When I’m printing with the PEI prints awesome but when I swap to the cryo plate all I hear is scratches (terrifying) can I fix it when printing directly from my phone ( not using Bambu studio ) ?
Please can someone help with a really basic dummy guide!
My son (aged 13) has the Bamboo A1 Mini and is designing his own things through OnShape!
He does this on my work laptop so we can't install anything!
Is there a way to get his designs from OnShape to print on the 3D printer?
If yes please can you help with a dummy's guide as I am really struggling to help him!
Thank you in advance!
Saw a blinking light from the doorway, walked in to this quasi-horror film scene…
I know PSUs etc can do this but just wanted to check
https://reddit.com/link/1tii87e/video/b2jsyeluw92h1/player
it was on since like 3 hours and when i woke up from my sleep, this happened. does any of the othert a1 mini also does this?, also its up to date
Picked up a used A1 Mini this morning with a decent bundle attached to it, couple of build plates, three nozzles including a hardened 0.6 for whenever I get there, a Sunlu S2 dryer, and a spool of Fiberon carbon fiber nylon that I have no business touching yet. Firmware updated, sitting on the shelf in my garage workshop with a role of PLA I picked up this afternoon. Good enough for now.
Not looking to be any kind of expert, I’m a tinkerer with too many projects and not enough enclosures. Got ESP32 and Heltec boards that have been sitting naked on the bench longer than I want to admit. Also have a Realistic 31-2020 graphic equalizer missing some slider caps that I’ve been meaning to do something about for years. Now I might actually be able to.
I’ll figure it out. I’ll be reading the sidebar, but any day zero recommendations for a new Bambu owner are welcome. Just wanted to do the intro, say hi and let you know I’ll be lurking and learning.
So ive seen these 2 recommended but was wondering which is best. Also seen 21013 for the other parts.
When I print this piece, my printer leaves a bit of filament inside the square while trying to cover the top of it, and this only happens on the first layer. I am using the default settings. Do you have any advice?
Today I learned how to manually update the default Bambu Lab filament profiles with my calibration results (i.e., without having to use custom profiles). I've seen a lot of frustrated posts here and on other sites about not being able to change the default Bambu Lab filament settings in Bambu Studio, so I thought I would share.
Before I go into the process, please note that this requires some basic technical skills (i.e., understanding JSON) and backups should be made before modifying any files.
Situation: You want to use the default Bambu Lab filament profiles, but want to change the default nozzle or bed temperature, fan speed, retraction, etc. You cannot presently make these changes through the Bambu Studio interface (it will only let you save any changes as a user preset). This is a problem if you want to use the RFID tags with the AMS or you have to remember to later select those filament profiles.
Solution: You can manually edit the JSON files for each filament preset in the application's configuration. What follows is a summary of how to do this on a Mac, but presumably you can find the same files on the PC and Linux versions as well.
Step 1: Open the Configuration Folder
Go to the "Help" menu and choose "Show Configuration Folder". These are also accessible under Library > Application Support > BambuStudio
Step 2: Navigate to the filament presets.
These are located under system > BBL > filament.
Quick overview of how the filament profiles are saved: The filaments are JSON objects that can be edited using TextEdit or any coding software. The files themselves use a system of inheritance.
- The base class is fdm_filament_common.
-- Then there are instantiations of the base class for each filament type (e.g., fdm_filament_pla).
--- The filament base class is then instantiated for each manufacturer (e.g., Bambu PLA Basic @ base, SUNLU PLA Matte @ base).
---- Then the manufacturer filament base is instantiated for each printer (e.g., Bambu PLA Basic @ BBL A1)
----- Finally, if there is a nozzle, specific profile (e.g., 0.2mm nozzle), then there will be yet another file (e.g., Bambu PLA Basic @ BBL A1 0.2 nozzle).
Step 3: Modify the JSON.
Each files contains set parameters (e.g., manufacturer, what it is inheriting from) and which printers it is compatible with (e.g., "Bambu Lab A1 0.4 nozzle", "Bambu Lab A1 0.6 nozzle". Any and all other parameters can also be set by adding them to the JSON (e.g., textured_plate_temp_initial_layer). The parameter names can be found by hovering your mouse over most input fields.
For example, I updated the base Bambu Lab PLA Basic profile to use lower temperatures because I am getting overextrusion.
