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nicely made video , although it was not meant as a tutorial i would be able to put that together with how you explained it . happy to subscribe!

Great video and perfect timing! My A1 combo is being delivered today. Not only does it look like this will work well but it I think it makes the whole setup have a better appearance. Also, I was happy to see you tear the desiccant open as I use dry beads. Great video. I will print this!

Never even thought about the humidity being an issue, but where I live there's currently 76% humidity outside so it seems like a great thing

Two questions if you don't mind 1 - How difficult is it to get the spools out when changing? 2 - Does the RIFD still read the spool tags?

Wow you already got a sponsor. Congrats!

How many spools of filament did it take to print the entire enclosure?

I'm literally printing out the last part of mine right now.

Funny, I was testing 3 different high speed PLAs available on Amazon and Elegoo Rapid PLA+ (grey) was the price-performance winner for me 😄(12,6€ or 14,0$/kg for a 4kg pack) Here my calibration results on the A1-Mini if anyone is interested (all filaments pre-dryed): Temperature tower: I settled at 235°C from the resistance I got from pushing in the little spikes with a pen (I like to print hotter at higher flow rates to compensate for decreased layer adhesion). Layer adhesion was second best. From 210 to 250°C nothing looked bad. All overhangs perfect. Bridging was as good as perfect at every temperature. Max Flowrates: 30mm³/s @235°C 34,6mm³ @260°C Flow Ratio: 1.01 (did the calibration test with high flow rate, so use 1.00 or .099 if you notice over extrusion) Retraction: 0,3mm sufficient Pressure advance: unnecessary with A1's flow calibration. After that I ordered 4kg more and tried using them out of the box without drying. Optical results (prints) are not as good now. Need to dry them again. Flow rate winner was Polymaker Polysonic PLA with 37mm³/s at 250°C. All overhangs perfect. Bridges 210-230°C good, then little sags, at 250° good again. Very soft/weak material. Also the most expensive. Stiffest material & best layer adhesion was Eryone HS PLA+: 33mm³/s@235°C. All overhangs perfect. Almost no bridging even at 235°C. But progressively worsening bridging from there. Not unacceptable, just the worst bridging of the 3 tested

Love my ultimate AMS lite enclosure! Although, I just saw another option posted on Facebook this morning so I may have to try that one too 🤣 🤣

hi-Grah-mitter! Great video!

Great video! Just found this enclosure for the AMS Lite last night, i guess imma print it now lol

Great job finding that model and showing it to us! My AMS is collecting dust, since I exclusively print from Dryboxes now, even PLA (you can guess why 😏) So I was disappointed that I never really got to use the AMS to it's full potential and I was just waiting for a good Drybox-conversion to come along! So I might give that one a try, thanks alot! ...but wait... ...since you have a "Drybox" too now... 😏 Any fexible/TPU is a material you should absolutely give a try. Unfortunately flexibles do not work on the AMS Lite though, so you need a different drybox 🤣 (look for a second comment regarding that at some later date) They open up a whole world of possibilities. More than PETG, ABS or any other material, since those all basically are the same: more or less stiff. So flexibles are at the other end of that property spectrum. If you never try them, you could potentially miss out on 50% of the fun Jokes aside, on my A1 Minis alone I've used flexibles for 3 upgrades: Extruder cable straightener, a poop bucket mounted on the purge wiper (printed in flexibles for less rattling noise) and a double Nozzle holder (same reason) that perfectly fits in the right-sided hole of the protrusion that the filament cutter lever pushes against. For starters I'd recommend going with a small 500g spool of 95A hardness or harder. Note: I have 2 A1-Minis. Tested flexibles on a 3rd actually. Two A1-Minis printed them like a god, the third one could barely squirt out any flexible material all. Under-extruded horribly. I still need to find the main issue and will probably write a ticket if I can't figure it out. But so far reducing the drag on the filament path helped a lot with the extruder being able to gripping and pushing the filament better. (500g instead of heavy 1kg spool, using ball bearings instead of hanging the spool on a rough printed rod and shortening the PFTE tube as much as possible that feed from a drybox directly into the extruder) So be aware that your mileage may vary. I hope though it was just bad luck on my end and that A1-Mini in question got shipped with some uncommon hardware defect like a weaker extruder spring or similar...

