Bambu Lab X1C 3D Printer Review: Speed at What Cost?
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- čas přidán 4. 05. 2023
- We test and review the Bambu Lab X1-Carbon 3D printer! Since its release last year, it's shaken up the FDM 3D printing world with its fast CoreXY printing capabilities, hands-off accessibility, and convenient features like remote monitoring and automated filament switching. And at its fastest, we were able to print a test benchy in under 14 minutes! Here's what you should know about this printer and a look at how massively increasing print speeds affects print quality.
Bambu Lab X1-Carbon with AMS: www.matterhackers.com/store/l...
CT Scans of Benchy prints:
.2mm layer height, standard slicer settings: app.lumafield.com/project/e75...
.08mm layer height, standard slicer settings: app.lumafield.com/project/a5b...
Pre-sliced benchy: app.lumafield.com/project/362...
(1/2/3/4 correspond to Silent, Standard, Sport and Ludicrous speeds in the scans)
Moon Lamp: www.printables.com/model/2385...
Flexi Factory models: www.myminifactory.com/users/d...
MatMire Makes flexi models: www.myminifactory.com/users/M...
Multi-Material Dice: www.myminifactory.com/object/...
“Printing Better Worlds” badge: www.printables.com/model/4663...
NASA Coasters: www.printables.com/model/8330...
Multi-Color 8-bit heart: cults3d.com/en/3d-model/vario...
Low poly Stormtrooper: www.printables.com/model/247-...
The Dark Knight and Vader busts: www.myminifactory.com/users/e...
Hexton Hills tabletop terrain: www.myminifactory.com/users/G...
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CT Scans of Benchy prints:
.2mm layer height, standard slicer settings: app.lumafield.com/project/e755d75d-e7b3-414e-bba2-886673ec12ce
.08mm layer height, standard slicer settings: app.lumafield.com/project/a5b75854-05bf-438b-9f19-28fe2744312c
Pre-sliced benchy: app.lumafield.com/project/362faee3-e0c6-404d-82fc-10c5f84581e8
(1/2/3/4 correspond to Silent, Standard, Sport and Ludicrous speeds in the scans)
Moon Lamp: www.printables.com/model/23859-designer-lithophane-moon-lamp
Flexi Factory models: www.myminifactory.com/users/dansopala?show=objects
MatMire Makes flexi models: www.myminifactory.com/users/MatMireMakes?show=objects
Multi-Material Dice: www.myminifactory.com/object/3d-print-d-d-dice-set-multi-material-included-132652
“Printing Better Worlds” badge: www.printables.com/model/466398-weyland-yutani-sign-altered-to-say-printing-better
NASA Coasters: www.printables.com/model/8330-nasa-coasters-for-dual-extrusion-multi-material-or
Multi-Color 8-bit heart: cults3d.com/en/3d-model/various/multi-color-8-bit-heart
Low poly Stormtrooper: www.printables.com/model/247-low-poly-space-toys-dual-extrusion-version
The Dark Knight and Vader busts: www.myminifactory.com/users/eastman?show=objects&page=1&price=free
Hexton Hills tabletop terrain: www.myminifactory.com/users/Graven%20Guild?show=objects
Great but SCREAMS "at any point we can brick this" with all the tech jammed in..
From the RFID/NFC readers for spools (and they have their own chipped spools - these are NOT BASIC AND HARD TO CRACK, think about why that is..), cloud stuff, proprietary versions of open source software, etc. Is just ripe for holding people hostage... They could go out of business, get bought out, decide to force subscriptions for use, make it so you can't use any filament but theirs etc etc.
Oh and if something breaks or was dead on arrival, they only send parts and it's apparently a massive pain to fix and repair.
My big gripe is for businesses/industry with proprietary design going on - we CANNOT use your cloud. Half or more our stuff isn't even on internet-capable networks (local only) to prevent cyber security issues and potential accidental leaks.
That being said, there are a lot of great features and capabilities packed into these at an obtainable-by-consumers and hobbyist price range.. something that has been much needed in FDM printing for awhile.
