As a bit of a #homeAssistant project, I noticed my old #RaspberryPi is quite near my 3D printer (basement) and it just runs a #Mosquitto#mqtt server. It has more capacity than that, so I attached an old usb camera, loaded #nginx and wrote some #Python to take a pic of the printer and stuff it into both a web page and a home assistant dashboard.
@ottaross you might be interested in Spaghetti Detective (now Obico). It's an octoprint addon, but octo runs fine on "old pi" as low as pi zero. SD is free to self host, runs on basically any x86 (not pi.) It is still worth looking at the first layers in person, but it brings peace of mind the rest of the time.
The printer connection for octo can be passive if you just want the magic bits without a workflow change. (That's how my #bambu is set up, because it's a buggy closed source mess of a printer. Octo+SD are only for monitoring prints and seeing the camera without their proprietary junk. Still gotta junk to use the printer.)
Edit: the only octo/printer support that the above stack needs is active-printing detection and a camera. I'm using the Bambu built in cam, but you can use anything. SD uses snapshots, which should be fine on a zero or old pi. (Streaming is harder.)
Just spreading the word, there has been a Recall concerning BambuLab Ai printers. It does not affect the A1 Mini.
The part specifically is the heatbed cable, if there are signs of damage they are offering a replacement, if there are no signs of damage, they give some simple tips to prevent the issue, including a printable cable-protector.
More details in the link above,atBambuLab's blog post about the issue.
A weird thing I've noticed is that people with #Bambu AMS only print in multiple colors and not multiple materials. I've not once seen someone use it for PETG and PLA supports or soluble materials for support.
There could be a few reasons for it. It is just so wasteful, and any user printing functional parts requiring soluble materials realize that they would need to mortage their house to afford it.
The second can be that it just isn't possible. The implementation has problems with switching temperatures, but this can be solved by using filaments in the same temperature range. And anyway, you purge everything, so why can it not change temperatures during prints?
Finally, it is more plug-and-play type of artists and creators than engineering and functional part type users that print with it. The target audience just doesn't care about this.
The name is false advertising. It is a multi-color system. Not multi-material.
Sunlu has started selling PLA without spools, which is super cool. But my experience has been that the filament loosens up during printing and the Bambu AMS can't reliably retract the filament once about half the spool has been used. Worse, this can lead to tangles. I've resorted to re-winding the filament onto my existing Bambu spools which isn't entirely ideal.
I'm putting some serious thought into another #Bambu AMS and of course the HUB. The main reasoning being to be able to do more than 4 colors in a print. Anyone have any suggestions/considerations before hand I dive in? #3dprinting
>Bambu is rolling out a number of changes to help prevent its 3D printers from going rogue again.
Das sind aber schon eine Menge an Fixes, zu Problemen, die vorher überhaupt nicht bedacht waren. Diese Cloud-Abhängigkeit ist nicht gut in diesem Segment.
I recently acquired a #3dprinter and I've got to say, it's an utter revelation having one of these in the house.
Between all the sites like printables.com and thingiverse.com there's more stuff to print than I could manage in a lifetime. I've also been learning some basic #3dmodeling with OnShape so that I can create the few things I want that are too specific/niche to find on printables.com.
I can't believe I put off buying one of these for so long, I've had mine running practically 24/7 since i got it, I can't remember the last purchase I made that really made me thing "we're in the future now".
My wife loves it too, and now browses STL sites throughout the day and sends me stuff she wants printed
If I didn't print primarily with ABS, I would ratger buy the #Bambu#P1P, just for those beautiful side panels people are making. I just love to make my printer my own and customize it.
But otherwise, the #P1S is a great upgrade, and nothing comes close to the #AMS commercially or #opensource.
My only hope is for the #EnrageRabbit MMU to take off or that the #Prusa MMU3 is a success, but we still haven't heard anything about it.
Lol wut?
“hey must have known 2 weeks ago that they were releasing this model, but still happily took my money, not a great way to treat customers at all!”
This is how capitalism works.
Name one company that would be like: Before you buy X, FYI we’re releasing Y - an “upgraded” version of X, in a few weeks, so maybe you should wait?
With that said I’d be peeved to, but at the system, at myself, and at the timing, not the company. #3dprinting
These people are just being sore losers for not scoring.
Anyway, this is the 3D printing industry, even the manufacturers don't know a week before their machine will be released😂. People can wait years for a #Prusa but bitch over #Bambu.
This looks like an interesting concept. It is about time the #opensource community starts catching up with #Bambu to rival the #AMS. This may just be the start. Although this makes me think of the #pallet rather than the AMS's cutting mechanism
Printables.com: AUTO FILAMENT SPLICER (AFS V1) USING YOUR 3D BOWDEN PRINTER (e.g. Ender 3/PRO) by Botcan3D
Fun discovery of the day: PrusaSlicer (at least for the Mini) actually enforces the machine limits by emitting appropriate G-code when slicing. Among other things, this means that if you want, say, higher accelerations, you can just request them.
This is probably because the Mini can't save anything to EEPROM, which means any change to presets requires a firmware upgrade.
"To flash your own (or a community-made) unsigned firmware, you’ll have to break the appendix on the logic board (called the Buddy board) and move the jumper in a correct position. Breaking the appendix on the Buddy board is irreversible and voids the warranty of your printer’s electronics."
Sounds a lot like those encryption boards you get. Whick I think #Bambu went crazy with, but tehirs are part of the #PCB, so it is more difficult to bypass it. I am quite surprised that not a lot of people have just removed the hardware from the #X1C and just installed #Klipper.
Probably because then you lose the beautiful touch display and wase of use of the #AMS. Although Klipper has many good color changers.
It actually comes down to quality control and reputation. Every time I look at an #Apple#iPhone or #Mac, I think: damn that looks great, and it is so attractive. Also, users alway enjoy their experience.
Looking at all these #Linux subsytems and #Android setups, I sometimes look at an Android phone and think: WTF is going on here?
By limiting the user to always have a product that can still advertise itself and carry the promised quality through to word-of-mouth of other viewrs and users, you build a reputation.
A good example is to look at the mod-ability of the #Ender3 and then search for it on #Reddit and r/3dprinting. It is the printer with the most problem. While r/prusa and r/bambu are just full of praise.
The opposite is, of course, true for the #Creality#K1, where they just delivered a shitty and broken system-locked printer.
But then again, this input-shaping is calibrated based on the stock model. If I were to change my hotend, replace the fan with a ligher or heavier one. Or use some type of nozzle that has more mass, the calibration would be off?
If you use the rule of thumb often shared on r/3dprintng on #Reddit. You should rerun input-shaping calibration every time you change something that moves on the printer. Then their "one-size-fits-all" solution is just stupid.
They are trying to take an Apple approach and make 3D printing more accessible and simpler for non-technical people by eliminating this component.
But look at #Bambu. They have some of the most user-friendly printers, and they still have calibration with an accelerometer.
I would love to see someone take the #Bambu#AMS and jailbreak it to work with something like a #Voron, because let's be honest the #EnrageRabit MMU is just a tad of an improvement of the #Prusa#MMU.