you can assemble in your kitchen. It's this passion and dedication that drive us to push the boundaries just a little further. We build space shuttles with gardening tools so anyone can have a space shuttle of their own.

Check out their website.

Check out https://vorondesign.com/

You can use the configurator at the site to try and find a size that could work. However, I must warn you that if those are V-slot extrusions you most likely won't be able to reuse them on a Voron: the slot is to wide to hold the MGN9 linear rails correctly.

Might check out their channel on the Voron discord (can find a link at vorondesign.com) and ask if anyone has any pictures.

Maybe read the docs: https://github.com/EtteGit/EnragedRabbitProject/tree/main/Documentation

EnragedRabbitProject

Personally, I've almost driven myself nuts in getting ClockWork2 to work reliably ever since it was made public but was never satisfied due to it seemingly not coping well with the increased friction coming from my use of an ERCF as part of my System.

For single extruder multi-material like the Prusa MMU, there is the Enraged Rabbit Carrot Feeder: https://github.com/EtteGit/EnragedRabbitProject

I'm not entirely sure on that either. The Enraged Rabbit Carrot feeder seems to have almost all of the AMU's secret sauce (with the exception of the single multispool drive unit on the ERCF vs the AMU's multiple independent ones). In all honesty if Bambu was going down this route I would have preferred they leaned in on their proprietary motor control hardware (h-bridge and in house firmware) vs the industry standard TMC derived controller hardware. I think that the situation of having 20+ of the worlds 26 3d printer companies within the same metro area in a country that has the most loosy goosey state industrial/disaster capitalism model in human history is going to get us (in our corner of the world) in some serious s^$#.

You should print the calibration part here : https://github.com/EtteGit/EnragedRabbitProject/blob/main/Carrot_Feeder/Stls/Tools/Calib_Test.stl

https://github.com/EtteGit/EnragedRabbitProject/blob/no_toolhead_sensor/Documentation/ERCF_Manual.pdf page 116 shows the correct configuration for SuperSlicer. What slicer are you using?

Owning both I'd say there's no reason to be concerned about reliability being an issue - At least not without also incorporating an ERCF into the Mix which may give some frustrations at times ( I highly recommend going with the Happy Hare Software Suite instead of the default one ).