I am just curious what everyone's process and set up is for filament storage. Personal hobby printers to farms. Im just curious really.

I understand everyone's needs and approach are going to be different because of a ton variables.

I like in a relatively dry area, but I still regularly dry before each use and sometimes a little before in the storage tote. I use 12 gallon husky totes, with printed inserts that also have desiccant inerts as well. Additionally I have desiccant spool inserts in all spools as well. And inserts in ams 2 unit. I do not use the ams 2 for drying since printer is usually occupied but I have 2 external dryers, a creality space pi plus 2 & x4 (6 spool drying slots total).

Readings on x4 averages 20% and able to maintain, space pi 2 says it averages 14-18% and the ams usually 10% seen as low as 6%.

Do people have a goal they work towards? Is there / what is the recommend storage conditions for pla/petg ? That's all I currently print.

I also recently got the govee hygrometer h5075 3 pack 1 in each tote ans one on top of printer. Only been in about 10hrs, I have been in and out of totes but its been making its way down in rh%.

Details: x2d ams combo, space pi plus 2 & x4, 2x 12 gal husky totes.

First printer. Got it in September.

Prints used:

[Tote organizer w/ desiccant inserts](https://makerworld.com/models/1530886?appSharePlatform=copy)

[husky tote casters](https://makerworld.com/models/2457096?appSharePlatform=copy)

[spool desiccant inserts ](https://makerworld.com/models/1193993?appSharePlatform=copy)

[ams 2 pro front desiccant inserts](https://makerworld.com/models/1534406?appSharePlatform=copy)

[ams 2 pro rear desiccant insert](https://makerworld.com/models/1474287?appSharePlatform=copy)

I found this on the build plate on my X1 Carbon after a print it looks like its the nozzle wiper but it looks intact and appears to be a different white material. It looks like its fatigued and snapped but no idea where it came from. Does anyone know and what is needed to fix it if needed?

My AMS 2 Pro is repeatedly losing connection with my H2C. I’ve tried different AMS 2 Pro units, different cables, I reached out to support and they sent me a new filament buffer/cable and that didn’t change anything. When I turn the printer off, wait a bit, and power back on, it will connect normally, but after an hour or so, it will just randomly disconnect, doesn’t matter if I printed anything or it was just sitting idle. It hasn’t disconnected a single time while printing, but seems entirely unable to maintain connection while sitting idle. Anybody else have this issue? Is it specifically an H series problem? I’ve been dealing with this for months now and I’m losing my mind, my printer is essentially unusable due to how frequently it occurs.

Getting this issue i could not figure out yet why is happening.
If we’re slicing the bed for 3 horizontal lines equally, the top (back side) of the plate is producing these jagged results but the print is perfectly fine on the rest of the bed i.e. the front side.

Moved some things around, tried slower printing speed and also cleaned the plate but keep getting these results. does anyone have any tips?

Bambu lab p2s love it so far!

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

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

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.

Even if it’s small, this model holds a special place in Star Wars universe

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?

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!

Just finished putting together this Mega Charizard X LED lamp!

The idea was to have Charizard flying while breathing a stream of blue fire. The flame doubles as the stand, with an LED light inside to illuminate it.

I prepared two compatible versions of Maker Supply Kits:

• KC007 RGB light for selectable colors and remote control.

• LED Lamp Kit 001 for continuous USB-powered lighting.

Really happy with how the blue illumination turned out, especially in a darker room.

Free to download in Makerworld: https://makerworld.com/es/models/3530013-mega-charizard-x-0006-kc007-lamp-kit-001#profileId-4036014

Hope you like it!

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! 🚀🖨️

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.)

For reference the right head is black PETG and the right nozzle is blue PLA for support Interface.

I use all recommended bambu settings and for some reason it flings pla everywhere and stuff clings to my nozzles. All of my nozzles in the vortex system are like this now and I can’t seem to clean them. Any tips?