To the over trusting: remember all the promises Oculus/Facebook made about not requiring FB accounts.. unless it's in some legally binding documents, you should hope for the best and expect extortion..
18:55 Did you use some adhesive? why did some parts stick to the plate?
@@Artificial.Unintelligenceyou can set the printer to local network only mode or print using sd card 🤷♂️ why do people bring the cloud all the time.. it's for convinience. If you don't want to, you don't have to.
@@hologos_ wasn't specified here unless I missed it, but I fixed my response in another thread where someone mentioned it can go offline (for now)
How long did the 0.08mm Hexton Hills castle/mansion take to print? Did you print it at silent, standard, sport or ludicrous?
That CT scan really took this review to a new level. Very cool to see the insides of the model like that.
You can also load up the AMS with the same filament and have the AMS auto switch to the next roll if one runs out.
My main problem is, the word "cloud" automatically makes me believe that "cloud" word will turn into the "subscription" word some day.
I get that. Cloud isn't necessary to use it though.
It will at some point but that's life in 2023. You have very few non cloud subscription models to choose from if you're hell bent on that.
You can print via Wi-Fi with out internet or via SD card.
Yeah the tech that's packed into it screams "at any point we can brick this".
From the RFID/NFC readers for spools (and they have their own chipped spools - these are NOT BASIC AND HARD TO CRACK), cloud stuff, proprietary versions of open source software, etc. Is just ripe for holding people hostage... They could go out of business, get bought out, decide to force subscriptions for use, make it so you can't use any filament but theirs etc etc.
Oh and if something breaks or was dead on arrival, they only send parts and it's apparently a massive pain to fix and repair.
My big gripe is for businesses/industry with proprietary design going on - we CANNOT use your cloud. Half or more our stuff isn't even on internet-capable networks (local only) to prevent cyber security issues and potential accidental leaks.
That being said, there are a lot of great features and capabilities packed into these at an obtainable-by-consumers and hobbyist price range.. something that has been much needed in FDM printing for awhile.
@@nerfthecows But cannot update firmware without connecting to cloud😉
I think Adam should build a Voron!
This is the hobby crossover that I need
YES !!!!!!
Yes!!!
Yes!!!
Trident please :)
Input Shaping is pretty amazing… it's mathemagical! We added ZV Input Shaping to Marlin in version 2.1.2 and there will be more advanced Input Shaping included in Marlin 2.1.3. This means that even inexpensive machines like the Ender-3 can get smoother prints at higher speeds without any additional hardware, just by updating the firmware. The way Input Shaping works is pretty cool. Basically, every impulse that moves an axis generates ringing in the machine frame with a regular period. So all we have to do is time half of the impulses so that they occur at just the right moment to catch that frequency wave on the return swing, and it effectively deadens the vibration. I'm working on the input shaping code every day so I know it intimately, and yet it still seems like magic. And truly, it is!
Thats so freaking cool. Thanks for your work on this and the explenation. We need more peeps like you!
Meanwhile prusa is still prusa and prusa 2023 is garbage.
Bro thank you for your work. Got my P1S in last week. Thing's great and a large part is owed to you.
do you know is input shaping a passive automatic ability written in the actual firmware of a printer or is it something you would have to turn on in the settings? I'm on a 2.1.3 now from Risc and I don't see anything like that.
That's awesome. Thank you for sharing.
Hi all, one 'extra' you get from having an AMS is long job run cover or end of spool usage.
My daughter has been printing large scale aircraft parts on an X1C for 5 months 24/7. She sets her alarm for job completion, has build plates ready to go.
Routine being get the completed job out, put a fresh build plate in and send the next plate (In the slicer, you can have multiple plates in one job.) to the printer.
All the filament is same brand, colour and batch so when spool 1 runs out the AMS just switches to spool 2 (Check settings it is a checkbox) so if say 1 and 2 are empty she swaps for full ones.
This is also useful if you are printing functional parts where you don't care about the colour, just fill the AMS with your almost empty of the same type, tell the AMS it is all the same and walk away. If it is a big job then you maybe have to go back to add other end of run filament.
Remember you are trying to save money by using old stuff too short to do a full job, so use a heat box, kitchen dehydrator, oven whatever you have, don't risk a failure with the filament you had in the shed for 2 months.
