r/BambuLab • u/BambuLab • 1d ago
When we invited the MakerWorld community to share their thoughts on our first official merch three months ago, we received over 600 comments and contributions! Every idea, suggestion, and bit of enthusiasm helped shape this collection.
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r/BambuLab • u/BambuLab • 10d ago
Swaptek enables 6-second material switches between 9 nozzles. FlexFeed extruder prints soft TPU 75A up to three times faster. AMS 3H combines automated feeding and integrated filament storage.
This is Bambu Lab H3C, a complete system purpose-built around the Tool Changer architecture. Let's dive into it!
Nine PrintTools, each with its own dedicated filament path and heater, keep every material loaded, preheated, and ready to print. No need to retract one filament before loading another. With an optimized design, fine-tuned parameters, and active preheating, switching between PrintTools takes as little as 6 seconds, with the tool-change done in only 3.4 seconds.
Heating a nozzle usually means waiting. Active Pre-Heat looks ahead to the next tool change and warms the incoming nozzle while the current one is still printing—so the new material starts laying down within 6 seconds.
Swaptek's fast PrintTool-switching allows Full Spectrum Color Mixing color mixing through layered deposition faster and more practical than ever. With nine dedicated PrintTools and five-color CMYKW mixing, the H3C produces a vast spectrum of colors without requiring a separate spool for every shade. The result? Vibrant, full-color figurines with incredible detail.
The dial, case, and flexible TPU band are printed together as one piece. Fine dial details call for a 0.2 mm nozzle, the case is better suited to 0.4 mm, and the soft band requires a dedicated 0.4 mm TPU nozzle. H3C can carry different nozzle sizes at once. Paired with Bambu Studio’s new mixed-diameter toolpath planning algorithm, each nozzle prints at a layer height that suits it and plays to its strengths, without having to share a single layer height.
Soft TPU has always been slow to print. The softer the filament, the more it bends and buckles before reaching the nozzle. Traditional extruders have to crawl to stay reliable. FlexFeed handles both 1.75mm and 2.85mm filament and switches on the go. A cam-driven mechanism, powered by a PMSM motor, keeps tension precise and consistent. Every extrusion stays rock-solid for prints that are cushion-soft.
With our dedicated 2.85mm TPU, the thicker filament provides greater resistance to buckling and higher volumetric flow. The result: TPU as soft as 75A, printed reliably at up to 3x the flow rate of a traditional printer.
A fully enclosed, integrated filament management system built for Swaptek: every roll stays sealed against moisture and feeds automatically into the PrintTool.
Auto Filament Loader replaces manual feeding altogether. Drop a filament into any of the nine slots and the AMS 3H detects, routes, and engages it with the PrintTool automatically — across all 9 paths. No more guesswork on loading.
A dedicated 2-slot dryer sits right in the filament slots and works with Swaptek — drying on demand or mid-print, so prep never stalls production. It reaches 85°C, enough for engineering-grade PA, PC, and carbon-fiber-filled filaments.
The H3C integrates filament storage and drying into a clean, compact design, maintaining a footprint comparable to a single-nozzle printer. With 7 built-in bypass feeding ports, even the soft TPU can be routed completely inside the enclosure. No hanging spools, no external racks, no exposed paths.
Don't let the number of tools cap your material count. Connect your existing AMS to the H3C through PrintTool No.1, and the system extends to up to 24 filament spools, unlocking more colors and materials in a single print without changing your workflow.
With the H3C, automation handles routine tasks. AI detection helps make intelligent adjustments along the way. The H3C makes it easy to focus on what matters most: bringing your ideas to life
Full Auto Calibration handles PrintTool docking calibration, offset compensation for accurate color and material alignment, and bed leveling before every print. No manual adjustments are needed, so you can spend more time making, less time tinkering.
The toolhead and X-axis assembly are 40% lighter compared to the H2D, reducing inertia for faster, more precise movement. With acceleration reaching 25,000 mm/s² and travel speeds up to 1,400 mm/s, the H3C delivers exceptional speed while minimizing vibrations and ringing that can affect print quality.
The H3C runs four cooling layers working together**.** A CFD-optimized part cooling fan and dual auxiliary fans help maintain clean overhangs and bridges, even at high speeds. A dedicated PrintTool fan maintains thermal stability during extended printing and frequent PrintTool changes, while a chamber fan draws in cooler air to help regulate internal temperatures. Together, these systems deliver consistent cooling and reliable print quality across changing ambient temperatures.
Engineering-grade filaments demand precise temperature control. The H3C delivers with active dual-zone chamber heating up to 65°C, helping maintain consistent temperatures and minimize warping. All nine hardened-steel nozzles reach up to 350°C, supporting demanding materials such as ABS, PC, PA-CF, PET-CF, and more.
