I’m looking to expand my printer lineup, and have been looking at kits from magic phoenix for both the Voron Trident and the v2.4R2.
Is there any real benefit to one over the other, or is it more a preference thing?
Edit: if anyone know of other kits, preferably available in the EU, I would also like to take a look at those.
In theory, the V2 can print a little faster, due to the low center of gravity on the first layers.
However, the fixed gantry height on the Trident makes it possible to install a fixed part cooling, a lighter print head and go even faster.
I’m a little bit in favour of the Trident. Mostly due to a simpler construction, I would assume there are fewer things I can mess up.
Agreed. I’m not a V2 owner, but I built a Trident. The V2 is a little overhyped, IMHO.
In the end, it’s just a matter of your own personal taste though. If you want a highly aesthetic printer with complex mechanics, go for the V2. If you like to keep it simpler without sacrificing much, go with the Trident.
If you are fine with a smaller device, the V0 may be the right choice. You could reinforce the frame and do a few other mods to achieve insane (yet experimental) print speeds. 1500 mm/s is doable.
Both are solid choices, you won’t be upset either way, I was 50/50 on both but decided to do the v2 for 350x350 print area. I have an enclosed mk3s that I use as well,
I was putting together a buildtak surface (which I swear by for abs and nylon) for my mk3s and snapped this photo to compare print area size. I still want to do a trident (and maybe convert my mk3s to a switchwire) but I’d build it to match the MK3s wrt bed size and I’d totally consider a bowden extruder.
All that said, it is markedly faster than the mk3s and I’m definitely no where near pushing it to its limits. There’s a lot to build but I would call it difficult, racking the gantry and belt tensioning being the parts I spent the longest time on. I limit to 24 mm^3/s even though I could go faster, it still just absolutely flies with something like a 0.8mm nozzle. My only other headsup is that modding it is addicting, I’ve thrown on titanium backers and a kinematic mount for the bed, have a whole bunch of other ones in the pipe as well.
Magic Phoenix actually sells a trident kit with 350x350 build plate, with 250mm Z-axis build size.
Big thing for me to do a prusa-sized trident would be the ability to share surfaces between it and my mk3s. 350^2 is nice, I don’t fill it all that often but it’s nice to have the ability to print larger objects.