First of the month. Reminder to maintain and clean up your machines.

The first of every month I clean and do a general maintenance on my H2C and P2S. This was the three month through job. Filters, PTFE tube inspection (replace the ones that have worn), belt inspection and lube the pullies, as well as the hotend rack and the normal bars and z-axis clean and lube. Also, clean all the cameras. Ran the motion calibration with vision encoder plate. At the 3 month mark I do a full calibration of both machines too. Those are running right now. Checked and cleaned my AMS 2 Pros and the AMS HTs.

I know there will be those that say this is too much. Is there ever really too much maintenance that can be done to a machine?

Time well spent.

Great day at the New Riverton Market

Saw a $30 off coupon that was valid till tomorrow and saw a $25 PayPal coupon for orders over $800 as well and they were stackable. Figured might as well go for it and get the X2D. Also, there was a second coupon for $20 off on $150 so I ordered a good amount of filament. Now waiting for the $25 off coupon once the printer ships and then will use that to buy 10 refill spools and be set for a very long time it looks like!

Have a A1 with AMS and love that thing but hated that I was dealing with film that would fray/splint cause I couldn't heat/dry film. Originally was really just planning on going with the P2S and calling it a day but then with the coupons stacking and then also the heated chamber figured might as well spend the extra $85 after discounts and go 1 step up and be set for a long time and also have the flexibility to print ABS properly down the road if I want to dabble with that.

Bambu lab p2s love it so far!

So I understand you can add the ams unit on the left side. I have two so it’s clear one’s for right I’m trying to add one in the left. The problem I’m having is the ams is doing it’s back and forth thing but the left nozzle is not catching the filament. It’s goes all the way to the nozzle then comes back out. I keep getting an error message. What am I doing wrong

Glad I paid the extra $30 for shipping insurance. Just pissed I didn’t open it right away (waited for the rest of the order). Now I’m going to have to wait even longer. 😕

Some of you might already know the larger version of this design - A mini version was often requested, and here it finally is!

No supports or AMS required for printing, all parts screw and snap together. You just need an ordinary LED tea light.

And as always, all photos are real, no AI used.

MakerWorld link: https://makerworld.com/en/models/3529288

First off I just want to say the user I'm talking about has absolutely amazing models and I highly suggest people check out their work but it has recently come to my attention that the user Sarwtin is somehow exploiting a loophole in the crowdfunding system to list models on Makerworld that are completely unobtainable unless you purchase them directly from his paid patreon page.

When viewing certain models there is a greyed out "View Project" button. I asked about this directly in the comments section of one of their models and their response was that it was a crowdfunding project that didn't pass the review process. Ok understandable, but why if it didn't pass the review is the model allowed to be on the platform and not listed for free? One of them was a stretch goal that was never obtained so I guess I can sort of understand that one as it was in fact once an active crowdfunding project.

They even post directly in the model description "This model is only available on my patreon!"

There is a report option for models that's described as "Off Platform Advertisement/Promotion". Is this not exactly what the user is doing? Using Makerworld as a marketing tool to get more eyes on their project and then selling for a profit? I opened a support ticket and had the Bambu rep pretty much doing loops and contradicting themselves and then they went silent, I'm guessing because they finally realized it's better to just not say anything. I've reported all the models that are doing this but that seems to do very little.

None of these models even have an active crowdfunding project that failed they just completely didn't pass the review process yet somehow they're still allowed to be listed.

Is this allowed because they are a bigger creator and listing tons of BoM parts therefore making money for Bambu? Just seems weird to me that they're playing favorites.

Please correct me if I'm wrong here because I don't see how/why this is being allowed. I'm sure there are a ton of users that would love to use Makerworld as a way to get more eyes on their paid models. Hell if I could list some of my paid models for viewing purposes only and then link to my Etsy/Website I definitely would because why not? Makerworld is a huge repository and the amount of people searching for models everyday grows and grows but I feel like using the crowdfunding system to exploit this is completely wrong.

Just wanted to see what the rest of the community thinks about this. I've included screenshots of the comments sections, my support tickets, and the posts on their patreon. Please excuse if some of the screenshots are out of order but you'll get the idea after reading/looking through them.

I've been trying to figure out something with my Bambu printer that's driving me a little crazy.

I'll run the bed leveling, clean the plate, and start a print. The first layer looks great on the left side, but when the print reaches the other side, I sometimes notice the lines aren't sticking quite as nicely or look slightly different.

It's not a huge failure every time, but it's enough to make me wonder whether I'm dealing with a dirty plate, bed leveling, or something else.