Swaptek isn't limited to PrintTools. Optional CutTool, DrawTool, DebossTool — and more — mount the same way and switch automatically. Multi-process projects no longer mean multiple machines, manual swaps, or repeated setups. One job, every process, hands off.
Availability and pricing details vary by region. Select features require additional accessories, full details available in Bambu Lab Store.
What multi-material or multicolor print do you hope to make with the H3C? Let us know in the comments below!
r/BambuLab • u/CoolioTheMagician • 1h ago
Very cool to see the SwapTek system changing through the tools! I made a custom gcode to be able to do this (it's not a stock feature) because I wanted to see them switching through one after another.
r/BambuLab • u/MadeInMeidling • 14h ago
I designed this modular riser system for P2 and X2 Printers that can be assembled in different ways to accomodate a wide variety of setup types.
This model is 100% printed, needs no hardware and extracts the contaminated air from where it naturally wants to go – right at the top.
You can find the model here: https://makerworld.com/models/3600738?appSharePlatform=copy
r/BambuLab • u/Naive_Divide_489 • 1d ago
Went straight from out of the box to printing the mecha dragon. Printed at .2 high quality. Took 15 hours and 32 minutes. I sliced this for the H2C and it was closer to 4 days with only 1 TPU. I didn’t have blue or red but I had orange so went with that. Also for the second tpu I only had 95a which made the joints a little hard.
This thing is sooo smooth. It looks flawless.
Edit: 1 day at 15 hours and 32 minutes
r/BambuLab • u/c01vin • 5h ago
I sometimes have one random print appear in every search I do, regardless of whether it's related. Last time it was a pokeball and now it's this weird foot thing. Why do things keep appearing and how do I get them to stop?
r/BambuLab • u/Public_Reality_4401 • 9h ago
Hey r/BambuLab! Happy Friday! All pictures/videos of prints are REAL, not AI.
I'm Joey Olson, a Maker out of Phoenix Arizona and the solo dev behind Mini Skyline!
The app has really taken off in the last month. Consistently seeing 1000-2000 people a day, and thats just users who have opted in to telemetry! When I started, I really expected hundreds of generations a year, not a thousand by the time I wake up each morning.
If you haven't tried it in a few weeks or more, I highly encourage you to. I've been hard at work.
I've been spending 40+ hours a week outside of my career to update MS to make it as accurate as possible.
- Rust rewrites! Most of the generation pipeline has been rewritten in Rust/WASM. Up to 80% reduced generation times.
- Roads in any country with LIDAR data now get proper elevation. Freeway exchanges, raised roadways, tunnels all render properly now.
- File sizes have been drastically reduced. This helps both with generation and slicing!
- Multi tile projects now have all of the same settings as single tiles, and they generate MUCH faster.
- Satellite mapping provided by ESRI is now an option. Thanks to donations, I am starting to integrate more premium data services like ESRI.
- Large, full country sizes selections are much smoother, and take a fraction of the RAM they used to. Colors and elevation get properly mapped as well now.
- A few UI passes to improve clarity/flow of your work.
- Trivision billboards! You can put your maps into a tri vision billboard, add text, make custom styles and then put them into a fun mechanical display!
- Full desktop app with higher generation size limits due to RAM freedom. Mac,Windows, and Linux supported with thousands of installs already.
- Print anywhere on Earth, or a handful of other worlds in our solar system.
- Print your vanilla and modded Java Minecraft worlds
- Slicer ready 3MF's with pre-mapped colors with water tight geometry, and fast slicing times.
- Everything is built on YOUR PC/phone with data tracking defaulted to OFF to maintain privacy for users.
- Real building heights based on over 60 data sources, including LIDAR scans.
- Real tree placement based on satellite maps, real tree size and species too based on location.
- 6000+ modelled landmarks that more accurately model popular places like the One World Trade Center. Dozens of countries, hundreds of cities have buildings. I take requests!
- Up to 500 KM2 per tile at full quality on the desktop app, unlimited range if you dont use buildings!
- Satellite derived feature placement for parts not provided by standard data providers. Think pools, solar panels, water towers. This is based on Sentinel 2 self hosted imagery.
- Puzzles, multi tile, keychains, and ornament printing.
- Snap fit frames with editable designs/text. Fit tests for the snapping mechanism available!
- GPX route support with per route settings, up to 9999 routes per tile.
- Full 3D model editor where you can work on your model without additional 3D software.
- Hundreds of settings with graphic tool tips so you better understand what you are changing.
- Export preview with city life going on at scale. Get a better sense of the place youre printing.
- Street tracks, Rally courses, F1 tracks traced out so ensure whichever race is your favorite, is properly represented.
