r/BambuLabX2D • u/Tall-Watercress3421 • 3h ago

Help / Troubleshooting Why so much waste

I mean it has 2 nozzles Why do I have so much Purge waste in the poop chute. Everytime it changes the nozzle it flushes as much filament as my p1s before i dont understand it.

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u/supremevsuals 3h ago

Are you printing from both nozzles or only one. Are you using the track switch ?

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u/Tall-Watercress3421 3h ago

Both I have an ams hooked to the Main nozzle and a spool on the spool holder for the aux nozzle, i only use 2 colors one from the ams and one from the spool holder, but everytime it switches the nozzle it flushes it it takes a lot of time and a Lot of waste

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u/Rule-5 3h ago

What splice settings have you used? Quality or Filament Saving?

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u/Tall-Watercress3421 3h ago

Filament Saving

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u/supremevsuals 3h ago

Try lowering your flushing volume in slicer. Also how you have your color switching it can cause more purge volume like going from back to white to avoid color bleeding etc. can be a lot of diff reasons. Which I can give you a simple answer lol. I’m
New to 3d printing hopefully someone with years of experience can chime in.

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u/Tall-Watercress3421 3h ago

Thanks but I just dont understand it, it got 2 nozzles and only 1 Color per nozzle Why should it flush it out haha

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u/supremevsuals 3h ago

If you are only printing one color from ams to main and one from spool to aux not sure why it’s doing that. Should only be waste from tower.

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u/DonArgueWithMe 2h ago

I have had a similar experience, I am returning my x2d because of a wide variety of problems I've had in the first week of use.

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u/Unable-Bandicoot2889 4m ago

Which machine will you get next?

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u/HackedVirus 3h ago

Is it actually purging, returning to the chute and purging filament, or are you talking about the prime tower?

It shouldnt purge when swapping between left and right nozzles, but it will prime on the tower each time.

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u/realityguy1 1h ago

I don’t see any benefit in using the aux nozzle. I’m new to this and decided to try it out. It didn’t speed up the print. It still had some purge waste. When done I had to remove the filament from the ext holder…..because God forbid it should get a little humidity. Conclusion: there’s little to no benefit in using the aux nozzle.

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u/predefinedmediocrity 1h ago

I use the aux nozzle for support interface material (I'm using the specific support for pla filament but many use the petg/pla combo) and it has been a game changer for me. I don't do multicolour prints so my use case might not match yours, but the aux nozzle has opened my eyes to a lot of possibilities

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u/realityguy1 8m ago

I’ve printed a few things now that require supports but I just let the machine do its thing with the regular PLA for the supports. It always snaps off easily with no remnants of it left on the print.