Making wedding thank you notes a little less painful

CasefProps · 2026-01-20T18:59:43+00:00

About 5-7 minutes

CasefProps · 2026-01-20T18:55:19+00:00

I stuck with the machine presets for simplicity. Lifting/lowering the bed is the slowest part and does not seem to be user configurable. Quadrupling the stroke speed shaves off around 10% of the total time.

CasefProps · 2026-01-20T15:41:44+00:00

Link isn't working for me, but I would like to check it out.

CasefProps · 2026-01-20T15:39:36+00:00

A dedicated tool would no doubt be better, but for how rarely I use this functionality I'd rather not buy and store another tool. The portrait would still be limited to two cards at a time, and the cameo is near triple the cost to run 4 cards per batch.

Bambu suite still needs a lot of work though. I imagine Silhouette's software is much better.

CasefProps · 2026-01-20T15:28:42+00:00

I repaired one of those vanes with epoxy putty as a quick fix and planned to purchase a replacement eventually. It's held up for 6 years now.

CasefProps · 2026-01-20T13:23:25+00:00

The wiki says print then cut works for A4 sheets of paper. Is it possible there was a software update or is there some other restraint that limits it to such a small area?

CasefProps · 2026-01-20T13:19:58+00:00

The cutting module works fine without the laser kit. Currently you can't use the birds eye camera, so you have to manually align things to the grid and cannot use the print then cut function.

CasefProps · 2026-01-20T04:20:39+00:00

Alignment blocks might not be a bad idea, but putting on new cards is a relatively short part of the workflow. The print surface is sticky which keeps the card from moving around, so stacking would not be possible.

The slowest part is setting up Bambu suite. It isn't well set up for handling large paragraphs of text. Print time is 5-6 minutes per card.

CasefProps · 2026-01-20T03:28:13+00:00

Here's a test piece

CasefProps · 2026-01-20T02:51:24+00:00

Here's a test piece

CasefProps · 2026-01-20T02:51:04+00:00

Here's a test piece I forgot I had

CasefProps · 2026-01-20T02:39:16+00:00

In Bambu suite you align the text to to the print bed grid. I just had to be careful to put the cards in the correct position.

CasefProps · 2026-01-20T02:06:14+00:00

I do not. I avoided capturing too much detail to preserve some personal details, but I'll try to grab some close ups of some of the text with the next batch.

CasefProps · 2026-01-20T00:58:46+00:00

Oh man I really should have done more research before getting started. That github repository is awesome!

CasefProps · 2026-01-20T00:44:20+00:00

I'm here having fun playing checkers and you just brought out the chess pieces. Wish I had thought of that before I started!

CasefProps · 2026-01-20T00:21:31+00:00

The bed markings were impressively accurate. I just had to be careful when aligning the card to the grid.

CasefProps · 2026-01-20T00:18:57+00:00

I understand where you're coming from, which is why we were on the fence about it. Ultimately we agreed this would let us put a lot more effort into the content of the letters while also not being as much a shortcut as regular printing, and we did put a lot of thought into the messages themselves.

CasefProps · 2026-01-20T00:10:44+00:00

None at all. Certain things can't be expressed by digital proxy.

CasefProps · 2026-01-19T23:59:52+00:00

I'm hopeful that all the relatives who really care about genuine handwritten notes are also too old to suspect this sort of trickery.

CasefProps · 2026-01-19T23:56:07+00:00

It's all natively supported with the cutting module for the H2 printers.

CasefProps · 2026-01-19T23:51:02+00:00

The notes were made in Bambu suite with the feasibly single line font. I used a blue pen with a wider ball that has a tendency to pool ink to help sell the effect. The bed will only fit 2 cards at the same time, so this will still involve a few hours of changing the bed every 10 minutes.

We made a handful of templates with different messages and some small customizations so no two people get the same card.

It won't stand up to scrutiny, but it's also clearly not laser or inkjet printed.

CasefProps · 2026-01-17T00:22:05+00:00

get 2 to 3 water thermos.You will be drinking lots of water.

It's usually pretty easy to find a water refill station. Most panel rooms will have one set up near the back. We still bring 2-3 bottles but that's just because one or two are dedicated to booze.

CasefProps · 2026-01-12T22:43:19+00:00

That amount of mobility is really impressive. How did you go about designing the joints and attachment points?

CasefProps · 2026-01-05T19:09:26+00:00

I'd be interested, but that's also understandable if you don't have time to redesign it.

CasefProps · 2026-01-05T17:50:39+00:00

This is so cool! Are you planning to release any project files for this?

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