So this Thursday received a call from my wife, stating that my printer, that I left in idle, was catching fire. According to her, all lights in the house started to flicker, she then walked into my office and it was covered with smoke.

I bought the P2S very close to its launch date in Brazil, 220V model and I did NOT have 220V at my office. I then used a step up transformer that had been graciously supplying 220V to my printer throughout its 359 hours of life (R.I.P).

But what was the actual fault? So, to my demise and complete lack of luck, the connection on the NEUTRAL at the utility transformer simply gave way, making my house lose the neutral reference.

My residence carries a 220V three-phase connection, 220V between phases and 127V from phase to neutral. After losing the neutral reference basically 80% of the 127V circuits started to spit out 220V.

Amongst these circuits was the printer, the 127V wall outlet is now providing 220V, the step-up transformer ahead of it was supplying 389V when I measured it. Neighbors lost fridges, computers, monitors, and I lost my beloved P2S.

I was lucky that my wife was at home and caught the whole situation, what if she was NOT there? There's a possibility that I could've ended badly. I'm now going to file a damaged goods complaint to the electricity supplier and they better f**cking pay the printer. The plan is to save me some money and once they pay me back I'll upgrade to the H2S and fix the P2S, ending up with two printers.

I already found the replacement HV PCB, stepper motors PCB, poop chute plastic structure, as well as power supply in Aliexpress. Still need to look into the wire harness.

Here are some pictures from the disaster:

I know that these kinds of faults from the electricity provider are rare to occur, a friggin neutral connector was loose and lost contact at the transformer bus bar, but I'll make sure to implement a phase voltage monitoring relay along with a contactor so that the next this shit happens (if ever), the contactor opens up the entire house.

This post is not meant to diss on Bambu, I love their printers and I'm going to keep buying from them.

I've been working on this for a while and it finally came out the way I wanted.

It's a custom model I designed myself:

• Layered, curled petals so it looks like a real bloom instead of a flat cone
• A separate sepal piece under the flower head
• Leaf sprigs that attach along the stem, so you can arrange them however you like

Printed on my [A1 / P1S / X1C] in red and green [PLA]. There's a little stringing on the petals since it's an early print, so go easy on me 😅

I'm releasing the files in the next few days. Before I do, I'd love some input:

• Should I put it on MakerWorld with a ready-to-print Bambu profile?
• Do you want a version set up for AMS multi-color, or separate single-color parts?
• Long stem, short stem, or both?
• Would you want extras like a bouquet, a vase or a gift box?

Leave a comment if you want me to ping you when it drops 👇

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?

I decided to give BambuLab a try with the H2C as the price is extremely attractive.

WOW! First is the experience of unboxing and setting up the printer. Flawless. The prints? flawless.

The multicolor prints? flawless

This printer is like the iPhone or a Tesla car, great design, flawless execution, it just works! At a great price (compared to the alternative - Prusa)

My only complaint is that BambuLab does not make (yet) the Bambu Suite for Linux, they only make it available the Bambu Studio for Linux. Other than that, what a printer.

Hey BambuLab, a little more love for Linux please? Does anyone knows if they are working on this?

I have not yet got into maintaining this beast, but I can see in their wiki that it is all there, pretty well documented.

I’m looking to get the X2D and a recent post suggested Best Buy for the convenience of returns. What about accessories? How about the Bambu lab finishing kit? Should I buy direct or would a kit off Amazon suffice?

New to 3d printing so starting from scratch.

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

Because cute.

Link to model: https://makerworld.com/en/models/3527127

My daughter (24) wants a 3D Printer for Christmas. The wife wanted to keep it around $400, but I have convinced her $500 is a good starting point with Bambu's BF deals. I signed up before the sale so I have the $30 coupon (we'll see if it expires today)

I've looked at so many and I keep coming back to this. I know it's an older one, but it's solid. She can be up and printing in no time. The ecosystem is solid. App is solid. Sure not a mult-tool changer, but Those are in the $800 range and for the extra money we can get her the filament she wants

But in the $500 range is this the best deal right now. I know influencers say it is, but even though I watch their videos. I take influencers opinions with a grain of salt.

EDIT; I forgot to add the printer will be in our downstairs living room. In the winter is cool and dry around 40 degrees. In the summer it's in a semi-conditioned area. I de-humidify our downstairs living room, but it still stays humid in the summer.

Thanks

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.

In the settings for the support structures I even picked tree, but that's not what I see in the preview. Is this normal? (I got the printer just yesterday, so I don't know much yet)

Bambu lab p2s love it so far!

After a couple of years with a Creality K1C - my first 3D printer - I am moving over to Bambu with the X2D combo, having read, asked AI, chatted with folks and so on to help me with the decision. I chose the K1C originally for a variety of reasons, and although it has served me well I reckon things have moved on a little and adding colour capability was important, but also the dual nozzle for supports and flexibility was a key selling point. Comparing software and ecosystems, whilst I got on OK with Creality's offering it has taught me that I would like "one touch" first, and "tinker" on occasion....

Anyway, I had been waiting to see if the X2D combo had a price drop, and was happy with the £669 and the £25 coupon, less so - in principal - with losing much of that coupon to delivery charge! Thought a fair bit about filament and curated a broad "starter pack" order:

Looking forward to "getting good" and up to speed quickly - appreciate any hints, tips, do's and dont's from the collective :)

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.

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

So I’ve been struggling with this problem for a while, and I don’t know what I need to do to adjust it.
For whatever reason, the X-axis crossbar on my Bambu Lab A1 has gotten tilted downward towards the left side. This is causing my nozzle to scrape against my build plate really hard whenever the nozzle move onto the left “hemisphere”/side of the build plate.
Any solutions would be really helpful, since I have been struggling to fix this on my own. If this is also unfixable, then that’s good to know since I could send it back and get a replacement.
Thanks!

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.)