Taz Pro 6
A professional dual-head printer that sat unused at work. Not for much longer.
A big professional printer with two print heads that sat unused at work until I asked to take it home. It is still exactly as it arrived. The plan is to rebuild the print heads and the software.
| Machine | LulzBot Taz Pro, dual toolhead, 2.85 mm filament |
|---|---|
| Condition | Completely stock, with the print problems that made it unwanted |
| Plan | Two Orbiter 3.0 extruders, 1.75 mm filament, Klipper |
| Status | Not started |
How I came by it
This printer sat unused at work. It is a serious machine, a LulzBot Taz Pro with two independent print heads, and it should have been doing real work. Instead it gathered dust, so I asked whether I could take it home. I could.
What is wrong with it
It is, for now, exactly as it arrived: stock hardware, stock firmware, and a set of print problems I have not yet pinned down. Working out which are the machine’s and which are setup is the first job, and it has not started yet.
The plan
The Taz uses 2.85 mm filament, which is harder to find and gives fewer choices than the 1.75 mm filament every other printer in the house uses. The conversion plan is:
- Replace both extruders with Orbiter 3.0 units, which are light, strong and designed for 1.75 mm filament.
- Switch the firmware to Klipper, so the machine is tuned and monitored the same way as MrMakeIt and the Micron+.
- Keep the two-head capability, which is the reason to own this printer at all: two colours, or a dissolvable support material alongside the part.
None of this has happened yet. This is the before.