Just wow! What an amazing review, the 3d scanning of the models in different speed is so next level. This gotta be the best 3d printer review hands down i have ever seen!
I love my x1c. Random unexplained failures are exceedingly rare unlike my ender 3. The machine feels like a tool. If I want to have fun with a printer I fire up my ender 3. If I just want to print a part not have to worry about it (as long as support settings are correct) the x1c is hard to beat.
I never had unexplained failures with my ender 3's.
Barely any failures honestly and if there were they were easily explained.
this worries me because I've just ordered a X1C and my ender 3v2 has been VERY reliable. Never had a failed print that wasn't something I messed up.
First few months my ender 3 s1 pro gave me headaches but I enjoy tinkering and modifying 3d printers. The core problem was bed is warped
X1C is just butter right out of the box.
I kickstarted this project and have had my printer since September or so and really love it. Glad you guys got around to trying it out!
Love that you reviewed this, as someone who does not have a 3D printer yet I have been eyeing this as it seems like it has everything I want so it's very good having someone more knowledgeable give their opinion
The Bambu X1C was my first 3D printer and I can confirm that it's extremely easy to use. It's pretty much plug and play.
if you have zero experience in 3D printing i wouldn't go with a bambu lab, they have notoriously terrible customer support, and alot of non reviewers have had to have paypal escalate their cases to either get refunds, or help fixing their issues.
sadly this is kind of universal with chinese 3D printing brands, some worse than others.
unfortunately only 3D printer manufacturer that actually has dependable customer service is Prusa, and sadly you pay dearly for that luxury
@@Deathbyfartz Interesting. I obviously can't speak for everyone, but as an owner of two X1Cs for several months now, and knowing several other people/companies using them, we've all had the completely opposite experience. No offense to you personally, but aside from inevitable outlier cases, this just sounds like a typical case of noise coming from a loud minority of folks. They've been extremely fast to respond to any of my questions or issues, and have gone far beyond what I'd expect from most established companies, let alone a brand new one. This is easily my favorite machine that I've worked with, and that's a very long list of printers, including some costing six figures. Another Chinese printer company that I've worked with, QIDI, has some of the best customer service that I've experienced in the industry. Blanket statements are rarely optimal.
@@Deathbyfartz weird, my expiring with support hasn’t been that bad, responses might take a couple days or hours, but that’s likely because they’re a small company experiencing a boom in sales
@@Deathbyfartz Well if you're in the US, Matterhackers is now selling them. They provide after sale support so they might help bridge the gap with BL customer service
My buddy just bought one of these a few weeks ago and I was amazed at how fast it prints.
Another nice feature I've personally had save me a ton of time, is the auto detection of spool issues. I had to respool some filament and ran into a few tangles, and it automatically detected it, paused, let me untangle it, refeed the filament, and it picked up the print where it left off. The print came out perfect, with very little waste. That normally would have cost me several full prints. Not worried about the filament loss as much as the time. Having to start a 10 hour print over three times would have taken forever. Having interrupted several times only added 30min or so.
Also, all the automatic saves a ton of time worrying about calibrating for each filament to get smooth prints. No more trying to dial in the flow rates and temperatures to get smooth prints. It just works, every time.
Norm, your through and well thought out review has convinced me that this will be my nexted 3D printer. Great job, sir!
CT scan is fantastic. Thanks for going deep. This is content no one else is offering.
Great review, Norm. I really enjoyed the delivery and pacing. Thanks for the work.
I'm watching this thinking, "Wow that's a lot of good info." Then I looked at the timeline and realized there was still 15 minutes left! Great overview. Thank you!
This is one of best purchases I’ve made. I love the hobby but I work a lot and 90% of the time It takes no intervention….with a 0.2 nozzle I’ve printed 0.5 modulus gears both spur and bevel gears and they are perfect…
When it does though it's pretty tough to service it. Also, I don't like it's proprietary as this limits my ability to fix it or change stuff, especially important if they go out of market.
