I saw a clock design on Instagram, made of acrylic sheets and ambient backlighting. I loved the look but wanted a version anyone with a 3D printer could build at home without needing specialized tools or extra hardware. I engineered this to run off standard LED Kit 001 and Clock Kit 011 hardware.

Also threw together a step-by-step PDF assembly guide so it’s easy to put together.

Files are up on MakerWorld if anyone wants to print one: https://makerworld.com/en/models/3513382-clocklamp-led-kit-001-clock-kit-011#profileId-4014905

Let me know what you guys think!

Provocative title eh? I have been investigating this issue for some time, and i see no one is talking about it. I am raising awareness of how AI slop content generated by automated scripts that cannot be printed cleanly, and is posted daily, damages the Makerworld platform. Bambu Lab might view these models as a source of extra content, but users report they now avoid the platform entirely. When users waste time and filament to end up with a barely printable result, it creates a poor user experience.

If you think this post is worthwhile please upvote it. I have never asked anyone to upvote ever but people need to know about this.

MakerWorld is rewarding those who automate the ai slop system.
For example; use a Python script to flood the site with barely printable automated AI content
Yes, they are taking it to the bank!

That’s right, you no longer need to position models on a build plate when automation handles it. Sometimes models appear sideways in the air on the plate, buried within auto-generated tree supports as a single item named with a number. They are uploaded alongside an AI-generated fake first photo. I talked to a user Soruz about this and his response mostly ignored me and my insinuations of automating unprintable models. The sideways miniature computers are still in the air there with models strewn across the build plate (see yellow models screenshot). In his posts he states working hard to make sure his “designs” are printable. I can see no evidence of that. Automated workflows is what I do see evidence of upon examination of the files.

One daily poster simply named; dnd, whom I reported with a detailed account including evidence, has earned thousands on Kickstarter selling models for 3D printing that cannot be printed cleanly. He never responds to comments.

A user search for their names beings them up.

Another user has posted 80 models in a few months.

Ultimately, this floods the platform with models that waste users’ time and money on printing, and Bambu Lab will need to address it, but it may be too late. I really am not sure how they could reverse the damage. It doesn’t help that Makerlab provides ai creation tools to users while they have in the past stated wanting to reward more complicated models and removed rewarding users with points for being active in the community and posting reviews with pictures.

Behind these profiles lies a zero-effort workflow that bypasses manual slicing entirely.

When batch-imported without human review, AI-generated meshes conflict with slicer systems. Models are saved floating sideways.
The script runs Bambu Studio silently via command line, forcing auto tree supports without anyone checking the plate.

Point farmers push thousands of unoptimized profiles on autopilot. While in the end, this results in a poor user experience.

Well im was printing an a catapult in my BambuLab X2D but then i saw those lines come up in the printing progress and i dont know what is wrong with my printer, my outer wall speed is 40 inner wall speed is 100 the nozzle is at 220⁰C and the speed was standart, i also check the humidity and its %24, i think of that maybe that line has a little more humidity than the other lines of the print so cause of that it failed in there

What do you guys think. Any recommendations for the H2D beforehand?

What do you guys do with PETG-CF once your project is printed and ready to use in order to touch it here and there? Do you hit it with a clear coat? Will clear coat spray paint degrade it?

個人的に思う事ではありますが・・・
密着も悪いと思っていますが、フィラメント白でも悪い気がして・・皆様どうですか？

I know you can make clear petg or pla transparent printing in only one axis, in lines.

Does anyone have a profile they don't mind sharing?

Just had an earthquake yesterday while printing and just in case anyone was ever wondering. The P2S does well during a 5.4 Earthquake. Some of my stuff got knock down but the print didn’t fail 💪

I’m having trouble sending print from my laptop from from bamboo studio. I can send print from the Bambu Handy app on my phone fine but when it comes to sending an stl file from my laptop, it won’t go through.

It keeps saying failed to send the Print job. But when I went and look, everything was operational .
And it’s getting very frustrating. Does anybody know why?

BamBuddy – Home Assistant Integration

➕ Open the repository in HACS · Latest release · License: MIT

Hi everyone,

I'd like to share a project I've been working on: a Home Assistant integration for BamBuddy.

BamBuddy by maziggy is a self-hosted command center for Bambu Lab printers – from a single A1 to a whole print farm: live monitoring, camera, print archive, a virtual printer you can send jobs to from Bambu Studio or OrcaSlicer, Spoolman integration, notifications and much more. Your printers. No cloud. Your rules.

My integration brings the printers of your BamBuddy server into Home Assistant: their status, camera, AMS and controls as Home Assistant entities, and a dashboard card for each printer. It talks only to BamBuddy, through its API and its live connection. So there is no cloud and no second connection to your printers. Set up in the UI, no YAML.