This instantly nakes the AMS lite a lot more interesting and valuable! 🤩 Thanks for the showcase

@Jet L Here some extensive tips from personal experience on how to further increase bed adhesion and things good to know: -) Wash your build plate with brand quality dish soap (not the cheap stuff) after a few prints. Wiping it down with isopropyl alcohol is sufficient for most times but it tends to smear fats around instead of fully dissolving them. -) Use microfiber cloth. Paper and cotton towels leave tiny fibers on the build plate which can (almost negligibly) reduce bed adhesion due to them being like dust particles. Also cotton, paper etc. cloths are abrasive and can scratch the nice "holographic" build plates (they are cool, give them a try :). -) Was an eye-opener for me personally: (Any brand of) specialized glue for 3D printing. (NOT glue stick or hair spray, they reduce adhesion). Especially once you get into materials that warp, this will make your prints SO much more likely to be successful. They hold your part down in the corners like they are fused together with the build plate. Once the plate cools down the glue releases. Awesome. (I prefer 3DLAC Plus as small pump spray, to save space. Also I can refill it into even smaller pump spray bottles. Not a fan of the huge pressurized spray bottles that also make a mess. Additionally I use the touch application version (looks like a stick) when I don't want a spray-mess on the printer, when leaving the build plate on (also it's cheaper than the green Bambu stick). I ALWAYS use 3D printing glue when I print something long or important. -) Smooth PEI plates have higher bed adhesion. Textured PEI plates are mostly sufficient and are in many cases better for crazy sticky materials. Also they are more convenient, since the print releases easier once the plate has cooled down. But the overall bed adhesion of (hot) textured PEI is slightly worse. That is also why it needs to run 5°C hotter than the smooth PEI sheet (check out the parameters in Bambu Studio). The hotter PEI gets, the better it sticks to most filaments. -) Use a brim for tall prints, small footprints and/or sharp corners. The "Mouse Ear" option can save you a lot of work in post processing. (Check out Slant3D's 4min video: "Stop Using Brims, Do This Instead") This option is available in Orca Slicer, so I recommend using it for that alone. Also its basically 99% the same UI as Bambu Studio, just has slightly more options and novel techniques tend to get implemented faster there. -) Increasing extrusion width for the first layer (squeezing out fatter lines) can increase pressure and thus the material might bond better with the bed. Also it slightly increases surface area / reduces number of crevices. -) Similarly, reducing the first layer thickness might result in more application pressure, but I would not play around with that and stick to 50% nozzle diameter. -) Increasing bed temperature (and/or melting temperature for the first layer) can also increase bed adhesion. But you need to keep the plate at that hotter temperature for the whole print for it to keep the effect. -) Reducing first layer printing speed might also help, but honestly... I do the opposite on my A1-Minis and run fine with it :D -) Excellent point from you: Reducing printing speed has nothing to do with layer adhesion initially, BUT when printing fast the printer starts extruding inconsistently (makes waves, blobs, leaves residue) and when the print nozzle rushes over the part it scrapes over those structures and can knock the print of the build plate if bed adhesion was insufficient. -) In some cases rafts might help (ever had the need to use one yet). -) Ive also heard roughening up or "refreshing" build plates with sand paper can help adhesion, but I haven't tried that out myself. And finally The glue stick misconception: It is not used to make prints stick better! Glue stick is meant to create an interface layer between bed and print, so the print is able to release at all, if you printed with a crazy sticky material like TPU or PETG. In a sense you can say: glue stick's purpose in 3D printing is to take bed adhesion down a notch in a controlled way. Personally developed the following application method: Do not smear glue stick on the build plate directly like thick paste, like you see it in every video out there. It makes a mess, is a very inconsistent application method, you use a ton of glue stick unnecessarily, and it makes the thickness of the build plate vary (if you care). Instead spray the build plate with isopropyl alcohol first where the print will be. Spray a good amount, so that it does not evaporate in like 10 seconds. Now take the glue stick and gently glide with it over the surface. (This was not possible before.) With this you can now regulate the amount applied in a very fine way, since one pass leaves like 1/30 the amount of glue stick it would normally. The more often you pass over the same place now, the more glue stick gets dissolved in the alcohol and subsequently layer adhesion gets reduced in fractions of a level with each pass (up to some point). You could make a video about that method, since I've nobody seen using that so far. (Only once you tried it, verified it for yourself that it works and got a lot of experience of course, don't parrot tips just because they sound plausible). Also I've made my own "glue-stick spray" where I use 80% alcohol, 20% distilled water (I figured "since glue stick is water soluble") and dissolved roughly some 5% glue stick in that, trying to rip and squeeze it apart in the solution. Took a while. Heat helped. Doesn't spray well (squirts one jet) but it gets a bit higher concentrated solution on the plate faster. I use one finger to distribute the solution on the build plate then, since I intend to get reduced layer adhesion anyway when using it. First I thought of getting a silicone brush or something similar but turns out the things you have "on hand" are often the easiest to use 😄

Thank you for the video. I am not sure how air tight this enclosure is and if it really helps keeping out all the humidity, but for sure a good dust protection.

