Ok you’ve all sold me on this! I’ve been looking at the X1C for a while now. I think I’m ready to pull the trigger!
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If you don’t have one yet, and you are not in a hurry, I’d wait to see what the latest and greatest from Bambu Lab is.
I have been wanting a second one for a while, and missed the black Friday sale. Waiting for them to go on sale again, or see what the new Flagship is.
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There has been quite a bit of speculation by YouTubers, who probably already know, that it will be a large format version of the X1.
That is what they thought the X1E was going to be - for consumer level, not corporate call for a quote level.
Think CMYK happy thoughts.
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they have a 200.00 off sale that starts in two days.
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Here’s a crazy new release that prints supposedly twice as fast as the bambu x-1 carbon.
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That is what they said about the Creality K1 (?). Failed to live up to the hype.
ETA - Damn that thing is huge. And that is the smaller of the two.
At $600 for the larger one, not bad. I’ll let someone else test drive it.
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Me too. I’m already sold on buying bambu s next offering and I don’t even know what it is yet.
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fanboys…Yeah me too. Something amazing will have to come out to get me to switch (like a functioning CMYK printer on par with BL reliability)
Bambu Lab… It just works
All you need to know.
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Ok, into the deep end…
I just pulled the trigger on an Ender 3 Neo V2. And other than this thread, I have no experience with 3D printing. A couple of questions:
PLA or PETg for starting out? I’ve read PLA is more forgiving for beginners, but it seems like PETg is more like what I want to use. (Actually, the CF variants…)
I’ll try to watch a few vids to see what needs to happen, but considering I’m using Fusion, do I need to do anything “different” to get it to talk to the Ender?
What a brave new world - I’ve spent 20 years “removing” material with CNC. Now it’s time to start putting some of it back!
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PLA. Cut your teeth on that. Plenty strong for most applications.
PETG has a harsh learning curve and can be temperamental with humidity.
Exotics (CF, Glass…ABS,ASA,…) more leaning.
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PETG-CF makes some damn beautiful parts.
But printing pla is the easiest to get on with.
I had no experience either until the top of this thread when I unboxed the bambu.
The technology has become so amazing and user friendly you’re going to have no problems at all.
I’ll restate that you will have some problems but nothing you can’t overcome.
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No he’s going to have a harsh learning curve with that one. That is an older style unit without the clipper software.
That is for somebody who wants to learn the nuts and bolts of how a CNC printer works and make modifications.
If you think you want to jump in deep on it. PM me after a bit.
I still have my Ender five sitting in its enclosure that hasn’t even been powered on for 2 years.
I have all manner of creality and other aftermarket upgrades that I put on that. I would imagine it would be pretty easy to talk me into parting it out.
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Terrance, you know I am new at this 3D printing world but I have had very good success with most PETG but it needs the right temp to bond to the bed and it is prone to stringing/spaghetti if not supported. I have used Sunlu PETG, Overture PETG and Elegoo Rapid PETG.
But Sticks has lots of experience that I don’t have. I am still in the arena of “I don’t know what I don’t know.”
ABS is really quite cheap and if you can keep it stuck down on the bed, you can get some pretty good results. I made a bunch of reusable spools out of ABS and they all turned out perfectly. Sunlu ABS. I recently printed some ASA and had no problem.
There is nothing more fun that to do a 3D model in Fusion, export it as a step or stl file and then print it.
I am saying this in a whisper so Sticks doesn’t hear: 'i really had my worst trouble with PLA." Don’t anyone share that I said that.
Truth: You are the kind of guy that will figure out how to make any filament work for you but it might take some trial and error. And, I know you are not afraid of that.
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For abs, ASA, p e t and polycarb you’re going to want to heated enclosed chamber…
I retract what I said about not having the updated software. I noticed that he got the V2 and I was looking at the original. That one’s a little bit more up-to-date.
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I use alot of pla+.Less brittle than regular pla and better heat resistance.
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@holla2040 slant 3d does great practical printing videos. Thanks for sharing to this.
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Creating flexible prints with other than TPU filament:
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Teaching Tech did one of those a while back too. It’s neat what people have come up with.