Hi, I recently saw a post from makertech 3d that they are working on an upgrade package and I was wondering what's everybody's opinion about it: My thoughts so far: It sounds very expensive and I don't want to throw a lot of money on this printer anymore. Certainly because I don't see it as an upgrade but as a fix for what should have worked in the first place. Add-in the huge custom fees (thank you Brexit) and delays and you're probably better of saving for a different printer.

TL;DR: please post pictures of dual color prints First of all, sorry for my broken English, I once again have to rely on the power of grammarly. Next is a small overview of my experience so far: ******** start of journey to hell ******** * bought the proforge 3 as a kit will all upgrades. * assembled the kit wit the direct drive extruder and followed all manuals because I didn't want to be the cause of any possible problems. * had all the issues everybody else had: - belts jumping off - extruder clogging - missing parts * decided to convert to the DSH * followed the manual to the letter but printing with marlin and the provided cura profiles gave me: - clogs - probing inconsistency, every time I had to babystep before a print (and yes I saved the settings) - filament sensors didn't work with octoprint * First Marlin firmware version provided by Makertech broke the servo motor after a while because it always stays on and overheats. This is fixed in the new firmware * thermistor broke - but that's probably my own fault - so took the 2nd high temp thermistor from the direct drive * one of the fans on the heatblock broke. Didn't bother anymore to ask a replacement to makertech and took a spare one I had lying around (with flashy LED's - woop woop). Side-note: Sometimes it helps to grease a fan but I didn't find a way to do this on the ones provided without breaking them. ******** end of journey to hell ******** So what did I do to try to make it a somewhat functional printer: * swapped the bearings for the belts to the one's suggested in this thread: https://www.forum.makertech3d.com/forum/proforge-3-3d-printing/upgrade-idler-pulleys and it does wonders * Installed Cura 5.0 and created a somewhat basic profile from scratch * Installed Klipper based on the profile at https://www.forum.makertech3d.com/forum/proforge-3-general-discussion/klipper-on-the-proforge3 Why: because Klipper rules and Marlin sucks 😏, also Z-offset is finally consistent With my limited skill set I added following features in the printer menu: - Tune menu: * change in realtime the Z offset of the first hotend * change in realtime the X Y and Z offset of the 2nd hotend for easy tuning - Calibrate menu: * z-probe offset with Lift Z in the menu * Servo menu: - Similar function like in Marlin to switch between T0 T1 and mid position so you can easily install the servo arm - set the angle for the servo for T0 and T1 so you can finetune the switching. - Changed default PID tune behaviour in the menu so you can select the target temperature What I want to achieve in the future: * adjust filament menu so I can easily load/unload filament * M600 (maybe) * clean up code because naming convention is bleh. Next are some pictures from some prints which I made with the super cheap pla+ filament from GST3D, a company where quality-control is none-existent. So you can clearly see the brown filament having more issues. So my question to you guys is: can you post some successful dual color prints you made with your proforge 3 on the original marlin firmware and cura makertech edition so I can compare?

So, basically in every menu I go the feature selected will start going up and down in values by itself. In attached video you can see the bedtemp going up a down by itself and also the feedrate (printer was idle at the moment of recording). But this is for every menu (move, probe offset,...) and already made my bed crash into the nozzle while performing the probe offset. The moment I go in the move menu my X-axis starts going left and right. I also noticed the marlin mode does nothing. What I already did: * reflash firmware * clean screen and did a screen calibration * checked the wiring for the screen Anybody got the same problem or a solution?