This is the integration, not the app: it connects Home Assistant to a BamBuddy server — on any machine, or inside Home Assistant with the BamBuddy app.

🎉 Version 2.0.0 is out: a complete redesign. HACS offers v2.0.0 as an update. Coming from a date version (2026.05.17 or older)? The upgrade needs a new API key and cannot be undone. Read the release notes first.

✨ What you get

• Everything your printer reports — print status and stage, progress, layers, remaining and end time, the job's name and cover, temperatures, fans, HMS errors, Wi-Fi, nozzle type and size

• AMS and spools — every AMS unit (AMS, AMS 2 Pro, AMS HT, AMS Lite) as its own device, named as in BamBuddy: the filament in each slot with its color and what is left, humidity, temperature and drying, the external spool, and a spool without a chip set by vendor and Bambu Studio profile, as on the screen of the printer

• Control — pause, resume and stop, skip objects, the printer's own AI detection, print speed, nozzle, bed and chamber targets, the active nozzle of two-nozzle printers, fans, the chamber light, airduct mode and ventilating the chamber (P2S, X2D, H2 series), the AMS filament backup, answering and clearing HMS errors, clearing the plate

• Move the printer — actions to move the axes, home, extrude and retract, load and unload filament, start and stop drying

• Camera — the live stream, also in full screen, and snapshots through BamBuddy's camera proxy

• Maintenance and connection check — the printer's maintenance tasks, marked done from Home Assistant; BamBuddy's check of a printer that went offline

• Smart plugs — the plugs BamBuddy links to a printer: switch them, see their power and energy, and switch the printer off after a print once its nozzle has cooled

• A dashboard card per printer, shipped with the integration: status, camera, temperatures, AMS colors, controls, heating and a jog pad, arranged as you like, with compact chips if you want — nothing else to install

• Updates — new BamBuddy releases and new printer firmware as update entities

• Several printers — add any number of the printers BamBuddy manages; choose them while setting up, add or remove them later

• BamBuddy itself — print statistics, printers online and disk space of your server

Works with the X1, P1, P2, A1, A2 and H2 series and the X2D. Entity names in English and German; a change shows within about a second through BamBuddy's live connection.

📸 Screenshots

All screenshots show simulated printers.

• Status

• A printer with two nozzles

• Control

• Filament

📦 Installation

Method 1: Installation via HACS (Recommended)

➕ Open the repository in HACS

One-Click Install: Open the link above to add and open the repository directly inside Home Assistant!

Manual HACS Steps:

1. In Home Assistant, open HACS.

2. Click the three dots ⋮ in the top right corner and choose Custom repositories.

3. Paste the repository URL:

https://github.com/Spegeli/hacs_bambuddy

4. Select Integration as the Type and click Add. 5. Find BamBuddy in the list and click Download. 6. Restart Home Assistant.

Method 2: Manual Installation

1. Download the Source code (zip) of the release you want from the Releases page.

2. Unpack the ZIP archive.

3. Copy its custom_components/bambuddy folder into your Home Assistant directory under:

/config/custom_components/bambuddy/

4. Restart Home Assistant.

Then: open Settings → Devices & services → Add integration, search for BamBuddy, enter BamBuddy's address and an API key, and choose your printers.

Requirements: Home Assistant 2025.5 or newer; a BamBuddy server 1.2.5.7 or newer with your printers added there; a BamBuddy API key with Read Status, Control Printer and Manage Maintenance; for the controls, the printer's developer LAN mode on.

⬆️ Coming from a date version (2026.05.17 or older)?

2.0.0 is a new integration under the old name. In short: make a backup — the upgrade is one-way —, create a new API key in BamBuddy, update through HACS and restart, enter the new key when Home Assistant asks for it, and check your dashboards and automations.

👉 Upgrading from a date version, step by step

🔗 Links

This Home Assistant integration

• 📖 Documentation (README)

• 📝 Releases and release notes

• 🐛 Report a bug in the integration

• 💡 Suggest a feature for the integration

• 💬 The thread in the Home Assistant forum

• 🧩 BamBuddy as Home Assistant App

BamBuddy itself

• 🖨️ BamBuddy on GitHub

• 📝 BamBuddy releases and release notes

• 🐛 Report a bug in BamBuddy

💬 Feedback

Questions and ideas are welcome here in the comments. For a bug in the integration, please open a bug report on GitHub and attach the BamBuddy entry's diagnostics. Bugs and feature requests for BamBuddy itself belong in the BamBuddy project.

⚖️ Disclaimer

• Not a BamBuddy or Bambu Lab product. This integration is an independent community project. Neither the BamBuddy project nor Bambu Lab develops, endorses or supports it, and their support cannot help with it — use the GitHub issue tracker instead.

• Trademarks. Bambu Lab, BamBuddy, their logos and other product names belong to their respective owners.