@@VincentGroenewold you have free control to fix parts of your printer, the only limitation with the proprietary nature is buying it from bambu lab’s store.
bambu lab has also clarified that if they ever go out of business, they will fully open everything with the printer. everything. design, parts, repairs.
Excellent presentation! This is the only review I've found that addresses, in detail, the quality differences at different speeds. Print quality is especially important to me since I am a hobbyist (OK to have long print times) who designs engineered parts that need accuracy and good finish. Thank you for being thorough.
+1 to this. My biggest frustration with the machine (other than that troubleshooting is significantly harder than with my ender) is that the print quality does seem to suffer at speed, even with calibration. A few thousandths bulge from linear advanced is enough to ruin the fit between parts and waste my life going after it with a scraper
The X1C is a game changer and I love it. For me a 3D printer is a tool vs. a hobby (of getting the machine to work, and sure, if I have to learn the ins & outs and “tinker” no problem, but I was tinkering more than I was getting value from the tool with my Ender (tinkering 70% + to getting successful prints.
When I got my X1C, the ratio flipped dramatically. 90% + of success as a tool and rare occasion tinkering (calibrating mostly for optimal results vs. just trying to get a successful print with the Ender). Not only is it consistently way more reliable, but the speed & quality of the output is far superior. I’m about to purchase another X1C in a week and possibly a 3rd before the end of the year. I feel the same as you Norm, that this machine makes printing FUN again. I was happy to see Adam jazzed about it too. Cheers!
That time-lapse music brings back memories of old school Tested!
Great video. Yours is the only one I seen that mentioned using the AMS for different colors/material for different projects. I've had my X1C for a week, and came to the same conclusion. I'll use it that way more than for multi color prints
Speaking from experience running basically a fully automated 16 slot filament shelf is an absolute blast, but with great power comes great responsibility. Another way to mitigate waste are models that just stack the colors. Only colors swaps within layers may cause massive amounts. Vertical swaps once every few layers only need a few swaps.
I'm a very boring person, my prints are grey, or gray
I'm excited for this ability to change colors for embossed text. I print alot of organizers, usually with a label on them to show what goes in the organizers. Think like socket sets, or plastic tools for automotive connectors that don't come with a tray to put them in. Right now I have to spend a bunch of time carefully painting the raised text. It'd be much easier to tell the software to print the organizer in grey, and the raised text in white.
@@112428 If you can manage to print the letters last, on top of the print, you can just swap the filament when reaching the letters by adding a filament swap to the gcode and do a two color print even on any single material printer. This works by orienting the parts or by printing just signs that way and glueing them on. Stacking two or more colors of the same filament type works on every machine.
@@112428 What kind of socket holders have you made? I'm looking at getting one for essentially that reason. Kind of want to make something like Toolbox Widget's style, but specific sizes for certain socket sets I have. Does it work well?
I love the control options of using an sd card, direct connect, or our local network system. I also appreciate the optional cloud benefits and the wifi camera for monitoring prints from across town. The range of choices allow for convenience and security.
Best feature of the AMS is having multiple colors ready to go for a project. Don't need to get up and swap through your filaments. Effectively making it a true remote start system.
It's one step away from self cleaning the print bed haha
Yes! Self cleaning bed would be awesome
@@chuysaucedo7119 I had a thought. Imagine if the slicer could tell if a part was able to be nudged off the build plate, out the front door into a container.
In essence it would wait to cool, then attempt to separate from build plate by pushing it. If the sensors are used the system could behave in a way that doesn't damage itself or the part.
@@boonjabby Sort of the way they have some print farms operating!
My P1P just arrived the other day and I LOVE IT!
Thanks for the review - we have been interested in this machine, and you did a great job of explaining (and showing) how it all works 🤖👍
Thanks for this great review! I had some trouble with this Printer in case of print quality. Then i realized that the quality could be much better printing with HQ settings (using more time)
I have a X1C with double AMS, and my experiences have been extremely good compared to other printers i have like a prusa mk2.5 and a sidewinder X1. I have over 500 hours of printing time on my X1C, zero clogs, the only print fails i have had where bed adhesion issues(mostly my own fault) and i can still count the failures on 2 hands. This printer really pushes the market forward, the bar is raised. The competition has work to do.
