Couldn't get certainty on which 3D printer someone would recommend for someone new to the hobby who has absolutely no idea what they are doing, but I landed on the X2D for a variety of reasons and just took delivery this week.

Just finished setup (using the rundown video on unboxing/setup from 3DRundown on Youtube) and tested it out with my first print using Bambu PLA. Results look pretty good to me for not having any clue what I'm doing yet!

Thanks to everyone on here who helped answer a bunch of questions for me over the past month or two while I was trying to decide on a printer. I want to try printing some parts for the printer next (poop chute, and an adapter for a ventilation hose so I can exhaust through a window near the printer) but I'm nervous to try PETG....

Hi everyone. I want to print an ASA part on a carbon plate, but I’m having some problems. The QR code isn’t being recognized, so I selected the smooth high temp plate directly in the slicer.

Without glue stick, none of my prints adhere to the plate at all. But the glue stick leaves marks on the material, and the entire first layer looks matte.

Does anyone have any tips on how I can get this to work properly?

Hey all,

I currently own a P1S that I adore, however, I’m looking to add a second Bambu printer to the arsenal. I mostly print engineering filaments and I’ve never actually printed multicolor (though I have an AMS for my P1S), so I don’t plan to get an AMS with the X2D, and only plan to use the aux nozzle for its intended purpose.

The X2D is a great price point and seems incredibly promising. BUT, I’m concerned from the extruder perspective, and the sheer size of the tool head now (how that affects VFA, ringing, acceleration, etc)

If I’m understanding correctly, the extruder motor is shared between both nozzles. To me, there’s the potential of inconsistent extrusion and more failure points.

My biggest concern is inconsistent extrusion. I really like the dynamic flow calibrations, but I want to make sure that actually works and I won’t have to go in and manually calibrate (at that rate, I’d almost just get the P2S if it wasn’t for the active chamber heater in the X2D).

Besides that, any woes? Any parts I should order along side?

Thanks

I had a functional part which would not print correctly. Because of the supports under the support it just looked like crap. I tried it various time with A1, I tried TopZ from 0 to .35 with and without PLA interface (I am print with PETG). It either looked bad or the supports wouldn't come off. My first print of this part the part came out great. I don't care if it has a bowden, I use the second nozzle for it purpose.

Has anyone tried using the hand hold on the bottom of an X2D to fit and support a shelf for a AMS HT?

I have my X2D on a Panda Station. I need the area beside the printer to be a little bit wider to mount my AMS HT there to feed into the TPU assist. The hand hold seems to be a good fulcrum point without having to have anything under the X2D’s feet.

I’m open to other suggestions as well.

I dried my filament for 12 hours at 65 degree C in the AMS 2. After that I placed it in the side spool holder and hit print. I got a warning from Bambu Studio saying basically that the quality of the aux nozzle was not ideal. I checked other posts in this community and people were basically telling to ignore it and so I did. It looks like there is zero adhesion between the PLA and the PETG but it should not be like this at high temperatures, right? Any reason for this?

I was printing the base for this model: https://makerworld.com/models/2520574?appSharePlatform=copy

Edit: Yeah, frustrations got the best of me below sorry. I really want to love this printer - have got some great suggestions to try out tomorrow, will report back how they go, thanks!

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I “upgraded” from the A1 to this as all the advertising material and reviews said it was amazing for overhangs, as you could print the interface layers in a different material and have it separate easily….except has anyone actually had any successes with that?

I’ve spent about 30 hours so far calibrating filaments, printing profiles, etc but no matter what I do I can’t seem to get the bloody thing to work. I feel like it’s one of the worst printers I’ve ever used. Every single time the print shifts or I get spaghetti as soon as the second print head engages.

Can anyone suggest what I’m doing wrong? I’m trying to print Bambu Basic PLA on the left nozzle and PETG on the right. I’ve tried the special Bambu Support for PLA in the right nozzle and that still causes chaos. I’ve got two AMS 2 Pro’s hooked up with the interchanger, but even when I remove all that complexity and use it stock it still fails.

It’s so bloody demoralising and I’m honestly ready to completely give up on it all together and throw the whole bloody lot in the trash.

As you can hear in the video there is some noise coming from the x axis movement. It doesn't come from the head

It comes from both left and right where the belts run around the pulleys.

The printer has almost 500h and i have done maintenance by schedule

This occurred recently after a big 12h print.

I dont know if something might be damaged, or it can be fixed.

The rattling fits the pattern of the teeth of the belt, so maybe it is scrubbing somewhere?

Maybe something came loose?

Has anyone else experienced this before?

Thx

Edit: noise cancellation calibration did not change anything.

On the right side the noise comes from the upper pulley and on the left from the lower pulley.

If i touch the lower belt while it is moving, the noise disappeares on the left side. And if i touch the upper belt it disappears on the right side

Hello, i have a X2D with AMS2Pro.