This is awesome! Thanks for sharing. 🎉

i love to keep my filament covered to keep the cat hair off it lmao

Glad you printed the enclosure. I'm very happy with mine, too! I have wall mounted the AMS Lite to save a lot of space. Some things to consider for anyone interested in the enclosure: 1. I used PTFE tubes for the connection between the enclosure and the AMS motors. If you do, make sure the tubes do not extend outwards of the enclosure. I made that mistake and had terrible binding issues. They should sit flush with the outside, at least it you wall mount the AMS. 2. The little plates with the numbers on them can be really difficult to press on the enclosure. I chamfered mine a bit which made it much more manageable. 3. Be very careful when moving the desiccant boxes. I had mine open by mistake and spilled dessicant all over the cupboard, nearby board and floor. I am still finding beads over a month later. I wish the designer would have used a sliding instead of a press mechanism for the lid, but as long as your careful, things should be fine.

Yo amazing video! Cool project and super well made 😊 you got a new subscriber and I’m sure you’ll get to 5k soon

How much filament did you end up using?

Great video! I’ve never been too worried about humidity here in so cal but seeing that overnight drop has convinced me to print this. Thanks!

What's your light over your desk? It looks great

made one few days ago. it brilliant design! Great Video my friend

Good job... I have been trying to figure out how I can take my machine mobile. You have just solved my problem

Color-changing desiccant beads are the thing to get. You can tell when they’re saturated because they change color and they’re “rechargeable”: dry them out in a low temperature oven or microwave on defrost and they’re ready to suck up that moisture again!

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You may not have humidity but you have scorpions and I’ll take humidity over scorpions any day! 😂

Cool prints! definite love the handle one especially. However, I am having some trouble with getting the screws for the spool holder to thread in. Any advice on trying to get those screws in there?

what printer are you prrinting the ABS on?

I would check your desiccant, it looks like the kind that dissolves when fully saturated and makes a thin soup like mix.

Great video mate

Also out of Arizona and work with about 5 other people(out of a team of ten) that all 3d print and do electronic projects. I would love to see a local community of Arizona makers.

Thanks for the info. Your videos have given me soooooo much info that when I got my a1 mini I had no problems 👍

Ooohhh

I wish you printed them on the a1 mini to show us how

Now I'm kicking myself in the butt even more because I didn't buy an AMS with my A1 Mini. Biut, I want to congratulate you on your PCBway sponsorship. It's cool that you got a sponsor so early in your CZcams career.

Congrats on getting sponsored! Did you say you printed those on a P1S? Where the P1S videos then 😂? Any issues printing these parts? And last question....any issues using Elegoo filament, or petg in general? Great video and keep em coming Jet 😊

Haven't even finished the vid yet, saw this pop up and immediately clicked on it. Looks cool.

Been thinking about doing one of these so thank you for this!!!

1st Could you do an a1 mini maintenance video? Keep making good videos almost to 5000🎉

Love the organization! I’d like to know how much did it cost to print the entire thing and how much PLA etc. did you use? I just purchased the A1 and I’m getting excited so I’m binge watching all things Bambu Lab.

Thank you to Alexandre Chappel, originator of the grid system, for making our lives so much easier.

what about the center of mass of the printer? i'm just afraid that mounting the spool on the top of the main tower will unbalance and - possibly - makes the printing process less accurate. btw, thanks!

love the video but next time you probably don't want to show your keys to a bunch of 3d printing people

Thank you for sharing your experience and views on 3D printing and A1 mini. I am thinking about buying a1 mini with ams lite. My question is what four color PLA basic filament to buy?

Great video , can you tell me where you found that white lamp on your desk? Been looking for something just like that. Thanks!

im gonna needd that top down view

Ordered my printer which is coming on Friday. Definitely stealing some of your ideas sir 💡💡💡

Love your business idea. I’m going to be selling miniatures for 1/12 dioramas, dollhouses, action figures, etc. I want to buy the A1 Combo now so I can print bigger!

Can share a link with the filament u use?