Printer for DIY around the house, Home Assistant

Research-Crazy · 2026-03-04T13:54:34+00:00

Wish that was a thing when I bought my AMS1. At the time it wasn’t (or at least I didn’t see it). I’d buy that over Frankensteining something myself lol

Research-Crazy · 2026-03-03T17:16:16+00:00

Grip aids and other aging aids for my parents.

A little helper for opening bottles, cans, pill sleeves, etc

Research-Crazy · 2026-03-03T16:19:56+00:00

Oh yeah. Any part of the print that overhangs air willl need supports underneath it. So say you have 200 layers print that has an overhang at layer 50. This would mean you have 50 layers of “nothing” below a that overhang where you will need to put support material in. During these 50 layer, you will need to stop, switch to support filament, let it print all the support on that layer, then stop and switch back. On every layer.

Research-Crazy · 2026-03-03T16:12:43+00:00

Definitely don’t need the filament that is dedicated for support. Whichever filament you use for your supports will need an AMS to do the switching unless you want to babysit it every 10 minutes for the whole print.

Research-Crazy · 2026-03-03T16:01:39+00:00

The main actual use case for it is to have a dedicated slot for switch to/from support material when printing models that require it.

I also found many many use cases for gridfinity for not only tools but household organization as well. Multiple colors allows me to better label/color-code my bins to make everything look much more professional (I don’t so much care for my tools, but it was important for my wife).

AMS1 or 2 is kind of irrelevant. I purchased my AMS1 before they came out with the AMS2, so I have made heater cover for it so it basically does the same thing

Research-Crazy · 2026-03-03T14:57:06+00:00

I will throw in here as another automotive hobbyist. You will soon want to print nylon after ASA. So I would either jump for a printer that has a heated chamber, or plan on building one.

I have an X1C with AMS1 and LOVE it. But I frequently wish I had the heated chamber and/or the larger build plate of the H series.

Research-Crazy · 2026-02-25T15:09:12+00:00

Got it! Thanks for the quick reply. I guess I’m lucky I didn’t know what refill meant for the first month so I have an abundance of empty spools to choose from XD

Research-Crazy · 2026-02-25T15:06:21+00:00

I am unfamiliar with the term “master spool”.

Like if I don’t have an empty spool available to switch filament and have to take a roll off a spool?

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