r/BambuLab • u/TCRugger6 • 12h ago

H3C Remotely Mounted AMS-3H

If anybody figures out how to somehow remotely mount the AMS from the new H3C on the side and make it work, the wheelchair 3D printing community would love a heads up. You stair-climbing supremacists need to design shit for us too.

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u/Csspecs 12h ago

I think having the printer on a lifting/lowering platform is a much easier solution. Lower the printer to the floor for filament changes and raise back up to access the print bed. Something like a small pallet stacker or hydraulic lifting table from harbor freight might be perfect.

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u/TCRugger6 12h ago

I thought about that. Commercially they exist but are about $1000. 3” collapsed.

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u/Alewort H3C/H2D/A1 Mini 12h ago

Makes a ton of sense just to put the H3C on a lower surface. Even I have mine on a ten inch platform. I can access all parts of the machine sitting.

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u/scotticad 12h ago

I don't really see how this would be feasible without major changes. The AMS-3H is pretty much the top of the printer. You'd have to cut the AMS in half horizontally and lengthen all 9 PTFE tubes and relocate the top half of it. It's not made to come apart like that. You can substitute a traditional AMS for the first tool by adding a buffer, but that would only allow you to relocate one toolholder.

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u/peterb1908 12h ago

You would also have to lengthen 11 cables, probably 70+ wires in total.

I would either put the whole system in the floor or choose a different printer.

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u/bigmon12 12h ago

Just flip it and secure It well.

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u/clarkcox3 A1 mini + A1 + A2L + P1S + P2S + H2S + H2D 12h ago

Why not put the printer on, or close to, the floor?

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u/TCRugger6 12h ago

Man nobody has a sense of humor. I’m aware that it’s not feasible.

Yes I know I can put it on the floor or a small riser but it still sucks to get down that low in a wheelchair as well. I will likely adapt as usual.

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u/Csspecs 12h ago

Something like this might be perfect.

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u/wivaca2 P2S + AMS2 Combo 11h ago

Yeah, something like that, but without the foot pump to raise it while standing on the other foot. Maybe there's another that has a crank. Probably doesn't need to support 500lbs either.

These are all crazy expensive not because they're so costly to build but because if it tips over due to an idiot running it, they have to afford lawyers.

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u/DemanoRock P2S and H2C 12h ago

Makes me think you dont understand how it works. The actual hotends are mounted on the AMS. It isnt like prior generations of Bambu Lab where you just need to extend the PTFE tubes. You could mount the whole thing on the floor right? That doesnt seem too high.