You can stack the multi material part for more??
@@Artificial.Unintelligence Up to four of them for 16 colors!
@@ckoerner I'm honestly shocked the machine can handle that weight.. and curing how it manages 16 filament lines 😅
Oh interesting in the options of people from outside the core 3d printing community. I love mine I can't believe how smart it is.
One thing I've loved is the ability to easily change layer heights in different parts of the print. I've done tons of multi color prints. I was wondering why that dice took so long. I realized he probably did 100% infill
I realize that those dice are the kind of use case that a lot of hobbyists will want to pursue, but to get the most out of multicolor printing you really need to design parts specifically for it and take great care in organizing layers in the slicer. A sharpie would have done the trick for those dice. It's all about knowing your tools and learning the most efficient way to use them.
It's because the way the dice are designed has multiple color changes per layer in some spots. There's probably hundreds of filament changes and more waste than the whole dice itself. It shows the major downside to the AMS, as the other reply says you have to design your slices to take advantage of how it works, or as the review says print in batches to mitigate it.
Excellent Review! I have watched five other reviews of this printer, and none of them explained the reality of using multiple colors in the same print (AMS). Thank you for starting with the assumption that the viewer knows almost nothing.
I have quite a few printers at this point that just sit around untouched because of the fact that the X1C just works. For me it’s the convenience of just being able to effortlessly switch materials say if I need to print something out of carbon fiber, I just flip the build plate over and it takes care of the rest then put the plate back and it’s immediately ready to rock out prints in PLA. It’s a favourite of many people for a reason. If your just starting out and want something that will handle everything you throw at it with little effort, just get the P1P as it’s hard to beat at the price point.
I have been waiting for this 😊
Welcome back to the wonderful world of FDM Norm! 😉
I get nervous anytime I hear a device is internet connected. I'd have to know what the offline experience is.
I love my X1CC, it just works. Super fast, great print quality, albeit loud. One of the best purchases I’ve ever made. The new PLA Plate makes it even better, no need for glue
Which plate are you talking about, ive been having issues with the stock build plate.
@@blockfifteen unreleased beta testing build plate
@@Aikano9 how does one get one of those?
@@blockfifteen be picked by Bambu to beta test it, they did survey recently so I expected it to release relatively soon
I've said this before on other X1C reviews and I'll say it again: this is a great TOOL for integrating 3d printing to your other hobbies as a support piece rather than another hobby to collect. I have plenty of expensive hobbies, I don't need another. I need to make 3d print positives for sandcasting metal or test a scale design iteration for my telescope platform. I don't want to have to build and learn 3d printing from scratch with a kit in a box. I want a great tool I don't have to think a whole lot about.
My school has a couple of these, they are amazing.
I just ordered mine last night, I CAN'T WAIT!!!!!! I also just returned the K1 from creality.
It's very nice, bambu labs even keep a "backup" of your prints... love the cloud ;)
Finally someone discusses material swapping and it’s effects on time etc. When will Bambulab make a dual head core xy?!
I COULD READ NORM'S SHIRT! YAY I'M LEARNDING
"it's making me fall back in love with FDM printing" - 100% agree. I have two Saturn and a Photon M2 Max and now I keep finding myself thinking "That would be better in PLA/ABS/etc" and since the X1 is so fast, I'm not also thinking "But that will take forever!" So I'm re-watching this video because now I find myself considering a second X1 or perhaps a P1S.
I'm so super happy with my P1P. The only big downside is the high speed causes a lot of vibrations so you need some seriously stable platform to place it on. I often run my P1P on 50% speed which honestly is still very fast 😶 Eyeing an AMS to make material switches faster and being capable off printing with a dedicated support material.
For anyone afraid that you can't control the settings enough: you can change literally EVERY aspect of the print including extruder feeding, layer temps (first and rest of layers), infills, overhangs, speeds for every line type. It can be super complex. But in it's core 90% of the time it seems the presets are spot on. Click the preset, hit print, enjoy the show :)
Man, I have to say, the Bambu support material is freaking amazing. Set the gap between support and print at zero, and the prints look phenomenal. It's also SUPER easy to remove. The only thing is that the switches waste a ton of the stuff and it's not exactly cheap.
