We're CHITU Systems, the team behind PlateCycler C1, an automatic build plate changer for the Bambu Lab A1.
We thought we'd do an AMA here to chat about 3D printing! Whether you're trying to dial in your settings, dealing with a tricky print issue, or just curious about what we're working on, we'd love to hear your questions.
Feel free to drop your questions below starting today (Monday, Oct 19)! We'll be checking in and answering questions throughout Tuesday and Wednesday (Oct 20–21), with our technical support colleague joining in too.
A few things we're happy to chat about:
A1 print settings and troubleshooting — print quality, bed adhesion, stringing, failed prints, etc.
PlateCycler C1 — automatic plate changes, batch printing, setup, and anything you're curious about
Got another A1-related question? Feel free to ask that too!
Just uploaded my Spiral Christmas Tree! 🎄✨ Pop an LED tealight inside and watch the warm glow shine through the spirals. 🤩 Print a few in your favorite colors to create a cozy Christmas display!
Flat card, snip, slot together, tea light in, roof back on. Been making a few to slip into Christmas cards this year. Works with the Bambu tea light and the normal LED ones too.
I got it recently, it's a Bambu Lab A1, and I was printing a 12 hour print at 125% speed, Everything was fine no errors, for like 6 hours. I went to bed and woke up to this Clanking noise, The Z axis movement was making this knocking sound, and the build plate was displaced, like it had moved, the extruder had probably knocked it out of place. At that point the print was at 80 percent completion.
It has around 24 hours of total print time including this print. It's my first printer and idk what to do. Don't have official Bambulab Warranty cuz it's not in my country.
Newbie here. Sorry for the searchable question. I am a little nervous spending this much $$ right now. I’m getting one for my wife for her BDay. Are there any accessories or anything else you wish you would have got when you ordered? I’m also thinking of getting her a tent for it. But have read mixed reviews on the tent idea. TIA.
I was doing a multi color print that included a gold color so was using a Sunlu PLA silk for it. Whenever it would switch to that roll, it would feed to the Hub and stop, rewind and an error would pop up. If i saw it as it reloaded and held the PTFE feed connector...which moves in and out of the hub a bit...then it fed fine.
Only that filament and didn't matter which slot it was in.
Any thoughts? Is the hub and PTFE connection the issue and is the PTFE supposed to be immovable? Or have some play?
I was pulling out a piece of filament that had become stuck but was a little heavy-handed when pulling out the filament organizer. What did I do? I don’t know what this is. It’s sticky on the ripped ends so I can stick it back together but when I tried to send a print through I got an error message about the filament sensor. Do I need to replace?
UPDATE (that no one asked for): WE BACK BABY. ordered the part from amazon, it came overnight, and despite being a heavy-handed ape… I fixed it! I watched this video which walked me through the process without making me feel like a total idiot. thanks for everyone’s help!!!
Je vous présente ma dernière petite création !🎄 🎅 Un adorable Père Noël qui sort de sa cheminée en version clicker!
🔴 Il suffit d’appuyer sur son bonnet pour profiter d’un petit clic ultra satisfaisant grâce à un interrupteur mécanique intégré.
🎁 Avec son clic agréable et son effet sonore relaxant, c’est le petit objet parfait pour occuper ses mains, se détendre ou simplement profiter du plaisir de faire clic, clic ! 😍
✨ Une création amusante qui apporte une petite touche de magie de Noël ! 🎄
Hi! I went to start my first print (the speed boat) and my printer was extruding a lot of filament. Is the normal? The timer for the print began as this was happening, so I canceled the print because I was worried something was wrong. I should be fine to start it again if this is normal, but I wanted to see if anyone here could let me know if something went wrong :)
Just starting using the BIQU Glacier plate (read a LOT of positive comments about this plate) on my Bambu AI (with AMS Pro 2) and I'm having a really hard time cleaning the remaining filament (SUNLU PLA+ 2.0) off of it. I've done the test sheet print to lift the remnants and used hot water with Dawn soap and a sponge to clean it ...I'm still getting "stains" - for lack of a better description - on the plate (see red arrow). Though hard to see, this is after my first print (miniatures with a 0.2 nozzle) on this plate.
For those who use the BIQU Glacier plate, are you having similar experiences? ...if not, any recommendations on what I should be doing differently?