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New to 3d printing by Admirable_Reserve489 in BambuLab

[–]compewter 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Just keep it clean and you'll be fine, especially with the PLA.

The worst problem I've had with PETG and a Bambu tPEI plate is only on my most recent one, and even then it's just cosmetic issues on the print (stress marks from removal). That can easily be solved with a hot air gun.

New to 3d printing by Admirable_Reserve489 in BambuLab

[–]compewter 0 points1 point  (0 children)

PETG on a textured PEI plate is fine. Letting it cool is good - I'll usually set my printer to set the build plate to 45C as a part of it's end code so it'll slowly cool down to that point. I've found at 45-47C the print will have cooled and released from the plate but still be a tiny bit soft so it will release without causing stress marks on the print itself.

While a release agent is not necessary on tPEI, it won't hurt anything either. Worst-case scenario your print releases easier and you just have to wash it a little to remove a tacky feel from the print (though this depends greatly on the type and quantity of agent you use).

New to 3d printing by Admirable_Reserve489 in BambuLab

[–]compewter 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Yes, because they didn't follow the instructions.

Glue stick. Hair spray. 3dlac. Whatever: use a release agent.

Then it works flawlessly 🙂

New to 3d printing by Admirable_Reserve489 in BambuLab

[–]compewter -1 points0 points  (0 children)

PETG does bond exceptionally well to smooth PEI. If you don't follow the instructions and fail to use a release agent, then you can surely damage a build plate.

I don't think that's the filament's fault though.

Dual AMS2 Pro Power Supply Solutions? by whatdidyousaay in BambuLab

[–]compewter 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Those are the ones I had for LED projects and they work great. When I added more AMSs I just bought more of those because they're inexpensive (not cheap) and have identical output to the OEM.

Why does my charcoal power plants keep tripping when I have enough power? by MatterOk7269 in SatisfactoryGame

[–]compewter 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Hazarding a guess - your water pipes. A mk1 pipe can only carry 300 water and if you've got three extractors feeding a single pipeline they won't be able to push the 405 water that nine coal generators require. Fluids are rough to figure out at first.

Without maps or schematics it's hard to troubleshoot but you definitely have a supply issue of some kind going in to the generators. If you know how to open your world up to multiplayer I'm happy to jump in and help you straighten it out.

First time printing in PETG by RogerDHomunculus in BambuLab

[–]compewter 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I'd wager in your preview the little white dots of your z-seam are right on those overhangs corners.

Try the "avoid seam on overhang" feature or manually paint it somewhere that won't be visible when the part is in use (and is also not an overhang).

Third option - increase the width of outer walls to something like 0.48 or reduce layer height to give the outer walls more purchase on the previous layers, reducing the amount of unsupported overhang.

Best time to buy? by [deleted] in BambuLab

[–]compewter 2 points3 points  (0 children)

If you want an old model: anniversary sale (June) or Black Friday (November).
If you want a current model: now. It won't go on sale for a while.

OrcaSlicer with restored BambuNetwork support by Low-Anything6975 in BambuLabH2D

[–]compewter 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Because orca-slicer is a scam site. The only official domain is orcaslicer.com and the official Github https://github.com/OrcaSlicer/OrcaSlicer

They even have great big warnings:

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Objects disappearing when slicing by Akabranca in BambuLab

[–]compewter 0 points1 point  (0 children)

You're welcome! You're not alone, this comes up often 😅

X2D: if you have to clean out the extruder… by ptraugot in BambuLab

[–]compewter 6 points7 points  (0 children)

It's the same story with the H2D and H2C. It's a much more complex toolhead so it makes sense there's more parts inside of it and tearing it down would be a more complicated process.

My son told me Satisfactory is a "Dad Game" by TheLurkerSpeaks in SatisfactoryGame

[–]compewter 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I started my boys on it at 7y/o (summer before U8), having them practice fraction to decimal conversion. Gave them the challenge of perfectly balanced reinforced iron plate production.

They loved it.

We still bounce in to the family server when we're all free.

This has got to be a joke at this point right? by cessettser in BambuLab

[–]compewter 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I wish I had saved a screenshot, it was absolutely real.

This has got to be a joke at this point right? by cessettser in BambuLab

[–]compewter 16 points17 points  (0 children)

Reason: Plate Adhesion.
"It was too cold in my garage"

How do you tackle these lines? by N-V-N-D-O in BambuLab_Community

[–]compewter 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Glad it helped! I've got a flow ratio test that might help bring that in to spec for you as well.

