Upgrade A10M to A10T

[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?

[Jarda3d]

The easiest way is to sell A10M and buy A10T. Or buy A10T and you will get two printers.

[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).

[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....

[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

[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