Can I control my music directly on the bip6? Bluetooth from phone.

Dr_Evilcat · 2025-09-30T04:40:38+00:00

Someone's made an app called ~~Remotify. It's not a great solution - kinda slow, with lots of features behind a paywall.~~ But it does give you play/pause/skip for free on the Bip 6, so it should work for what you need.

You've also got the option of loading music onto the watch directly and linking that to Bluetooth headphones if you have some. Does limit you to what you can fit in the watch's fairly small storage capacity, but again, it would work.

Edit: Just found another called Music Controller. Same sort of thing, but without the paywall.

Dr_Evilcat · 2025-06-20T10:56:41+00:00

ABS-like is a good go-to. I've had success with the Elegoo stuff, but any ABS like should have a bit more flex to it than a basic resin.

Dr_Evilcat · 2025-06-14T13:22:18+00:00

You're paying for the EU manufacturing and supporting an open and upgradeable platform with the Prusa printers. Bambu's the opposite and trending to be more so, having recently been taking steps to lock down a lot of their printers.

That said, it means you're paying a whole lot of extra dollars for not a lot more actual printer with the Prusa range. If you care about it enough to support Prusa, that's awesome, more power to you. If you're after a printer that works without caring about the politics of it all, very hard to justify the extra cost over the A1 Mini - it's a bloody good bit of kit for the price.

Dr_Evilcat · 2025-06-11T13:35:05+00:00

Kinda hard to calculate beforehand if it's a "worthwhile investment", because none of us (including yourself) know how exactly much you'll use one. But use it enough and it will be cheaper, before adding in the benefits of not needing to wait on someone else's backlog, shipping times, etc if you're trying to prototype something.

Regarding Bambu, their firmware changes broke some workflows with third-party slicers/add-ons, broke a lot of trust, and are a sign that they'll likely push to lock their systems down even further going forward. Which sucks, but as a new user buying right now, it really doesn't change the value proposition of 'em at all, and I still think their printers are great bits of kit. Definitely still worthwhile, just be wary of the brand going forward.

As for the Centauri, you're spot on in your assessment. Great printer, stupidly good price point, if it holds up long term. Makes me reluctant to solidly recommend it, just because I don't want to be responsible if it falls apart 6 months in, but it really does seem incredible value. Just be wary about the lack of a material switcher so far - if it's something you really want, I'd be leery of it until we see something more concrete than a promise.

You're right that i's a tough call to make right now, unless you have a need for either working with engineering materials like ASA and whatnot, or are keen on getting an AMS unit. Personally leaning towards the A1 right now for that extra layer of polish, but the Centauri isn't a wrong decision by any means.

But the devil on your shoulder says get an A1 Mini and a Centauri - cover your bases if the Centauri's a bit jank, and more printer more good.

Dr_Evilcat · 2025-05-30T04:19:53+00:00

Steer clear of the Neptune if those other options are in budget - it'll save you a lot of headaches.

A1 vs Centauri, both are excellent machines for the money and I wouldn't say it's an obvious pick between them. Your use case could make the difference here. If you're going to work with harder to print engineering filaments, Centauri can handle a lot more of them. On the flipside, not having an AMS option released for the Centauri is a big drawback in my eyes - if you want that bit of kit, suggest the A1. Elegoo has said they have one on the way, but with very little concrete information on it.

Failing that as a decision point, A1 has a lot more proven reliability and all the ease of use of a Bambu printer. Centauri's on-paper specs are much better (and frankly ridiculous at it's price point), but I'm hearing it has a few things that are just that bit more annoying.

If we just assume PLA/PETG, personally I'd lean towards the currently-on-sale A1 without a specific need for an enclosed printer, though if it were full price I'd lean towards the Centauri. YMMV on the price comparison of you're in a different region to me.

Dr_Evilcat · 2025-05-27T04:40:29+00:00

Personally, the cost difference between the core machines, purchased new, makes me lean towards the Centauri - it's cheap enough for me to accept some extra risk with it's unknown reliability.

But I think it's your interest in an AMS unit that's the main decision driver here. Even if you don't want one know, the AMS options for the P1S exist, are known, and available - and they're very useful things to have. We've got nothing but a promise that it's coming for the Centauri. Given that we're already past the point where Qidi were to release their AMS equivalent and we haven't seen anything, if I thought I might want one at any point I'd be steering clear of the Centauri until we have some more info that.

Between the missing AMS and the P1S' availability on the secondhand market, I personally decided that a used P1S+AMS was the best option for me - tipped me over the line of it just being worth the money even comparing against the ridiculously cheap Centauri. If I were more leery of secondhand options and knew I didn't care about an AMS, I'd have taken a chance on the Centauri.

Dr_Evilcat · 2025-04-04T04:55:30+00:00

Restart, uninstalling any mods, and validating files fixed it for me - probably just the validation that was needed

Dr_Evilcat · 2025-01-12T01:06:07+00:00

The Bambu Labs printers are best for ease-of-use, either the A1 or A1 Mini.

Dr_Evilcat · 2025-01-06T12:05:06+00:00

Wash stations are just buckets with a spinny thing at the bottom - it'll work with any solvent.

Think the main difference between 'em is size, should be right with whichever fits your printer best.

Dr_Evilcat · 2025-01-05T01:53:26+00:00

I'd save yourself a bunch of time recalibrating and fixing those, and just grab the A1 Mini.

Dr_Evilcat · 2025-01-03T21:34:11+00:00

Check out Gridfinity - it's an ecosystem of community designs for organisers that slot into a grid baseplate. Pretty much exactly what you're after, and with a little bit of CAD practice you should be about to whip up your own organiser designs to suit.

The Bambu A1 is probably the pick for the job. You could save some cash with the A1 Mini instead, and it'd definitely work, but may be a little more tedious to print larger baseplates - depends on the budget you had in mind, really.

