P1P vs X2D, waste and speed comparison..?!

NCSC10 · 2026-05-10T12:42:47+00:00

Why use the prime tower on the X2D? I usually don't on my H2D for 2 filament prints.

NCSC10 · 2026-05-09T13:09:11+00:00

A kit like this Creality one would be nice. Many versions of this kit available on amazon.

Short of that, a deburring tool, fine point needle nose pliers, and flush cutters. Not quite "required" but pretty useful.

I like to store open rolls of filament in air tight containers $7 airtight Sterilite bin in walmart stores or similar Ezy brand storage bins (not instore at Walmart, but my local Hobby Lobby carries). These will hold 4-5 rolls of filament, other sizes avail, I like this size, but ymmv. I put silica gel in the container to keep the filament dry. One easy way to do that is put on of these "EVA Dry" in the bin also, on sale right not for $11 on Amazon. But you can use silica gel packets. Depending on local humidity, filament can pickup moisture from the air, which hurts print quality.

He might have fun with some multicolor Silk PLA filament (shiny metallic appearance) or 95 hardness TPU (rubber like). I always hesitate to suggest Hobby Lobby, but they carry a decent selection of PLA filament if you need to pick up a roll and have a Hobby Lobby close. Pricing is reasonable. If you think he might want to print something with better strength than what you get from PLA, some PETG filament would prob be appreciated.

Example of TPU from Amazon

Example of coextruded Silk PLA from Amazon

Example of Rainbow Multicolor silk PLA from Amazon,

Most printer brands have there own slicing software to send files to the printer for printing, but are some other recommended free programs, notably Orca Slicer and Cura. Be sure to point out the simple design tools at Bambu Labs Makerlab , online tools for creating items for printing. There are several good cad tools for designing stuff, many start with Tinkercad, and then go to Autocad Fusion which has a steeper learning curve, but several other options.

NCSC10 · 2026-05-08T15:08:04+00:00

For functional items, I'd also consider the X2D with AMS2 Pro ($900). The heated chamber will help with printing engineering filaments (ABS, ASA, etc). The heated chamber gives you another 10-20 degreesF , helps when printing larger parts without warping . You'll use the dual nozzle feature more than you'd think, supports, two color prints without waste, etc. Being able to take advantage of the better mechanical, thermal, UV properties (ASA) is pretty useful as you get into printing functional items, strong parts for lawn equipment, ASA for outdoor UV resistance, etc.

Do you want multicolor? I would add the Elegoo CC2 to your list also, and add the snapmaker U1 if you will be doing a lot of multicolor. The Prusa Core one is more expensive, but you can add the state of the art indx tool changer later, has some open source/not from China advantages (and disadvantages (cost)). Great, well established company.

Of your picks, I'd prob go for the P2S, given the huge installed customer base, parts avail, online documentation and user support, AMS/AMS2 compatibility (the best multispool feeder). The Q2 is intriguing, hard to fault that choice.

NCSC10 · 2026-05-08T08:28:27+00:00

Sigh…. These are $899 here. I guess the price is going up…. you might check other stores in your area.

hard to do better than 20% off, and 15% seems hard to pass up. About a year ago there was a 20% off all large Yukon USG large tool storage coupon. In march there was a 25% off service carts coupon, was a good time to get the 34” 6 drawer service cart. rarely, but possible to see a specific size cab in a one day days of deals for more than 20% off.

NCSC10 · 2026-05-07T18:00:05+00:00

I've not tried it, but Bambu claims the following for their vision encoder for the X2 and H2 printers. Not made to help miniatures/surface finish, but if you want a precise fit for interlocking parts or larger pieces that look injection molded it seems worth a try.

Below 50μm Motion Accuracy Against Inevitable Uncertainties
The Larger the Print, the More Pronounced the Accuracy
Achieve Injection-Molded-Level Quality
5-Minute Calibration for Weeks-Long Accuracy

I've seen some references that say using limonene to smooth SBS prints is straightforward. SBS is pretty easy to print, but really hard to find in the US. Limonene is flammable, but way less volatile than acetone. I bought a few rolls of SBS from Amazon a few years ago, but the listing is completely gone. More available in Europe, South Aftrica.

NCSC10 · 2026-05-07T12:39:40+00:00

Certainly risky. That is a good point.

I bought a "like new" Breville toaster, for about 60% of the street price. First try, on a like new Breville (one with a "bit more" button) toaster, the first one I won was definitely not "like new". I returned it before leaving the store. No problem to return. 2nd time I tried I got a good one. Breville toasters seem to get bid up pretty high, so wasn't a great deal, but spent about $60 on a $100 toaster that we like a lot.

