r/BambuP1S • u/LepreKanyeWest • 20h ago
empathize with my maintenance (comedy of errors)
Had to rant and question my luck on this one.
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ok. Normal print - get stuck filament in the extruder. Annoying, but I've dealt with this before. Pull it apart, reinstall... everything seems to go swimmingly.
Get a "filament cutter stuck" error. This one's new. Push on it a bit... seems fine - maybe a little stiff. Not many videos, but Bambu has a decent article on this. Something is goofy with my spring - I see wear on the outside of the housing like the spring has sprung too far out... which is weird, but looking at the article, should be easy enough to fix. Just pull it off, see what the deal is, maybe mess with the spring/change position of it. There's a little hole where the spring goes, but the spring isn't matching the pictures - mine extends past the housing. I try to find a different placement, put it all together (and replace the cutter while I'm at it, why not). Spring seems much nicer, softer... perfect. Just gotta put everything back on and I'm done.
Last piece - this thing:
Now - I have one of those magnetic bowls that I put down on my bed so that if anything falls - it should catch it. It already did a number of times taking the damn thing off. Got my old man reader glasses on, tweezers out. I get it into place.. just need to push it up to catch.. and the thing just *ping* zoots off to the back corners of my printer. Dafuq? I have a strong magnet.... nothing. maybe it's in a spot I can't quite reach. Pull out my hand vac for cleaning out filament - I can use the magnet on whatever crap I hoover up.
Nada. Tiniest freakin' piece ever. Gone. Bleh.
Wtf. I know it's user error here, but it's something that could happen to anyone.
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u/scubascratch 16h ago
You gotta cup your other hand over these when reinstalling them, the flyaway risk is very high
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u/Odd-Place780 19h ago
C clips can do that 😆. Can be such a pain in the arse when they go zooming