@@goawaybaizuo yeah that's the main thing that keeps me from considering doing multi color printing. It's a loooot of waste. But I can see some edge cases (like that badge where it does a single switch) where it could be cool. And for the support printing I'd only use it on very specific models. I recently printed a Ghostbusters Slimer and getting the support out of the mouth is hellish. There it could be great to have a softer support material 😁 But my main draw is remote switching of materials 👍🏻
@@SyntheticFuture it’s actually hardly wasteful at all when only using the support material for the interface (*which is what you should be doing!!!!*).
large prints with lots of supports hardly even wasted me a cent. it really is worth it imo
@@robblly8112thank you! I did not even think of doing it that way. Just got a P1S with AMS to replace my ender 5+ that finally died. This bit of advice just saved me a lot of future wasted support material
Great review!
Old but…about the waste: I don’t know how it’s in the US but here in Germany I tried filament from a brand called Recycling Fabrik where u can send in your fail prints and scrap parts (PLA and PETG) or empty spools to get discount points. They also sell rPLA and rPETG (r for recycled).
Hey Norm, you should reach out to Creality and see if you can get a review sample of their upcoming Creality K1 or K1 Max (30x30x30). It sure looks very inspired design from the X1C but since the Bambulab one has been here for a while now I'm more interested in the K1 if there are bigger improvements that differ a lot from the X1C. Great review, loved that you implemented a CT scan study as well!!
Hello. Thank you for a nice practical review. Consider getting one with the AMS for the practicality. Printing in multicolor seems too much waste.
Before I decide I need to figure out if it will with my space. How tall is the unit in Cm with the AMS installed and how much extra space is needed above it to be able to open the AMS? I have some shelves to consider.
When it comes to reviews of the Bambu, this may be last, but definitely not least. Great review!
What is the durability and serviceability? Even with the input shaping and corexy kinematics, the mechanical wear would be exponential at insane speeds. What about the availability of 3rd party upgrades and parts? Could be useful for faster turnaround of rapid prototypes, if not forvthe data piracy and ip protection concerns in uploading to a cloud service in a country, that does not respect IP rights that much. Just some 💭
Greate review content. Thanks!
There's a Y feed you can print for the back that will allow you to switch to the back spool pretty quickly.
The x1c of resin printing is the Uniformation GK Two. I would love to see your review on that. I have two of them and they have changed my thoughts on resin prints
Heck yeah! Time to make some coffee/grab a donut & sit back and enjoy this one
I just found out James Comisar is unloading his massive television memorabilia collection at auction. PLEASE tell me Tested is making a video about it! The actual sets from Cheers, Frasier, and All In The Family are coming to auction. Iconic costumes from hundreds of shows. I neeeeeed to see Adam's reaction to seeing these pieces of history.
We own a couple of those printers and theyre working well :)
When i got my x1c and sas it print a benchy in 17 minutes i was baffled at how flawless the model was
Some prints may not have any colour requirements. It would be useful if you could print these items along with colour specific prints, bed space allowing, to use the otherwise wasted filament.
Probably the printer I’ll get once I get tired of my old Ender 3. Currently about an hour into a 14 hour print for a part I want to use tomorrow. If it fails I’ll be SOL because I won’t have time to re-print it. So a faster printer that retains quality and reliability would be nice.
One of the best printers I have purchased! compared to my Raise3d, Markforged and Prusa.
