Sovol M1D: First IDEX Toolchanger Heads to Kickstarter From $1,199

A new kind of multicolor machine

Sovol has opened Kickstarter backing for the M1D, a machine it calls the first IDEX tool-changing 3D printer. The pitch is simple: take the two independent carriages of an independent dual extruder setup, add an active tool changer, and you get multi-material printing that does not drown you in purge waste.

Most multicolor printers today solve the waste problem with a single trick. Bambu Lab's AMS and Creality's CFS purge between color switches, and that purge adds up fast on detailed prints. The M1D takes a different road. Seven toolheads sit on two carriages, and the printer swaps between them on demand. Sovol says the result is seven colors with almost no purge.

The specs that matter

The build volume is 300 by 300 by 350 millimeters, and the core of the system is what Sovol calls DualX. It is an open-source platform, which matters if you like to tinker. Two models are on offer. The open-frame Essential lists at $1,299, and the heated-chamber Advanced lists at $1,599. A $20 deposit takes another $100 off, which is how the entry price lands at $1,199.

Why IDEX plus a tool changer

IDEX lets you print two parts at once in Copy mode, or use one carriage as a support material while the other lays down the model. Add a tool changer and the same machine can grab a soft TPU on one tool, a rigid PLA on another, and a soluble interface on a third, all in a single print. That is the kind of flexibility that used to require a far more expensive industrial setup.

The catch is complexity. More toolheads means more calibration, more places for something to go wrong, and a longer learning curve than a single-nozzle printer. Sovol is betting that open-source tooling and a lower price will pull hobbyists past that hump.

Where it sits against the field

The toolchanger race has heated up in 2026. Prusa's INDX kit turns a CORE One into an eight-material machine, and we reviewed it here recently. The M1D's angle is different: it builds IDEX and a tool changer into one stock product rather than a bolt-on kit, and it opens at a lower price than Prusa's ecosystem.

For buyers, the choice comes down to how much you value plug-and-play versus flexibility. The M1D is not trying to be the easiest printer on the market. It is trying to be the most capable one under two grand.

Backing opened July 28. As with any crowdfunded hardware, the usual caveat applies: ship dates slip and specs move. But if Sovol delivers, the M1D puts a genuine seven-tool IDEX platform within reach of serious home users for the first time.