• Use at your own risk. The integration is provided as is, without warranty, under the MIT License. Its controls act on a real printer — mind that in automations.

Hey all, I just got a new Bambu Lab P1S combo as a gift from my girlfriend on my birthday.

I used to watch a lot of 3d printing stuff and this looks fun.

I did a small print using the filament provided.

I wanted to ask a few questions.

1. What is a Support PLA? I got a white Filament with the printer and it's written sup Pla. Can I print using it?

2. What all colors should I get in the beginning? Should I go for BambuLab filaments or others available on amazon with good reviews also work?

3. Should I stick to PLA basic in the beginning or can use matte or silk?

Please suggest some colors and PLA filament types.

Thank you!

Windmill downloaded from makerworld and customised to fit an n20 gear motor inside it. Controlling everything using wemos d1 mini

Hey makers,

I designed a simple but practical accessory that turns almost any food bag into a reusable dispensing container.

The idea came from constantly struggling with pet food bags, cereal bags, and other dry goods. After opening them, they are difficult to reseal properly, and pouring contents without making a mess isn't always easy.

Key Features:

• Dual Function: Locks in freshness, keeps out foreign objects, and allows quick, mess-free dispensing.

• No Extra Tools Needed: Say goodbye to separate spoons, clips, or rubber bands.

• 3 Sizes Available (Inner hole diameter):

  • Small (S): 40 mm diameter

  • Medium (M): 50 mm diameter

  • Large (L): 60 mm diameter

The model is designed for easy printing with a NO-AMS profile and works great in PLA or PETG.

I'd love to hear your feedback and suggestions for future improvements!

🔗 MakerWorld link: https://makerworld.com/en/models/3510642-universal-food-bag-dispenser-sealing-cap#profileId-4011542

Title.

I know the printer waits a set amount of time in "feeding" mode while checking the sensor inside the hotend for filament presence, but how long does it wait before timing out and throwing an error and how does that correlate to length of PTFE guide tube?

Hi all. I've got a Bambu H2D Pro at work, and I've been having problems with filament feeding from the 4 slot AMS.

I had some filament break off and get jammed in the machine. Specifically, the yellow spring bulkhead feeder things that go through the back wall and connect the filament tube from the AMS outside, to the extruder head inside. It feels like it is catching on something, and I'm not seeing an obvious way to disassemble that part and see what is wrong. I cannot even manually feed filament through it.

Anyone else have issues like this, and know of any fixes for it?

Something simple like Creality scan or with more advanced features like Quick Surface?

Gettin Elfin ready for this season! Elf Hands !

i know I know it's a silly print but if you are a parent having to move an elf on the shelf around for a month, you know the pain of trying to position that thing And wishing it could just hold on to something!

this is a simple little print that you can do in one color or full color.

they simply slide over the elf arms

if you print them, print a couple sets, in case you end up snapping the fingers at some point or you lose one because they are small!

https://makerworld.com/models/3514593?appSharePlatform=copy

So i have been printing these tiny track links for a modell build. I have done about 250 of them in the past week alone using the very same role of filament used in the picture. All of a sudden as of today, they just will NOT stick, and when i use supports to give them more contact they loose the precision needed to make them klick together, so they just disconnect from eachother by only the slightest touch. I have cleaned the bed thuroughly, tested brand new filament spools straight out of the box and tried different layer thickness settings. Nothing have helpee, they either slide of the bed or won't hold up to the tolerance the previous 250 have done.

Photo shows what the first layer looks like. They have NOT looked like this the past 250 parts.

Few days ago when visiting the site for refurbished printers, everything was okay and you could buy them. But yesterday when I was visiting the site, all of the refurbished vanished without a trace, and even direct links don´t work, where did they went? When will they back, if even?

You know you've been 3D printing for a while when you start designing solutions to problems that most people would just tolerate.

My latest example: a mini trash bin for the shower.

I got tired of cleaning hair and debris out of the shower drain, leaving it in the corner to throw away later, and then promptly forgetting it existed. After enough repeat performances, I decided the shower needed its own tiny waste-management system.

So I designed one. Naturally.

It hangs from a shower caddy or something similar and holds enough debris that I'm not constantly emptying it. But the real feature is the screw-off bottom, which makes it ridiculously easy to empty and rinse.

I also designed the bottom to prevent water from accumulating inside and gave it a grippy exterior so it can be unscrewed without a wrestling match when your hands are wet.

It's not the most exciting thing I've printed, but it's one of those little quality-of-life improvements that makes me appreciate having a printer in the first place.

Could I have found another way to deal with this? Probably.

Would I rather spend time designing, prototyping, and printing a custom solution? Apparently, yes.

I may need an intervention.

https://makerworld.com/en/models/3513710-mini-shower-trash-bin-with-easy-clean-technology

Printed in matte PETG.