I love the mystery object music and still miss the feature
Maybe print the mystery object could make a return to Tested? The X1C would certainly make it pretty effortless, with the automatic timelapse and quick print times. ;)
Great review! One thing I missed in the video and I'm curious about is comparing the noise levels to other FDM printers. I've heard that the Bambu's fans can be quite loud (even in the silent mode), which makes that printer less than ideal for overnight prints or for use in a shared living space like an apartment building. What do you think? I'm considering buyng one, but as I don't have a dedicated workshop/basement/etc, I'm not sure if my neighbors would be happy with my decision... (currently, I own a Prusa MK3S+ and a heavily modified Ender-3, which are pretty quiet)
Its a lot louder than an MK3 which I own. I print on my MK3 in the kitchen with my bedroom door open but printing with the X1C in the kitchen takes a lot more effort to sleep. Keeping the door open on the X1C (for PLA) is the reason it's so loud. I'm having to use a lot of glue to keep PLA stuck to the bed which I'm not too happy about. The slicer "Device" tab is buggy as hell and will cause the slicer to freeze almost everytime I go to that tab so I avoid it at all cost. My AMS did not detect a spool run out and the PLA got stuck and I had to disassemble, now the feeder port won't detect when I feed in filament. Spagetti and first layerdetection hasn't been all that great either. Yes, it's very fast compared to the MK3 but I don't have to baby sit my MK3. And the TEXT tool is very slow and clunky.
@@thegoldbug few things here:
door does not need to be opened for PLA. significantly quiets noise. for accuracy, dB levels around averaging around high 50s at about a meter away.
you are over using glue on the cool plate. glue is used as a **release agent**, not an adherent. try using less glue, globbing it on is not ok.
it’s unfortunate you’re getting all these errors, you must be apart of an unlucky minority. mines been banging along like a beast for the last half year, and everything’s worked perfectly as intended :/
This is the one to buy because... LUDICROUS SPEEEED!
The CT of the “ludicrous” speed one gave me the heebie-jeebies 😮
25:52 that comparison with DJI is more interesting when you take into account that the founders of Bambu Lab were ex employees of DJI
Great video. Thank you.
Question: Can I send this printer a 3D file created with SolidWorks?
I like the subtitle "(real-time print, not a time lapse)" pretty funny but, I could see how someone could mistake that speed for time lapse.
Where did you get those cool shelves in the back from? Or did you make them yourself?
Can you use the laser scanner as a profilometer? That would be pretty cool.
You talked about the Bambu cloud. What is it? Do you have to use the cloud to print? What features are only available if you are connected to the Bambu cloud? What features are not available if you do not use the Bambu cloud? How much does it cost to use the Bambu cloud?
Yup, still want one
Can a single layer be printed onto a circuit board as a resist for etching the board traces?
I got got by the siren song in the Bambu. Second one is OtW 😂😂
What's a good entry level printer ? First thing I'd want to print is StarBug from Red Dwarf
Main cons are - its very loud at it’s ”normal speeds” >150mm/s, - some heat bed has warped for users (mine is fine so far) - three supports are very weak and ruins prints of not changed. Pros are: very fast, good to very good print quality, ams works fine
I like a lot of the ideas that this printer brings to the table, but the one sticking point I have is the cloud connection. This was highlighted recently when a number of users reported that their Carbon printers started printing commanded. Not a great situation. But I also wonder about how much of my data Bamboo is collecting and potentially selling to 3rd parties. The cost of the cloud connection is definitely weighing heavily against the benefit for me.
Luckily there is a “offline” mode where you can stay connected over your wifi but not hit their servers. though you lose certain non essential features like connection to the app
Interesting you mentioned DJI, since it was DJI engineers that did the Bambu X1C...
Is there any way to use the lidar for scanning other things? Like maybe you want to put in a tiny part to be scanned and loaded into cad
you can't do the lidar scan on textured pei? why, I ordered bambu with ams and textured pei..
.. same reason why I want ams - it's a bit tedious to switch colors.. I hate at how wasteful it is - I wander can you actually mix colors, like with those rainbow filaments..
.. and like it said - if I can spill the waste into another object, that sounds cool as well ..
..BTW top layer ironing is available on prusa slicer for a while, but cool - btw did you select iron all the top most layers, or just the top layer - bottom orange one looks standard..
Bambu Labs has been killing it with their printers
What i think the next step Bambu Labs need to do now is
1. remove X1 model
2. Reduce the price of X1C combo to that of X1
3. Release a Large build volume printer with at least 350x350x350 build volume and price it at current or slightly Higher then current X1C price
these 3 steps would make them Dominate the 3D printer Market
I love my bambu X1C ❤❤❤
awesome video
I'd like to see a multicolor switching option with no purge cycle. Smooth color transitions might be interesting in some cases.
