Even if I wasn't having a blast doing multi color prints, being able to control the humidity around my filament in use is why I'd recommend everyone gets an ams or a dry box or whatever... #3dprinting#ams#BambuLab
At some point I should look up how much money I've spent on Bambu Lab's products but I'm scared it's going to be much higher than I think it is. #3dprinting#BambuLab
#3DPrinting I try to be a good pet-momma, but no matter how well you house train your filament-babies‡, sometimes there will be poop related accidents.
#3dprinting Tip o the Day. Obvious to most folks, I'm sure, but I had to test it.
The #BambuLab printers can do multiple colors - yay on that, but the slicer isn't smart enough to know that it could print several layers in one color, then switch filaments, then do multiple layers in the other - with clearance to navigate around printed stuff.
Which means the printer changes filament every layer.
Okay for small prints, but moving forward, I'll print each component separately.
To be honest. I would love to get my hands on with Bambulab P1S 3D-printer with AMS. Multicolor printing is on point on that one and they have been a pretty fresh spot on the 3D-printer market.
But the price… 1000€ for the combo is a bit steep price for me. I almost needed to do this for a living or be a some kind of influencer or have so much extra money to spend on that.
A1 with AMS is 600€ and A1 mini with AMS is 490€. Also there is X1-Carbon with AMS for 1500€. So the P1S combo is "mid tier" kinda.
For context. My current 3D-printer is Ender 3 v3 se that I paid 200€. Much more reasonable price for a hobbyist and ”I do random prints for money" kind of printer.
Maybe someday?
Still it is a great time to be in 3D printing space. Something new is coming almost every week and prices are coming down. It is great time to start 3D printing. Nowadays entry level printers like Ender 3 v3 se are great starters and capable machines.
The video does a nice job of explaining things and offers some insight/opinion, about Bambu taking responsibility, and eating a lot of cost, giving away a LOT of extra credit. For example, full refund PLUS $80 towards a new printer. etc.
They are really stepping up and taking full responsibility
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.
I've been avoiding looking into building a filament winder because it's always seemed like a big, complicated and stressful project, but not only do I happen to have exactly the right bearings and screws for this one just sitting around, the designer has made this 12 minute assembly video that is half ASMR, half live action lego instructions to go with it. By the end of it, you too will feel empowered by knowledge and unusually calmed. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vjryQtlMMHc
@aeberbach@3dprinting the #BambuLab AMS needs to be able to drive spools back and forth using rollers underneath the spool, and the spool has to physically fit in it to work. Oversize, undersize or weak spools can cause jamming or other issues. Cardboard spools in particular can wear quickly or introduce contaminants.
A respooler is also useful if you have to cut off tangled filament but still want to use it up on a spool - my X1 can resume after a runout, so it's a way to use 100% of a spool.
I'm getting back to the chessboard project this week, and I still have a big conundrum to solve - the top surface will actually be a panel of toughened glass, on top of the 3D printed board surface, and I need to bond the two together.
A glass-specific glue is the obvious choice, but my experiments so far with CA glue and clear acrylic have produced surprisingly poor results - I was not expecting the glued portion to be more obvious on the black squares than white, but it's terrible either way.
The chessboard is 100% printed! It's made of four sections, which will join together using short sections of wooden dowel. The final board measures 40x40cm - the largest single project I've built to date - and will appear to float on a table atop the curvy little base piece.
The pieces (not yet printed) will automagically register in the middle of the squares during play by way of magnets.
Filaments used are #BambuLab PLA Marble and Sparkle, and a generic matte black.
Puh, what a ride. #Design of my #BambuLab lid riser with integrated ventilation, LED strip placement and support for the BL LED Controller has been finished. Now I have to print some parts. Then assembling, testing and I’m done. 🤓
They sent me 6 of their 8 brand new PETG Translucent coming soon in their store.
I'm pretty excited to try them out and see how the prints come out with these filaments 🤩
Diving deeper into #Fusion360. My #3Dprinting project of the past few days. An overengineered holder for a razor, for a tidier bathroom. Measured every mm of every accessory for friction fit. You can download it on #Printables and on #MakerWorld. #AutoCAD#Bambulab
Trying out the new Prusa XL and… boy, has Prusa fallen behind.
I totally forgot what it was like to hang around and watch like a hawk so that I can wipe the printer's nose (nozzle) in time, before the goop messes up my print. On Bambu Lab printers that is a totally solved problem. You click "Print" and you come back for your print when it's done.
Also, printing by object (seq) happily crashes the toolheads into existing objects, so that is not a usable option.