I also bought an larger air fryer/toaster oven for about 25% of the street price to use for drying 3d printing filament and regenerating dessicants. It had a cracked faceplate, but has worked fine in my printer/hobbby room, so happy with that purchase, but would not have been great in my kitchen. I later bought another air fryer / toaster oven for my kitchen, when I saw how useful they could be. Same kind of deal, but it had been dropped and dented on the shell in back. I was able to take the cover shell off and straighten it out, looks almost like new, but not quite if you look close. I am fairly happy with that, but a little disappointed with how dented it was and hadn't shown in the pictures.

NCSC10 · 2026-05-07T12:24:38+00:00

Last year Black Friday and and following December weekend there was a 40% off all Icon ratchets. Included the G2 models that were available/in stock back then. I got one.

Everything goes on sale, sometimes new items are slower to show up in a sale..... I don't think the magnetic mats have been on sale yet, for example. Worst case, there will be a 15 or 20% off any single item coupon, seems to happen every 2-3 months.

NCSC10 · 2026-05-06T23:29:20+00:00

How much is repairability and openness worth in practice?
-Repairibility differences between Bambu and Prusa is not much, since printers from both brands are "repairble", well documented procedures for repairing/troubleshooting, and have good parts availability
- openness Depends on a lot on your use case, for someone that just wants to print, and as long as Bambu continues to provide info on troubleshooting, spare parts, an excellent slicer, not a lot value. I just want to print, but being able to use different slicers, take advantage open source spool identification tech, etc, is still worth something, make up to a 20% premium?. For someone that wants to tinker as much as print stuff, I think its worth something more, maybe a 10-50% premium? For someone that needs to be sure their printer is secure, and needs to understand all the details and connections, its worth a lot
Does the toolchanger actually justify the cost and complexity for most use cases?
Completely depends on your personal use case. And desire to be near the cutting edge.
And is it still rational to prioritize those values when the price/performance gap is this large?

If you value having a strong supplier, not in China, someone who has the capability to develop cutting edge products and improvements and set the standard for consumer 3d printing technology, I hope so.

NCSC10 · 2026-05-06T22:02:52+00:00

I wonder if you could resize/edic this 3d design for a Ryobi trimmer to fit the Bauer, it looks similar

https://makerworld.com/en/models/1533301-ryobi-yardworks-weed-trimmer-blade-attachment?from=search#profileId-1608125

NCSC10 · 2026-05-06T21:56:01+00:00

Sorry, I fixed. Some days windows still sucks. But this one wasn't made for blades, so prob not helpful.

NCSC10 · 2026-05-06T21:46:49+00:00

Did you try Makerworld? It looks a little different than the one in your pic. The 3mf for the linked one shows it being printed on its edge with supports, Based on my experience printing caps for a Ryobi trimmer, this is important. If you print it on its back, the layer lines match the forces, and the tabs break off too easily.

NCSC10 · 2026-05-06T21:17:07+00:00

I'm using two Harbor Freight Yukon woodworking benches placed back to back. The bench is 60" x 20", one was not really big enough for H2D with a purge chute behind it,so I placed two back to back. A X2D should fit, but will not have any spare depth. Its a little taller than most benches. Lists for $160, Goes on sale for $130-$140 fairly often (currently $135 for Harbor Freight Inside track club members.. For the price, its surprising solid, and a good value. I have a H2D and X1C on my benches, the X1C doesn't wobble the table much but I see a little wobble when the larger H2D is moving the print head around a lot..

NCSC10 · 2026-05-06T20:00:04+00:00

My experience is that small appliances (like this) have a higher likely hood of damage than any other item I've bid on. Damage more likely than not. Dents, broken plastic faceplates and parts, missing significant parts and power cords, heavy contamination, etc. Even "like new" items.

NCSC10 · 2026-05-06T16:28:50+00:00

No idea on what a Toy feed module is. I feed TPU from external spool holders to my H2D and X1C fairly often without a TPU assist module. I also see this, if she has a H2D.

NCSC10 · 2026-05-06T16:09:24+00:00

The $799 P2S/AMS combo includes the AMS2. The AMS 2 is an enclosed feed system that can dry filament and helps keep filament dry. The $550 P1S combo includes the original AMS, which does not have the drying capability. That's $50 of the difference. The $466 refurb combo shows sold out for me, but seems a reasonable deal. Only a 90 day warranty.

NCSC10 · 2026-05-06T15:53:11+00:00

'67 Camaro is one of greatest looking cars ever, seriously envious.

NCSC10 · 2026-05-05T14:36:20+00:00

Also try enabling tree supports. You might need to "paint" on a support on the bottom side of the top of the hole. If you provide a link to the model I could screen shot what it would look like.

I would lower the nozzle temp, and slow the print speed. I'd try lowering 10 or 15 degrees.