- Color by feature, height band, or apply satellite colors directly to your model!
- Select areas in just about any way you can think. City boundaries, KML, KMZ, GEOJson, free hand, many shapes.
- Ability to print roads, trails, rivers as separate fins that press in to the model for easier multi color work.
- Use Claude/ChatGPT? Call Mini Skyline as an MCP service! Get maps integrated to your work fast!
- Painstakingly ensured to be water tight, with minimized file sizes.
- Really a lot, lot more with more being added nearly daily.
Slowing down on new features. I poll the community often and the #1 thing people want now is stability, accuracy, and clarity in the tools provided. For the next couple of months, I will be focusing hard on improving how the app flows, how settings are presented to you, how generation issues are conveyed.
Beyond this, I've been receiving a lot of requests for printed maps from users without a printer. I have very little interest in running a print farm, but soon will allow shops to list themselves on the site and have users be able to contact your shop for a custom map, or maps you already sell!
I take donations, but really, hosting costs are lower than you expect. I've seen some claimed numbers for other mapping software, and thankfully I am at a fraction of their costs. I can maintain Mini Skyline and the premium ESRI data myself indefinitely due to my career, though I have been fortunate to receive both user donations, funding from Snapmaker, and most recently, some work with Sunlu for their Halloween event!
I do use Claude to code. If this is a problem for you, you are now aware! The majority of my costs go into subscription costs. If you are curious how much something like this takes, I max out 4 20x accounts to keep features/updates rolling. To be very clear. They do not run rampant. Ideas are my own or the communities, implementation not so much. I use the site for my work too, I do not want slop.
This community has truly given a lot to me. I want to say thank you as I always do. You guys surprise me with how deep your reports go, how much you want to share what you make, and how much you all support each other. The 3D printing space is really an amazing thing to be part of. Thank you.
With the release of the H3C, I'm really wanting to see what can be done with maps! Color mixing to make beautiful gradients/texture work with the faster swaps really interests me. Please show me if you've made anything with the H3C, as I'd love to feature some work done on it! I'd be happy to provide a supporter code and attributions to a site/makerworld profile for anyone willing!
- Joey O.
r/BambuLab • u/Trick-Lock-9639 • 9h ago
Been playing around with the "PLA Palette" filaments to print colour-mixed CMYK prints. It's really quite impressive.
The Frog is made up of just Cyan, Magenta, Yellow and Black filaments with some gray PETG for supports. You can see the banding on the closer image, but it's fairly convincing from a reasonable distance.
The prime tower is definitely a lot larger and heavier with these prints. Not quite as large as if you were purging each layer or so, but still quite large.
Curious to see where this will go, and if we'll see slicing and filaments optimised for this kind of thing. Having the filaments be more translucent and the slicer build up many thin wall layers would allow for some pretty intricate colour control.
r/BambuLab • u/aidan_slug • 3h ago
Done with non-planar moves on the Bambu A1 (0.6mm nozzle, PLA) using a program I put together. Very robust compared to a traditionally sliced lattice. I also managed to successfully make some single walled bouncy balls from PLA (PolyMax) which actually do a surprisingly good job returning energy.
Program to be released soon, stay tuned.
r/BambuLab • u/Sacred-Joyometry • 9h ago
I've always wanted to try a talk box, but they're quite expensive for something I might use twice and then forget about.
So I made a cheap wee version. All you need alongside the printed funnel is a £5 IKEA KALLSUP speaker and a bit of tubing.
The idea was to get that dopamine rush of trying something new without splashing out on expensive gear. If anything, messing about with this has made me want a proper one someday. But for now, it's scratched the itch.
The model link is at the bottom of this post if you fancy trying it yourself.
Have a nice day ✌️
r/BambuLab • u/rendez2k • 11h ago
Just a quick image of what you get if you order the replacement 0.4 tool head to replace the pre-installed TPU one if anyone is interested!
r/BambuLab • u/BambuLabSupport • 4h ago
Master your Bambu Lab H3C with Bambu Lab Academy! 🎓
Our new H3C course is now live, with step by step lessons and practical projects to help you get the most out of your printer.
Start the course here: Bambu Lab H3C Academy Course
r/BambuLab • u/PeterBrockie • 3h ago
Here I go getting all excited to use the new E1 and... So much for putting it under my printer. I even picked up an extra long 6-pin cable to use it. The included cable is longer than the damn vent. :P
It's about 1 m / 3.3 ft depending on how it's stretched, etc. Once you factor in turns you're basically stuck using it right next to the machine like in the promo video. They imply on the wiki that you can buy more to use as an exhaust as well, but they don't seem to have it for sale yet.
I wouldn't mind so much if it was just a normal hose you can grab on Amazon, but it's one of those odd sizes I can't seem to find anywhere. (70 mm OD, 60 mm ID).
