My expectations are sci-fi reality bending level.
I’m still mesmerized by my Bambu X1 carbon almost a year in.
The X1 carbon came out 3 years ago. They’ve had a lot of time to work on this.
X1C was officially available for purchase this month 2 years ago. Prior was a Kickstarter. I’ve had one since Nov '22, and have added a few more BL printers. Every single other company is still playing catchup. Metal printing is honestly the only thing I care about going forward. Plastic printing may still get refinements and a little speed bump but no revolution will come until we can all print at a low cost in materials besides plastic.
I am currently in the middle of a 23 hour print using .94 kg of filament. This is a storage/organizer for my wife. (scissors, seam ripper, glue sticks, etc)
Printed these. Model is from Makerworld, and then I spent a fair bit of time getting the color painting in Bambu Studio done and clean enough. 3-1/2 days to print 2 about 6" in diameter on a single plate. Took a while to get them both to fit along with tree supports that could reach in through the mouths and eyes to support the inside roof.
Bambu usually gets me filament within about a week when I order from them. I’ve been mostly printing with their filament to keep colors in the AMS units organized. I got a second X1C last week with the AMS (and an A1-mini for me/my son), and I had one already with 2 AMS units. With up to 16 spools to track its nice not to have to remember to set the filament colors 90% of the time.
Her office does a pumpkin carving contest every year and she asked me to do it for her this year. I figured no one else would be entering a printed pumpkin, and it sounded cooler than carving up a small pumpkin.
Everyone that’s seen them thinks they’re awesome. I’ve already rated and boosted the design on Makerworld.
Now that would make quite the novelty knife with the skull at the butt end of the knife and the bolster have the skeleton arms crossed. Not practical at all but quite the spectacle.
Or the bolster could be the pelvis of the skeleton.