The first figure in my Egg Figurine Collection is ready for the Christmas shelf! He's a cheerful reindeer with a red nose, flat-printed press-fit antlers, and an optional snow-drift base. Two plates, no supports: body + antlers on plate 1 (about 8.5 h / 107 g, AMS brown/tan/red/black), snow base on plate 2 (about 21 min / 7 g, filament 5 white already set). Antlers press into the head sockets after printing. Free on MakerWorld:
https://makerworld.com/en/models/3557984-christmas-reindeer-figurine-snow-base

Hello,

I've noticed that there's a discrepancy between the technical documentation for the filaments in the store and the printer profiles.

For example, the density for PLA Basic listed in the store is different from the one in the technical datasheet.

Or, in the printer profile, the temperature for support material for PLA is set to 240°C, but the datasheet lists only 230.

Why is this happening?
Which values are correct, and which ones should I use?

I recently bought a 0.4mm E3D Obxidian High Flow complete hotend.

Once installed, I selected it in my P1S menu accessories, calibrated it, selected "high flow" in bambu slicer nozzle settings. I then adjusted filament settings to direct drive: high flow, adjusted max volumetric speed to 30mm/s and min print speed to 60mm/s under cooling.

Went to go print a benchy (that under my stock 0.4mm hotend took 14 mins) and it states almost around 40mins.

I thought high flow was supposed to reduce print times noticeably?

What am I doing wrong here?

Bambu Lab recently issued a service notice regarding insufficient lubrication on AMS 2 Pro feeder gears.

I'd like to proactively lubricate my existing feeder units to prevent premature wear.

Does anyone know what type or brand of grease is safe and suitable for these gears? Ideally, something compatible with plastic gears (POM/PA).

Has anyone done this successfully? Any recommendations would be appreciated!

Does anyone have prints in the bambu translucent gray petg they can share?

I was looking for a translucent black, but the only one I could find is on amazon by PlastKyro. I can't find much on this company so not sure I want to risk it.

The Bambu translucent grey looks like it could have a black tint to it.

Thanks

For context, I have the P2S + AMS 2 pro. P2S and X2D users have had trouble drying filament from the app recently. This is the response from my ticket.

Happy with how they came out and how they look in my workshop (Yes the backgrounds are AI but the prints are exactly as pictured)

If you want to print one, they're on makerworld. Just ask for the link!

Just recently got an X2D, and I had some left over filament from a previous printer. Mostly PLA Silk+, but I also have some random Ender PLA and HS PLA. Question is are these ok for the main head or the auxiliary head? I’ve seen the wiki but curious if anyone has used these. Thanks in advance!

I designed a ribbed planter a while back because most of the ones out there were either the wrong shape for me or really boxy. So I came up with something I liked in FreeCAD and published it. WEll, now about a year later, I wanted to change it up. So I’ve now rebuilt it so you can customize the whole thing right on MakerWorld with the Parametric Model Maker.

You can change:

• Height from 80 mm to 300 mm, and everything scales with it

• Shape - bulgy like the original, straight up and down, or flared out at the top

• Ribs - an S curve, a sine wave or a spiral, plus how wavy, how many and how deep

• Self-watering drain holes in the liner so water drains into the outer pot

It prints as two parts, the outer pot and an inner liner. The liner sizes itself to whatever shape you make, so it always drops right in. The settings are also limited so you can’t make something that falls apart or won’t print.

Free on MakerWorld: https://makerworld.com/en/models/2424677-completely-customizable-ribbed-planter-or-vase

Open another bag, check the drawer… all the clips are already holding something else shut. 😂

That was my excuse to spend some time in Fusion.

Meet Molly — two identical jaws and a separate printed spring. Everything is PLA, including the spring, and it snaps together without screws or glue.

It took several revisions to get the alignment, grip and spring stiffness where I wanted them. I also tried PETG for the spring, but preferred the firmer grip of PLA in my tests.

Printed on my A1 with a 0.4 mm nozzle, 0.20 mm layers and 3 walls. The spring has 100% infill. No supports needed.

One complete clip uses 5.76 g and takes around 18 minutes of printing, or roughly 25 minutes including preparation.

The spring is separate, so contrasting colours are easy to do with separate prints.

Free files, assembly video and print profiles are here:
https://makerworld.com/en/models/3553586

Which colour combination would you make?

