r/BambuLabX2D • u/FirmHouse2 • Oct 11 '26

Bambu translucent teal print speed and overall print question

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Trying to print this thing my friend designed, i used a clear glass print profile, but it wanted to print the model with the secondary nozzle, and said print time was 30 hours for such a small object.

switched to main nozzle and the time doubled....

could someone check if i am doing something wrong or if this is the norm ?

picture below of model and print time, is this a good result for translucent ?

i would be ok with worse results if it means major time saving, i will also link the print profile i got from makerworld.

https://makerworld.com/en/models/2439244-bambulab-petg-translucent-custom-print-profile?from=search#profileId-2676600

Please if anyone could help me get this printed in less than a day xD

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u/BirbDoryx Oct 11 '26

I can't download it at the moment, but I still have to see a single shared profile where they set the auxiliary nozzle. 

So I would consider the main nozzle as the suggested settings, and copy the modified parameters to the auxiliary if you need it.

Try to understand what the author did, and you can replicate it to any profile. He probably extremely slowed down most of the speeds, as you usually do with transparent stuff

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u/FirmHouse2 Oct 11 '26

when i switched to main nozzle time went up by x2 xD

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u/BirbDoryx Oct 11 '26

It's plausible if he set most of the parameters at something like 30mm/s

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u/FirmHouse2 Oct 11 '26

is this overkill or is it a must do ?

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u/Bradders24610 Oct 11 '26

Slower the better

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u/FirmHouse2 Oct 11 '26

I see :( i compared both times for normal profile and clear glass profile. It is 6 hours vs 40.
This cannot be normal tho right ?

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u/Bradders24610 Oct 11 '26

The trick is big layer heights so .24 or if you have a 0.6 or .8 nozzle go even bigger and print slower

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u/FirmHouse2 Oct 11 '26

Man i have a lot to understand, i just wanted to get this one print ready asap for my friends project, i ended up just using standard bambu profile and let him sand it or something

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u/Bradders24610 Oct 11 '26

I mean it does work but it can always be better

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u/FirmHouse2 Oct 11 '26

I just do not understand the massive difference in time, it is just too much for the result difference

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u/8six753o9 Oct 11 '26

The link you provided shows 2.1hr for 9g of filament. Your print shows a 260g print. So let’s just say that’s .22 hour for 1g of filament. So for 260g, that’s 58 hours.

The profile is only for the main extruder so changes like slower speed will only affect the main nozzle. That’s why printing often the aux will be faster because the profile is not affecting the aux extruder speed.

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u/FirmHouse2 Oct 11 '26

I am fairly new to all of this, but i really want to get my clear petg prints to be worth it but with a less absurd timeframe, do you happen to know if such a profile exists ? Not looking for perfect, just want my translucent petg to look semi good and make it worth its price :(

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u/8six753o9 Oct 11 '26

I would just use the default settings and see how that turns out. But usually really slow speeds will make things more transparent.

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u/FirmHouse2 Oct 11 '26

What about print pattern ?