I’ve never used it. it was available and they no longer have the standard pteg so I thought I would buy some.
I printed quite a few dummy 13s and small snap together articulating parts and I find the pla more brittle and wears faster making the joints loosen quicker.
But I guess I’ll see you when I get this batch of filaments
Edit: This is what Bambu says about it
“PETG HF is designed for high-speed printing and effectively addresses oozing and clumping. Offering greater durability and toughness than PLA, PETG HF is ideal for creating long-lasting items.”
That storage container box printed up amazingly well. I was afraid of any warping so I applied a brim. I have rarely done any multiple color prints and I allowed it to use my accent filament for the brim: Big mistake. I know how to change the filaments on the first layer now.
That will bring up this dialogue. Change first layer filament sequence from “Auto” to “Customize”
But the results were still very good. I used that Elegoo Rapid PETG. (You will see some green marks on the edges. But for the purpose this box serves, I am not printing again):
The one front corner lifted ever so slightly but the closing together does not appear to be too badly affected. No supports needed. The only clean-up that I did was to remove the brim. I had no other issues. Link to this box is in Tin’s message but here it is again. http://makerworld.com/en/models/22697?from=search#profileId-20609
With the textured PEI build plates I’ve found in many cases just upping the bed temp 5ish degrees helps enough with adhesion that I don’t need to add brims to most things. The exception being parts that have low amount of surface area contacting the build plate.
Yes. Good tip and I have done that successfully. When I looked back on my settings for the white and the green differed.
I did not realize that it defaulted to the settings of the green filament that, coincidentally, was a 5 degree cooler bed temp. I will need to look for that in the future.
I have done, at most, 3 or 4 prints with multiple colors. I still have a lot to learn. Always open to suggestions. No way am I ready to tackle that pumpkin. You could sell those.
The issue is quite possibly your AMS reading the filament and bringing in the default Bambu PLA Basic (or whatever filament) profile. Not being able to tweak the stock profile and have it load automatically when Bambu filament is loaded is kind of a pain, because you have to remember to change it in the slicer to whatever profile you’ve made.
Also, I have a plate of 4 more pumpkins at around 5" diameter that are about 24hrs from being done. My sister really liked them and wanted some enough to pay for the 1.5kg of filament it’s taking to print them. Total time will end up around 90hrs, which is probably now the longest single print I’ve ever done.
Ah that’s the rub! I have very little Bambu filament.
I remember setting that green filament a different temp, but I so rarely use it. I have gone thru probably 15 rolls of the white… And have that dialed in. I only have that one roll of green and have only used less than 50% of the roll. I just need to change that setting of bed temp: 61c for first layer and 65 for all other layers.
Out of 1556 filament changes (done with about 1300 of them) I only had to go intervene maybe 2 times due to a tangled spool or failure to retract. (plus emptying the poop bucket 3-5x per day)
That’s pretty dang good as far as reliability goes, and that’s with the machine with 2 AMS units that aren’t placed ideally and probably have PTFE tubes that are a little too long.
These X1C’s are the kind of 3D printer I’ve been dreaming of since I bought my Printrbot Simple in 2012.
Also pretty stoked on the new soldering/insert kit I put together from a design on the Printables website. Uses the TS101 soldering iron I had. Partway done designing a little tray for flux that will snap into the holders for the “tips” that I don’t have or need extra space for.
And I’ve got a unique design that I’m working on that I’m trying to decide how to monetize. I could put it up on Makerworld and collect points to get gift cards and make whatever I can passively, or I can use it as one of the early products I make available on the website I’ve been slowly working on through Squarespace, and try to monetize it by providing it as a complete product. I see the pros to both options, I just have to decide how marketable it is.
Those pumpkins are great! Think about uses for all that poop, like a poured resin charcuterie board for Halloween. Portable soldering kit is also a great idea, I think a full kit would make great Christmas presents for guys with everything. Sell them through hair salons. Just a thought. My wife’s a jeweler and has done well selling woman’s jewelry at gun shows.
