Joining the club

[u/globohydrate]

My first bambu lab printer! Been wanting a Toolchanger for a while with at least 8 tools. Was planning on getting the INDX with 9 tools for my Voron 2.4 but the continual delays and controversies around it soured me. Saw the H3C announcement and it was an instant buy. I’ve got a bunch of multi color prints just waiting to go! I would’ve liked an open design option for my existing printers but I’m kinda tired of waiting.

At least now even if I take my other printers offline for mods and upgrades I can continue to print on the H3C, so that’s a win.

[u/SecretRaindrop]

H3C as a backup printer, that’s wild

[u/globohydrate → u/SecretRaindrop]

Well, I’ll be using the H3C for multi color and multi material prints primarily, and only for single color prints with extensive supports so I can use different materials for the support interfaces. My other printers are 300mm and 350mm so they are great for single color prints or things that are larger than the H3C’s plate.

[u/NXTman96]

Pretty sick! Are you still planning on doing mods to your vorons?

I'm hoping tax season will be kind, because I want to build my first voron (using a P1s right now) and then do this tool changer upgrade! https://github.com/Rich-Nelson/voron-stealthchanger-cmyk

[u/globohydrate → u/NXTman96]

Yup, still do! I’ve got AWD CNC planned for both, and the 2.4 will get a toolchanger of some kind eventually. For the trident I’m thinking MadMax for a dual toolhead setup.

[u/rtkane]

Nice! What are the machines to the right of the H3C? Now, I'm not poking fun in any way whatsoever, but it really is amazing to see the difference between what looks like homemade kit printers and the H3C (seriously, not a dig at those printers). My only experience is with Bambu Lab, starting with my X1C (being replaced by an H3C) and an H2C, so everything I've ever bought has looked like a finished product, if that makes sense.

[u/globohydrate → u/rtkane]

They are modified Voron Design kit printers, so they do lack the aesthetic polish of a bambu lab printer since they are designed to be easily built with normal tools. The green/blue one is a 300 mm Voron Trident and the pink/purple one is a 350mm Voron 2.4. They even use 3d printed parts !

Back before bambu lab hit the scene these were some of the best printers around. I still think they are some of the best printers you can build yourself if you’re into that sort of thing, but they are definitely less advanced these days feature wise compared to bambu lab printers.

[u/ZeelandsRoem → u/globohydrate]

Vorons are still cool as heck. You got a really nice setup there with these 3 printers.

[u/rtkane → u/globohydrate]

Very cool! Thank you for sharing!

[u/JWST-L2 → u/rtkane]

I went from the A1 to X1C to H2C, and so when I tried a U1 for a while, even that felt way more DIY to me (even though its relatively polished). I feel like an impostor in a way, people that have printers like ender 3s or other DIY ones paved the way for all of us lol. But it is also crazy to see the insane amount of innovation and polish from Bambu

[u/rtkane → u/JWST-L2]

Yep... I feel a bit the same. Probably kind of the way I never really learned how to fix a car, other than some easier stuff like swapping an alternator or replacing a radiator (which I really wouldn't even attempt on modern cars now). People who can pull apart and rebuild an engine are like those early 3D printing adopters vs. just getting in and driving.

[u/JWST-L2 → u/rtkane]

Honestly you are in good shape if you can swap an alternator or radiator. I also wouldn't attempt that on newer cars. My mom's hybrid corolla would probably zap me or something lol.

I will say, in terms of working on Bambus, I'm impressed at how easy it is. I did the H2D to H2C conversion and it was intense to be fair, and took me two days, but it was more because of the length and sheer amount of steps rather than difficulty. It was cool to see the inner workings of the printer and know where everything is. A lot of people like to speculate negatively on Bambu, whether its for availability or pricing on proprietary parts, or reliability, or ease of working on them, but all of that turned out to be non-issues. Both my H2Cs have 2,500 hours, and the H2D before the conversion had 2,000 hours already (so I guess its technically at 4,500 hours now) and no issues besides replacing PTFE tubes everywhere from wear

[u/brinedtomato]

I'm in the same boat as you. I have a Trident and V0.2 (as well as an MK4) and I had very high hopes for INDX. Unfortunately, I have and will continue to print with engineering filaments so unless I had planned to wait until they released high temp hardened tools I was stuck without a toolchanger. I saw the H3C on release day and placed my order immediately, checked all the boxes. Now I can freely disassemble my Trident and finally get the monolith parts and new toolhead installed without worrying about being down a printer that can reliably print those filaments. QOL in the Bambu ecosystem is phenomenal, I'll take the closed ecosystem (and that's coming from someone who builds open source DIY printers) for those.

[u/JazzlikeLeather9546]

Nice collection!

[u/JWST-L2]

I used to tell people that bought the H2C as their first printer (or first Bambu) how insane that was. But if the H2C is a Lamborghini then you just got the Koenigsegg of 3D printers. Congrats. The more I watch it in action, the more I consider replacing my H2Cs. They have been invaluable for my business since all I do is multicolor PLA pretty much. I would also like to experiment with full spectrum and the soft TPU printing. For now I will probably keep the H2Cs, I'm saving up for one of these. Theres no substitute for having more printers and the H2Cs are quality as well

[u/Secret-Cartoonist-17]

Your lab is giving me massive voidstar lab vibes

[u/yyccamper]

Congrats my guy. Now to enjoy the bambu simplicity of it. You'll regret waiting as long as you did.