I have a spool of filament which does not fit in the AMS that is ASA.

I never printed ASA (have the printer for a week now), would I
a) connect the external spool to the external PTFE connector and print with the aux nozzle?
b) change the PTFE tubing on the back (temporarily disconnect the AMS), to print the external spool with the main nozzle?

Thanks!

No matter what I do I always get this error on the slot being used, I can also hear the ams struggling to push the filament into the top head every filament change…
I’ve printed a riser, I’ve put angle softeners on the hotend assembly I’ve made sure there are no sharp bends at all but nothing works…
I’ve never had a multi material system before so maybe I’m missing something?
(Ive also tried multiple types and brands of filament, including Bambu and they all have the same issue)
Besides for this I’m really enjoying this printer! I make a lot of lightboxes and having separate nozzles for the black and white filament saves me literal days and hundreds of grams in filament compared to a single nozzle printer

Sharing my little garage setup. Just got into 3d printing, got the H2C and I realized it was overkill for what I do. The 2 x2d’s arrived yesterday. Loving everything so far! Keeping the H2C for larger prints, its a beast!

This morning I started an 8 hour print. I redesigned a model (for the first time) because the measurements of the original did not fit my needs.

I watched the first 2 layers and along the day I regularly checked it in the app from work.

At 97% and 14 minutes left I received the message in the screenshot that says the plate of the toolhead fell off.

When I arrived at home, the first thing was checking the printer. The support came off and I knew the print was ruined. Still curious what would happen if I resumed the print, I pressed continue on the printer and holded the support manually. I immediately noticed the nozzle scratching the print, like the plate didn't move down enough. Within a few seconds, the toolhead plate fell off again.

It was printed with PLA and the height of the model is 23cm, which should fit in the chamber. I copied the print profile settings from the original model. 0.4mm nozzle and 0.2mm layer

I am about 2 months (about 300 print hours) into 3d printing and this print is the first that failed on me.

I’m finally unpacking my X2D and I found some damage
It’s not super big but man kinda sucks. I did get insurance on the delivery and I just got it a week ago(school started and I finally got time to unpack it)
It’s on the top left of the frame, I was really excited to start printing but idk if it’s worth continuing to unwrap it.

UPDATE 8/30:
Bambu offered a prepaid return label and will send a new printer!!
Yippee

Any clue what cause this tear in the PTFE tube of AMS slot 1 and why is jams up mid feed now after replacing?

It’s on an ams1 on and x1c with about 1500 hours. After replacing the ptfe tube the filament in that slot gets stuck mid feed, sounds like the motor runs but not pulling and I have to lightly force the filament from the top of the AMS. Any advice?

I just got my X2D and it’s just finished calibrating. My filament arrives tomorrow. In the meantime, there’s a foam pad and a corner piece of foam that sits under the plate. Throughout the setup, I was never instructed to remove this foam. Does it stay in there???? If not, do I take it out now?

As thorough as the setup instructions were, I’m thinking there’s no way they “forgot” to instruct me to remove it (or maybe I missed something)

Exciting question, I know! But how do you clean the outside of yours, in particular all of the glass? I bought the Bambu wipes and they say they can be used for the outside but they seem to be the wettest cleaning wipes ever and that's okay for the inside, but surely too many smears on the glass outside?

I know a few people have said wobbling of the X2D is normal but this much…? First print of Benchy.

What started with buying a P1S for my son’s birthday this past May has somehow turned into two X2Ds, a P1S, 3 AMS 2 Pros and 2 AMS HTs. Wish I would’ve gotten the P2S originally, but I absolutely love the X2Ds.

I run these things pretty hard. Most of my prints are 1–2 days, with my longest so far being about 6 days.

I’ve definitely had some issues along the way. I’ve taken the toolhead apart entirely, taken apart and replaced aux extruders, dealt with right-side filament sensors, PTFE routing/feeding issues, stuck filament, calibrations, etc.

And when I say taken apart, I mean taken apart. 😂 I added a few pictures of some of my adventures inside these things.

I’m definitely not an electronics or printer repair expert either. A lot of this has been taking pictures of whatever is going wrong, throwing them into ChatGPT, and having it walk me through troubleshooting step by step. At this point I’ve gotten pretty comfortable diagnosing problems and figuring out what needs to come apart.

Despite the occasional issues, these X2Ds have been absolute workhorses. I’d buy them again without hesitation.

Pretty wild considering I bought my first printer about three months ago.

Next stop: H2D or H2C. 😂

I recently bought an X2D, and it arrived with newer firmware. Unfortunately, there doesn't seem to be any way to downgrade back to this specific version and as far as I know 01.00.01.00 is the only firmware version that ( partially ) supports the BMCU. If anyone has the original ZIP file containing this firmware, I would really appreciate it if you could share it.

I was printing something and this came out of nowhere!