Flexistruder Question

[zanthor]

4. Could I cannibalize my stock tool head, print my own parts and upgrade (assuming the Flexistruder can handle non-flexible filaments equally as well to the stock)?

I would not recommend cannibalizing your original tool head. Even though I have built 6-7 new tool heads, I still use the original tool head quite a bit. Building a new tool head can involve a bit of “tinkering” and you don’t want to have to continually re-assemble the original.

But CAN you? From what I see all the parts for the Flexystruder exist in the standard toolhead, but I’m a newb at this so I can’t say for sure.

The reason this is attractive to me is I’ve got a Taz 5, planning on buying a 2nd next month, and over the next year I’d like to expand that fleet out to 8 printers total. 6 of these will be dedicated NinjaFlex Semiflex machines and never need to print ABS, I’ll have two stock toolheads at this point and of course two Flexystruder v2’s… so if I can avoid spending $1800 on excess hardware and convert existing components that seems like a win to me.

Edit: Got the reply that you can in another thread:

Taz 5 Toolhead conversion to Flexystruder

I’m looking through the instructions and it looks to me like the Taz5 stock toolhead has everything it needs to become a flexystruder except the PTFE tube and the actual plastic body. Can someone confirm this for me? In 2016 I’m looking to expand my printing from 3 machines up to 9 and not having to buy 6 more flexystruders would be awesome. But there is nothing I despise more than the find-the-random-hardware involved in the DIY aspect of 3d printing!