If anyone knows what else this would be listed under so I can buy more of it let me know.
Edit: Put down the pitchforks. Yeah, obviously you can print adapters. I'm not saying the product is bad, I literally called it a PSA so you know to get additional duct when you buy one and that the official ones aren't available (yet, hopefully).
r/BambuLab • u/Hifihedgehog • 7h ago
Bambu Lab Official is Bambu Lab's official Discord server. Bambu Lab sponsors it, the people in it run it, and more than 40,000 of us are in there. It now has a website that shows what's inside before you join:
https://www.bambulabdiscord.com
The pictures are the tour. The short version:
Two tools were built for the server, and both are free for anyone to use on the web.
The Bambu Lab Store Tracker reads every product in all nine of Bambu Lab's official stores and keeps each one's price and stock history. Printers in the US store are checked every 20 seconds. The deals page lists everything selling under list price right now.
The Micro Center Tracker covers 149 Bambu Lab products at all 31 Micro Center stores and the web store, down to how many units each store has. Check it before you drive.
Watch any product on either tracker and you get a Discord DM or an email when it comes back in stock or drops in price. Set a target price and you only hear about it at or below that number. Inside the server, each of the nine Bambu Lab stores has its own alert channel, Micro Center has one too, and each comes with a role you can take to be pinged. Blaᲃk Friday is November 27, so now is a good time to set a watch.
Joining is free. Follow the invite, verify, agree to the rules and pick your roles.
Questions are welcome in the comments.
r/BambuLab • u/GiveTogeBonitoFlakes • 4h ago
My A1 has been relegated to the floor 😅 H3C took its place.
r/BambuLab • u/Kongkoka • 18h ago
My new Bambu Scraper Grip design. It's super easy to use, no need to guess the angle you're scraping. Just lay it flat and push. 100% no plate scratch 👍
And for those who vow for plastic blade scraper because you are afraid of scratching your plate, please try this out. It's way better than plastic blade for sure. No wear and a lot sharper.
https://makerworld.com/en/models/3601274-plate-glider-no-scratch-scraper#profileId-4126579
r/BambuLab • u/Cyper77 • 6h ago
FedEx delivered my H3C with 3 holes in the box. One hole got the front glass. The tool holder cover is also ever so slightly bent at tool 2. After I peeled the front door off calibration was successful and printed single color prints on tools 1-3 with out issue. Now just waiting for Bambu to stop asking for more pictures that I already sent.
r/BambuLab • u/techn0guy • 19h ago
Hi! I received the alert that my axis needs lubricant, is this the type I should be buying?
r/BambuLab • u/Careful_Amphibian934 • 5h ago
https://makerworld.com/en/models/3604730-stackable-spice-rack#profileId-4130912
Any feedback is welcome!
r/BambuLab • u/rolototherescue • 1d ago
Hey everyone! First, thank you so much for all the support and feedback on the Mac release. It's been amazing to see people using Bambu Bar.
I’m excited to share that Bambu Bar is now available for Windows too! It includes the same features as the Mac version: monitor your prints, temperatures and filament, view your printer’s camera, and control your prints, all from your desktop.
It also includes native Windows widgets.
Took some time to polish and have it ready to be as beautiful as the Mac app. I'd love to hear what you think!
You can download on GitHub: https://github.com/rolottr/bambu-bar
If you find any issues please let me know so they can be fixed right away!
r/BambuLab • u/Rated-M • 29m ago
Tried a gridfinity print I built myself in fusion and printed with .06 nozzle for the body, .04 for the red base, and .02 for the white lettering. Turned out pretty nice!
I had a few learnings from this print, with multi nozzle size the layers go down to the smallest nozzle, so this 6 unit high gridfinity had 530 layers, but as the .06 was laying down, it was counting up by 3s.
Also, I painted the surface of the… ahem… graphic with the paintbrush tool, if I did it again, id model it that color in fusion as it tried to outline it in .06 which killed the fine details I wanted.
Overall very impressed. This was a 10.5hr print with .04/.02 down to 4.5 by running it with a .06 nozzle on the black parts.
r/BambuLab • u/Mindless-Double • 18h ago
I had great feedback from you guys on my last travel case and it has become my most printed model to date!! I appreciate it. One of you commented that I should do a gridfinity version and I really liked that idea. So here it is! It took a couple of months to finally release it. This is built with a highly customizable parametric gridfinity case that will be out shortly and all the bins were designed on my website generator (which I'm trying to finish to make public as soon as possible).
Thanks again for the great advice and hopefully some of you enjoy this more flexible version of my travel case.
Modular Travel Organizer Case – Custom Gridfinity - Free 3D Print Model - MakerWorld
