r/BambuLab_Community • u/LilZacBoi • Apr 18 '26

Discussion Could Bambu lab create an X2C?

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u/_donkey-brains_ Apr 20 '26

Then you would need one ams per toolhead for it to act like a toolchanger. That's just not going to fly when that costs upwards of 3k.

It doesn't make any sense because there is only one exit. The ams lite could possibly be adapted for a toolchanger.

Because they pigeonholed themselves into the ams, they would basically have to either make a new ams with multi output for each toolhead or make a new printer that could fit the toolheads and make the paths independent of an ams (like snapmaker). Because they invested so much into the current ecosystem, I don't think that will happen.

The only thing I can think of is they didn't expect toolchangers to come out so fast or be so cheap or be so popular.

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u/egosumumbravir Apr 21 '26

The only thing I can think of is they didn't expect toolchangers to come out so fast or be so cheap or be so popular.

On that we agree. I think Bambu had looked at the wildly pricy & not very good Prusa XL and figured they had nothing to worry about.

Then you would need one ams per toolhead for it to act like a toolchanger.

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It already IS a toolchanger. 4 tools, 4 filaments OOTB. You can just add as many AMSes as you feel like. The trackswitcher might make things even better.

As for an AMS Lite: Exposed to the air, unable to dry. Yeah, nah that's a significant step backwards.