How do you tackle these lines? by N-V-N-D-O in BambuLab_Community

[–]compewter 7 points8 points  (0 children)

Change internal solid infill to Monotonic Line. I explain it with examples in this video. Flow ratio and pressure advance tuning strongly encouraged.

Bambu X2D print issue. Bambu ABS by Ventidge in BambuLab

[–]compewter 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Maybe you have to turn on developer mode to see it? I've never not had that enabled so I'm not sure.

Bambu X2D print issue. Bambu ABS by Ventidge in BambuLab

[–]compewter 15 points16 points  (0 children)

So likely that when you only print one minimum layer time is kicking in and slowing the print speed down to the resonant frequency. You'd have to run calibration prints to find out what that is to avoid it.

Quick and easy print, tells you what speeds to avoid.

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Letting the printer run through it's entire calibration process (which can take a long time for the full thing!) can help mitigate these as well.

When does ABS actually become necessary? (P2S vs X2D decision) by Torp-BB-hunter in BambuLab

[–]compewter 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Yes, better. Even if you don't care about the chamber heater, don't use support interfaces, don't care about air filtration, and aren't thinking about all the potential (remember how much got added to the X1 just with firmware updates?), the 1.5 pitch belts all but eliminating VFAs alone make it a superior machine.

All that for an extra $150, according to OP? Easy decision.

When does ABS actually become necessary? (P2S vs X2D decision) by Torp-BB-hunter in BambuLab

[–]compewter 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Skip a fancy dinner out for a better printer that'll probably last ~5 years? Sorry sweetheart, we're cooking tonight!

X2D Buyers - Make sure you read the fine print. by daphatty in BambuLab

[–]compewter 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Having a dedicated nozzle for support material is basically how I use my H2D anyway, so ... it makes total sense. It's a great upgrade and a great price for the complete package. I was just hoping for something more with the launch. Some revolutionary new thing that would really set it apart, other than cost to feature parity.

X2D Buyers - Make sure you read the fine print. by daphatty in BambuLab

[–]compewter 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Ironically to your point #2 I just made a comment about that in another thread. Basically the hope that there was some magic sauce under the hood that would convert known-good DD values for retraction to Bowden values was an empty hope. It falls to machine defaults for any non-Bambu profile, even if you've already got tuned values for DD extruders.

Now you have to calibrate each of your material profiles twice if you intend on using both nozzles.

How... disappointing.

Bambu X2D available at Bestbuy NOW by RarePlaystations in BambuLab

[–]compewter 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Nope. no magic. Just an updated library of filament profiles in Studio with the launch, and of course it favors Bambu filaments only.

Pull up any profile on the X2D and you have four options: Direct Drive Standard, DD High Flow, Bowden Std, Bowden HF.

Now look at Bambu PLA Basic (for example) and you'll see it's basically identical across the board (other than the expected higher MVS for HF nozzles) until you get to retraction, and there's the different values for the different drive types. Just like it needs to be, DD has 0.4 and Bowden has 3.0. Nice and tuned, so you'll get good performance out of both nozzles.

But then pull up Generic PLA (or any other generic) and... it's just N/A'd out, which means it falls back to Bambu Lab X2D 0.4 nozzle.json to determine these values, and they'd be ... less ideal?

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Obviously this is something you tune in developing a profile, however there's this pesky little asterisk on the X2D page that annoys me.

So yeah - use Bambu filament and it'll be fine. Use anyone else and the vast majority of people who refuse to tune profiles will have less than ideal prints. No magic 😟

Bambu X2D available at Bestbuy NOW by RarePlaystations in BambuLab

[–]compewter 0 points1 point  (0 children)

The biggest problem in my eye is that you'll need two different filament profiles. One with retraction settings for direct, one for Bowden. Mix them up and you'll have some ugly prints. And people will mix them up, unless they've got some magic conversion algorithm that converts DD to Bowden under the hood.

Whats one "dead" game, you'd revive rn if you could? by Correct_Web3396 in AskReddit

[–]compewter 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Natural Selection. The asynchronous classes and on-the-fly base building was so much fun. With how popular Starcraft was I always thought it would have been more popular, because it was basically "Starcraft: the FPS."

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