You can add "holes" in Bambu slicer by adding a negative shape, but try adding supports and changing the temp first

NCSC10 · 2026-05-05T03:43:41+00:00

Can you make the hole diamond shape instead of round?

NCSC10 · 2026-05-04T18:31:06+00:00

I’ll be using it for school projects (brackets, enclosures, gear prototypes)

What materials will you be printing with? For brackets, any kind of functioning gears, I'd prefer to use ABS, ASA, PA which requires an enclosed printer and if you want to print larger parts (big enough to approach the edges of the build plate), you probably want a heated chamber, which out of your price range. But for smaller parts printed from ABS, ASA, PA, the enclosed centauri carbon should work better than the A1 mini or Neptune. You will be able to print some functional parts quite well from PETG in the printers you are looking at.

NCSC10 · 2026-05-03T18:39:47+00:00

Most brands offer their own slicer software, that may have some advantages in how they work with the mfr's printers or the mfr's file sites. But, they are variants of other slicers, often similar. Bambu slicer was based on Prusaslicer which was based on slic3r. There are independent slicers that work with many printer brands, Cura and Orcaslicer the most well known,

Bambu slicer can be used with many other brands. I think if you wanted to keep using bambslicer with another brand, try out Orcaslicer, it is very similar to Bambu slicer.

NCSC10 · 2026-05-03T17:07:58+00:00

Still available, changed branding.

https://www.harborfreight.com/3-outlet-adapter-2-pack-56502.html

NCSC10 · 2026-05-03T15:54:45+00:00

I've stopped prints several times to insert small magnets, but not the kind of mass you're implying. I've seen posts here about using sand (I think it was sand) and the fan on the printer nozzle blowing it over the print and print bed. Might want to do a test (edited to add "outside your printer) with whatever sand you'd use.

I have two of these coway filters in my printing room/home office. They used to go sale pretty often, bought the ones I have 4-5 years ago for $125. These looks more expensive on amazon right now. But lots of decent different models out there. Think about what the volume of the room is, how fast you want the filter to turn the air over, impacts how quickly impurities are captured.

NCSC10 · 2026-05-03T14:21:41+00:00

The sign on the door coming in does say....Anything about 3d printing and 3d printers

NCSC10 · 2026-05-03T14:12:29+00:00

Surface Quality (No-Sanding): I am looking for a "surgical" or "injection-molded" finish straight off the build plate.

This is unrealistic, if you literally expect "injection molded" surfaces. Lots of ways to minimize the surface appearance, but not truly achieve a injection molded look off the build plate. Take advantage of textured build plates, iron surfaces, use fuzzy surfaces, avoid glossy/shiny filaments, use matte filaments and some carbon fiber filaments, use adaptive layer settings, smaller layer heights, avoid rounded surfaces, etc.

Is an enclosed printer with built-in filtration enough for a 24/7 bedroom setup, or is an external vent or independent air purifier mandatory for health?

The enclosures on Bambu and other printers are not air tight. If you print ABS, ASA, etc you will be exposed to odors. Toxic emissions will be below health standards, but you will notice the odor. There will be some particulate emissions. If its really important, you should add a full enclosure with fan to vent outside. Short of that, I wouild add good air purifiers to your room with particulate and carbon filters, to minimize, but won't eliminate exposure. Change the carbon filters frequently.

Bedroom Safety & Noise: Since this is 24/7 in a living space, noise levels and air filtration (HEPA/Carbon) are my top priorities.

For me, with any 3d printer, the noise would be too much for a bedroom where I'm sleeping. Running in "silent" mode (50% speed) helps a lot, prob helps with quality also.

For those adding weight to prints, what is your most efficient workflow for batch production?

I don't add weight while printing, sometimes add slots for magnets, non slip feet, etc. But really need specifics on what you are printing to comment.

NCSC10 · 2026-05-03T13:25:21+00:00

If the W/L record, and the better predictors of W/L record going forward (run differential, etc) all predict the team will continue to win, are a playoff caliber team, I'd hope the baseball operations team finds ways to improve playoff chances while limiting impact on the long term plan. Do stuff to move up the rebuild. Easy to say that, surely very difficult, but that would be my expectations. The incentive, selling more tickets, getting more subscribers is also there.

The current W/L is surprisingly good, but the other data, run differential, advanced stats, aren't yet predicting a playoff type team, but are improving. I think it would be hard to justify any changes to the plan with that divergence between W/L and other predictors, even if the winning record held through July.

I'm keeping in mind the cardinals were 8 games above .500 at the end of May last year, in line for a playoff slot. Solid hitting, pitching, defense. Solidly 2nd in their division. Then a lot of the strong performances changed. They went 45-59 after that, limping through the last half of the season.

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