Before making any changes, I recommend saving a copy of the profile in that same folder. This way you can quickly revert back if something goes wrong. Also, please note that updating Bambu Studio will overwrite any changes you make so you might want to save backups of your edited profiles.
Step 4: Confirm that it worked!
To see if the changes were successful, you can click on the three dots next to the filament to and choose "Edit".
You should then see the updated settings showing in the filament profile (see the lower PEI Plate and nozzle temperatures for PLA Basic).
Potential Use Cases
i used a friends third party filament and let it print overnight....
anyway to save?
EDIT: freed the blob! Thanks for the advice!
It might have taken hours of messing around with tinkercad tutorials, teaching him that the printer cant print in thin air, and showing him how to use the slicer, but he was finally able to design and print this - a miniscule model of his printer!
If anyone wants to print their own, ive uploaded his model to makerworld: https://makerworld.com/en/models/2807327-tiny-a1-mini-model#profileId-3124056
Available for free on MakerWorld : https://makerworld.com/en/models/2816446-coffee-and-beer-counter-station
Cover, spine, and box print as one flat piece with a sliced living hinge. Fold, drop magnets in, done.
Every dimension, compartment count, font, SVG, and color is exposed in the Customizer so you can make it match your shelf, your fandom, or whatever's in your head.
https://makerworld.com/en/models/2815068-biy-bookbox-it-yourself-parametric-box#profileId-3134016
I can't load soft TPU into my Bambu A1 Mini. Since the filament is too flexible, it just bends and buckles inside the toolhead before reaching the extruder gears. Every time I push, it flexes instead of going down. How do I get it past this bottleneck?
How do I fix my A1 mini? The y-axis is squeaking.
I tried to oil it properly but it didn’t stop
Did my first round of maintenance and after reading the guide multiple times still put the lube in the slightly wrong places lol.
Which do you use? Ive seen superlube recommended but doesnt seem available in the UK.
Also which grease for when I run out of that
Many thanks
I got tired of tracking filament with spreadsheets and random notes, so I started building my own Android app for it 😄
It’s called rocchetto and it’s focused on making filament management actually useful during the real printing workflow.
Current features:
The app is still in beta and currently completely FREE because I’m trying to find bugs, improve the UI/UX, and understand what makers actually want before release.
At the moment it’s Android only.
I’m looking for some testers from the community 👀
If you’d like to try it, just leave a comment and I’ll contact you in DM with the beta access link.
You can also see the project showcase here:
rocchetto.app
Hey there,
I started playing with 3d printers around 1 year ago, so I don't consider my self any kind of expert. I would like some help to identify the root cause that led to my 3d printer behaving in this way. I have an A1 mini that was gifted to me (brand new), with a black PLA basic, by bambu. Before every print, I set the auto bed leveling and the flow calibration to ON.
I wanted to print some stuff on Saturday, so here is the timeline of what happened.
I stared in the morning by printing 2 models, around 3 hours each. Both models came back very nice and I was happy with the result.
On mid-day I sent another print, a bed scraper model, which took around 40 minutes to complete. This is the first print that I enabled the ironing function, with a speed of 65 mm/s, flow at 22% and line spacing at 0.15 mm. Print came out perfect.
On the evening I sent the printer this model, the "no texture, light 15% infill" version. All was going smooth up to a point that the printer screen showed an error with the SD card (MicroSD card read/write exception; please remove or replace the Micro SD card [0500-C010 ....]). So, I remove the SD, re-insert it and still the same error appears. I remove th SD again, plug it into the PC to check the free storage, and I removed some of the timelapse videos I had, to make some space. I plug the SD back and the printer continues to print like normal.
At this point, there were around 30-40 mins to finish the print, but I had to leave the house, so I left the printer alone.
I came back 4-5 hours later, only to find the print still "trying" to print. Head and fans where moving, no fillament was flowing, but I saw that the printer had walked a bit (around 45 degrees relative to it's normal position) and panicked so I immidiately stopped the job without observing much more.
You can find all the pictures I took here.
Strangest thing is the scratch on the bed surface and the tiny nick of the Z axis column (you can see that in the pics). Could something trigger the printer to restart at some point?
Is it possible that the ironing made some fillament get stuck on the head and/or damage the silicone sock, leading to this?
Thanks!
