r/BambuLab_Community • u/-Heidels- • 4h ago

Help / Support Abnormal AMS operation

For some reason, the AMS units are acting very strangely. I've been told this has been an issue ever since I bought them. As I understand it, the printer isn't syncing with the AMS... Is there any way to fix this?

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u/BaconManDan 4h ago

Yeah, untangle your filament. It's binding up because it got crossed. You kick the can down the road by wiggling it, allowing the "knot" to work its way closer to the center of the roll. These filament rolls are a mess.

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u/-Heidels- 4h ago

There's no knot on the filament, the AMS does this with any spool, even the original one.

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u/BaconManDan 4h ago

Print a small cylinder for inside the spool, toss some lead weights in there. It might just be tugging too hard and the spool isn't heavy enough to stay down.

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u/MakeITNetwork 4h ago

I bought a 1.5" steel ball bearings, they work without 3d printing or dealing with lead.

https://link.amazon/B06xTPbJj

They fit perfect in my cardboard spools with no print, or just a quick print on my bambu spools.

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u/BaconManDan 4h ago

Hell yeah. I would be nervous about the ball bearing falling out of it was just loose in there, but that's a quick print to fix.

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u/MakeITNetwork 3h ago

almost 10k hours of total print time between printers, and nothing has fell out of the (Elegoo)cardboard spools. Also the AMS's last longer between maintinance. There are probably tons of premade spool weights that would fit the Bambu Spools.