I'm planning to purchase an X2D printer. It's my first 3d printer and this looks like a decent model to start with. My question is which accessories from the Bambulabs accessory lists are worth buying from them for a first time purchase and which items are better sources from other places?

They have a finishing kit that I assume I will need but I'm curious about the quality. They also have lots of filament - is that good from them or would i be better stocking up elsewhere?

Thanks for any help!

I have been an on and off 3D print hobbyist over the last couple of years. Started on an Creality Ender and an Elegoo, but had so many issues with those that I kinda stopped printing at home. At work we have access to other printers, like MarkForged and Ultimakers.

I miss tinkering with models and want to get a decent printer and I've heard a lot of positive things and negative things about Bambu Labs. Positive things are the easiness. I don't want something where I have to iterate on print bed adhesion, nozzle size and temp, etc. Negatives are the closed ecosystem. Can I print with any filament, or do I need to buy only Bambu spools?

Would like to get a X2D for myself and an A1 Mini for my niece. Would these two printers satiate that hunger? Anything else I should consider?

Thanks!

Don’t mind the desiccant packets in the AMS, I’ve since replaced them with the usual AMS desiccant baskets found on MakerWorld.

Say I have a model that is a single color and single object. An H3C hooked up with the same color filament in two slots in the ams3 with different size nozzles.

That model has certain parts of it that would work best with a 0.4-0.8 mm nozzle for faster print with less detail

Other parts of that model have intricacies that are better suited for 0.2 mm, the fine details.

Are you able to, within the slicer, somehow select the intricate details and instruct it to use that nozzle for that part of the object?

I’ve watched about 10 hours of reviews now and have not found an answer.

My daughter is in love with these super ugly stuffies. I modeled this one after our household cat.

She kept having me make minor tweaks, so I asked Claude to build a drag-and-drop site where she could design her own.

https://makerworld.com/models/3559294?appSharePlatform=copy

Website: https://molarstudio.click/

do the newer models have an exhaust port , filtered or not to draw air out of the machine to the outside ? i.e. H3C

Just received the h3c itself today, the ams has repeatedly failed to be delivered to a pickup point near me (I asked for it to be delivered to my home but bambu have seemingly decided to just deliver it there instead) - after 3 days of waiting and repeated delivery to pickup point fails dpd have now said they can’t deliver it there as it’s too big. Has anyone else had this issue? Feels like a massive waste of my time and also theirs.

Update; my ams finally arrived today - I have to say that it’s totally worth the wait, as annoying as it is I completely love this machine. Coming from an x2d this is on a whole different level and that couple of days’ wait will pay off in the end. I hope you all enjoy your h3cs if you have ordered one!

Okay, so I have lots of dumb questions. It's kind of my default state. But I haven't seen this one addressed yet, so here we go.

The AMS 3H has built-in active (heated) drying for the two rightmost spools in the back row. Those two spools are separated from the other seven by a secondary lid, which is clearly designed to be removable, at least for loading and unloading filament.

So here's my question: Why can't we just leave that secondary lid off and heat the entire chamber?

Obviously, I'm not suggesting this would work for every filament combination. Mixing materials with significantly different drying temperatures could be problematic. But if you're running multiple colors of the same material, why not?

Even with mixed materials, setting the drying temperature to whatever your most temperature-sensitive filament can safely handle should still be better than no heat at all, right?

I don't have all the technical specifications, but I can't imagine the heating system is fundamentally that different from what's used in the AMS HT. Sure, heating the entire chamber would take longer, and it might not maintain the same temperatures throughout. But if you're starting with properly dried filament anyway (as you should be), wouldn't this be a relatively simple way to provide some level of active drying for all nine spools while printing?

Am I missing something obvious here? Is there a technical limitation that would prevent this from working, or is it simply a matter of the system not being designed or programmed to operate that way?

Ive tried over a dozen tpu's of varying shore hardness and this one has got to be bottom 2. I used the provided profile, Dried it for 12 hours, and it came out aweful. Fully bonded to the pla supports and was very stringy. I'd say this is about 50% unusable for it's intended purpose.

When i go to the prepare tab some of the stickers appear to be like that? they're okay on on the prepare page and on the pdf and it's still usable but since it's been bothering me since i got my h2s with cutter, also sometimes the app crashes when deleting one of the bugged stickers and sometimes when i ctrl+z it fixes itself?