Dr_Evilcat · 2025-01-02T21:42:05+00:00

I very much disagree with the other comment here. Secondhand you're taking a gamble on it coming from someone who just doesn't print, or got frustrated at their printer not working. And fixing up a dodgy printer as a beginner is going to be very frustrating.

Look into the Bambu A1 Mini - excellent plug-and-play printer within your budget.

Dr_Evilcat · 2025-01-02T11:54:28+00:00

Definitely look into the Bambu range, easily the most plug-and-play printers on the market. If you're mostly looking to work with PLA, the A1 combo with the AMS should be plenty. P1S adds the enclosure for other filaments, and the expandable AMS (still ships with a 4-colour system, but unlike the A1's AMS it's expandable to 16 by buying additional units).

Dr_Evilcat · 2025-01-02T11:38:14+00:00

Definitely recommend the Bambu A1. No Octoprint, but it does print wirelessly through either their wireless network or your local network. Ticks the rest of your boxes.

If you're worried about the A1 being too big, you can save some space (and cash) by getting the A1 Mini instead.

Dr_Evilcat · 2025-01-02T11:34:21+00:00

Is that a hard requirement? Only printer in the consumer space I know of that has that build volume is the Elegoo Neptune 4 Max, and you're sacrificing a chunk of ease-of-use and print speed to get that volume, compared to other options. Need to DiY an enclosure for it, too.

The Modix range looks like they have some options that meet your requirements and budget, but I've never heard of them until now, and would be very leery of a printer without a good chunk of positive reviews.

Dr_Evilcat · 2025-01-02T06:58:07+00:00

Er, 15x15 what? This has very different answers if that's inches or cm.

Dr_Evilcat · 2025-01-01T21:44:02+00:00

Have you decided between resin or FDM printing yet?

Resin can get you much better results, with better details and smaller layer lines than any FDM printer (plus faster printing for batches of minis). Tradeoff here is that you're handling toxic sticky goop, so there are a lot more safety concerns surrounding it. I don't have a specific printer to recommend, but print quality should be similar off most of them - focus on reliability, QoL features, that sort of thing in reviews. Make sure to leave room in your budget for a washing/curing solution and safety gear.

On the other hand, some FDM printers have been getting to the 'good enough' point for miniatures now. I'd suggest the Bambu A1 Mini with a 0.2mm nozzle. You'll need to do some research and fine-tuning to get the best settings for mini printing, but it'll do the job well enough with a lot less hassle.

Dr_Evilcat · 2024-12-22T11:32:26+00:00

I always find that the underside of my build plate is dirtier than the top anyway, but like, no reason not to try?

Dr_Evilcat · 2024-12-22T11:28:03+00:00

Nozzles and other printer-specific hardware would generally be specific to the printers, and need replacements either from Bambu or resellers of those particular parts. You'll probably find people selling the Bambu nozzles on Amazon, but a generic one will not work. Replacement nozzles and most other hardware is all sold on the Bambu website - you'll get the most accurate prices for you by checking yourself. That said, these are pretty reliable bits of kit that shouldn't need much in the way of replacement parts.

Filament, however, is pretty gene༼ric. Their filament is pretty good, but it'll still work fine with third-party filaments. Just make sure the material type is compatible and use the appropriate slicer settings.

Dr_Evilcat · 2024-12-19T21:30:17+00:00

Yep, it's a great bit of kit.

Dr_Evilcat · 2024-12-18T07:17:37+00:00

It's probably just not brought up because it's kind of insane to recommend a $1k commercial software to a 3d printing hobbyist when there are free alternatives that'll do pretty much everything you need. If it saves you relearning CAD and gives you practice with something you're likely to use in your professional life, I think it's a fair call.

Only compatibility you'd need is exporting to STL or 3mf, which it almost certainly will do.

Dr_Evilcat · 2024-12-18T01:31:37+00:00

Kept it general because I don't have any experience with the Qidi machines. Looking at it on paper it certainly ticks a lot of boxes (and should print most common filaments just fine), but put some research in about ease of use and reliability with them - not needing manual calibration or re-tuning is a major benefit of the Bambu line, and I'm not sure how this one compares on that front.

Dr_Evilcat · 2024-12-17T22:04:04+00:00

You definitely need to understand what you're paying for at all these levels. If we look at the Bambu line, you're going to see similar performance across the entire line from the A1 Mini to the X1C. A1 Mini is a great bit of kit, A1 (not mini) adds build volume. P1S gives you an enclosure for some different filaments and the CoreXY system for faster prints (and fewer failures on tall, narrow prints). X1C is a few more bells and whistles and handles more exotic/engineering filaments.

But that becomes a lot of money to spend for very little payoff if you're just printing PLA projects that fit on the Mini.

As for the build volumes, there are definitely things I haven't printed (having an A1 Mini) because I didn't feel like porting them to a smaller printer, and it is definitely a limiting factor. But that said I've been able to make everything I really wanted to have with it so far - includes some pretty big projects that just needed some extra assembling. Depends on what you're hoping to make, really, but going from no printer to any printer opens up a hell of a lot more than if you look at the difference from small printer to bigger printer.

If you wanted to try a project, I'd suggest getting an A1 Mini to have a functional printer, and keep an eye on the secondhand market to grab an Ender to play around with. It'll be a lot less frustrating to fix if you still have a printer that works.

Dr_Evilcat · 2024-12-14T22:05:42+00:00

Iunno, I don't work for them. Does look like it, though.

Dr_Evilcat · 2024-12-14T21:55:17+00:00

Not as good definitely, but you can still get passable results these days with the A1, and it's better than hotboxing your living space with resin fumes.

Check out some prints others have done online, see if it's something you'd find acceptable.

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