You can change all those settings and even turn off Purge.
So being in the prusa land the advertised benchy is 20 minutes ish. Looks like this is still a tad faster. I could see most printers reaching these speeds in a year. This is a really nice printer.
Wow nice printer norm sir
will this machine print with PET G filliment? and is ther a way to build something 14" in dia?
I've had 3 other machines before I got my x1 carbon. This is the easiest machine to use by far, even nozzle changes.
I love mine!
The faster we build Benchy, the better!!
Is it possible to connect the unit to something like octoprint? Can I use it without connecting it to their cloud service?
One thing i wanted to know, and haven't seen mentioned anywhere, one of the annoyances for FDM is never being entirely sure how much filament is left on a roll and if it'll be enough for a certain model etc... so i was wondering, if you load up the AMS with new rolls, does it keep track of how much of each roll it's used, either in weight or distance? I wouldn't expect it to be able to do it if you changed out filaments, but surely it knows what you've told it you've loaded (i.e 1kg 1.75mm pla) and it must know how much it's extruding, purging etc... just thought it'd be a cool feature.
@22:23
if you run out it can switch to a different spool in the ams
Some spools have markers to tell how much is left in length and weight, and slicers will often tell you how much filament is needed for a print
Using the AMS, the Bambu Lab filament has a RFID, so when I have put a partial role back into the AMS, you can see on the monitor what percentage of filament is left. (He shows this at about 22:50 in the video). To the best of my knowledge, it doesn’t give you an exact percent or length of filament left, but you can get a pretty good ideas by looking at the screen. If you are concerned about it running out, you can load the same filament in another AMS slot, and it will switch over when the first runs out. I haven’t done a lot of multi-color prints, but have my favorite filaments in the AMS, so easy to pick from the computer what you want to use.
I'm very happy to see Bambu raise the bar. That said, for my hobby tools I'm allergic to cloud services and closed source so I'm happy to wait for a fully local and open solution. For production tools the calculus is different. If I believe the company will be around for longer than the lifespan of the tool and I don't expect to hack it then I'm less strict about both cloud and closed source.
you dont need to use the cloud for it. There is LAN mode and SD card just like most other printers.
@@morbus5726 Yeah, I'm aware of the options. I'm waiting to see how the Prusa MK4 input shaping works out and whether they eventually open source the hw design. Hopefully it'll all work out before I need a new hobby printer.
@@JarenMorris_UnderHover you have to connect to the cloud to update the firmware though.
@@whiskeyinthejar24 and? How many other electronics do you have that need to do that? Updating firmware via an internet connection like almost any other electronic that gets updates should be a non issue. It’s not a “cloud service”, it’s an OTA update.
@@JarenMorris_UnderHover it's turning 3d printing into a very closed ended commercialised thing. Which is inevitable. The carbon rails are glued into place and can't be replaced when they wear out. The data feed to the cloud is encrypted and bambu refuse to divulge what user data they are pulling from people's systems, the amount of data they are collecting is fairly large apparently.
Glad you got your hands on this printer. It’s really a new level of FDM printing in what has seemed to be a very stagnant market.
Core XY means the belts move it diagonally, the best explanation I’ve seen is in Linus Tech Tips chocolate 3D printer video from a few years ago. One belt moves diagonal, two at once moves it straight.
Sort of, basically. There's two steppers both driving the hot end and the cross piece, so it's not just doing X and Y like reduced delta printer. It's actually really cool how it's belted to move two separate components in a way that makes it add up to diagonal motion.
Norm, the CEO of Bambulabs was the product manager of the DJI Magic Pro! 😉
Been hearing a lot about this printer, but the price is up at the Prusa level. Is the quality and reliability also at that level? I started my journey in FDM printing back with a cheaper Ender 3 printer and while it "worked" it was a night and day difference when I got my first Prusa printer. That thing was and still is insanely reliable.
What cost?.... your soul! Love to see you guys build a voron
Would this be the perfect printer for a farm of 3d printer?
Does the AMS keep the filament dry for storage?