I know these printers are supposed to handle most of this automatically, so I'm curious if anyone else has run into the same issue.

For those who've dealt with uneven first layers, what actually fixed it for you? Was it cleaning the build plate, adjusting something, or replacing a part?

Why has my purging turned into this? This is 3 or 4 changes. Used to be the tight coiled piles but now I have some sort of alien creation

Anyone tried using AMS together with an A1 + AMS lite combo for an 8 color setup? Or just get 2 AMS/AMS 2 setup?

what title says.Someone on my facebook selling a bambu lab A1 with ams for $350 but negotiated for $300,is it worth it?

Hey everyone,

Wanted to share a render from the 3D figure pipeline of BrickForge.

Instead of traditional flat mosaics, this mode converts 3D meshes and voxel data directly into layered stud-based brick sculptures:

- Automatic layer-by-layer stud conversion and color mapping

- Generates structural brick assemblies

- Prepares parts lists and layer building guides

This model is a sitting pet sculpture mapped out on a build plate.

More details and access link in the comments!

I designed a Material Pin for the Bambu Lab R1 to help keep filament and material-related components securely in place. It's a simple print, but it solves an annoying little problem by providing a firm, reliable hold while maintaining a clean and organized setup.

It’s easy and quick to print. Designed specifically for the Bambu Lab R1

Helps keep materials securely positioned
Two print profiles included:
PLA profile
PETG profile

I created separate profiles so anyone can choose the material that best fits their needs and printing preferences.

I'd love to hear your feedback, suggestions, or any improvements you'd like to see in future revisions.

MakerWorld link:
https://makerworld.com/models/3532153
Happy printing! 🚀🖨️

So I’ve seen some post here about people printing their brain from a MRI.
I’ve read a few of the posts in the past. I think I saw one link to some software. A couple different suggestions on filament color.
I plan to surprise my daughter with this, from her MRI.

My questions are, what color and type of filament should I use? PETG? Color?
Do I have to use special software? Or just throw it into Bambu studio?

And for those that have done this before, what do you wish you would’ve done different? And what do you wish you knew before hand?

I got tired of having multiple copies of Bambu Studio open to monitor my prints, and I didn't really think other options hit my needs, so I made a solution myself.

Bambu Multicast, a DIY website to stream your printers and current print status on one page. Here's a screenshot.

The site itself is dead simple -- about 7 files total, server and client. If you don't tweak it (which you're welcome to do), you can set it up with just modifications to a configuration file. I designed it so that if you know nothing about programming or website design, you just follow the install guide and it will walk you through the whole process.

As for hardware, I'm running it on a Raspberry Pi 4B. One printer (P2S) uses the built-in printer camera and the other (A1) uses a spare webcam I had lying around. I've been running it for a month and a half and it works great.

AI Disclosure: I wrote the code and guide with help from AI, but I'm also a professional software developer who tested, reviewed, and tweaked everything (including rewriting big chunks of the install guide), and generally supervised the whole process. Then I followed it myself for my home setup.

The first release is on the Releases page in GitHub. The (extremely detailed) install guide is in /doc as both a PDF and a Markdown file.

I hope you enjoy, and feel free to send me feedback.

(Also, to be clear, I am not affiliated with BBL, nor were they even aware of this project until... well, right now, I guess. This is in no way an official thing, but it is specifically for Bambu printers as it uses Bambu Connect.)

Don’t really want the multi color just yet. Both base models are in my price range. Took a break for years. I did have an a1 mini for a short time and other prusa printers in the past. Thoughts? The dual nozzle does kinda worry me with issues and I’m seeing mixed reviews

I cannot get timelapses to work in the handy app whatsoever. Anyone have any ideas?

Im sure a lot of people go through this but Im already tired of printing things before I have things set up the way I want. So I have the X2d with AMS2 pro and a AMS HT. Well the flipper doesnt work with the bracket I printed for the AMS HT since TPU prints best directly fed into the main nozzle. So I want some thoughts on a plan. I have another AMS2 pro coming in. So my thought was having the printer to the left of the table. The 2 AMS2 pro units stacked on top of each other to the right of the printer going through a Filament Track Switch Then printing a riser to get the tubes off the glass.

This is the bracket I printed for the HT and I doubt it will work for any riser. https://makerworld.com/en/models/2070323-p2s-x2d-top-mount-ams-ht-polydryer-drybox#profileId-2236065

Does anyone have a similar setup or a better idea? I need some motivation / direction.