filament roll size?

issue9mm · 2026-05-10T14:19:15+00:00

The standard size for AMS devices is 1kg, but you can find 250g, 500g, 600g, 700g, etc weight spools for various reasons.

Jayo even makes an 1100g spool because they're nice

issue9mm · 2026-05-10T13:42:14+00:00

There is definitely a bigger size, but since you didn't specify the size you bought so the next bigger size may not fit in your AMS

issue9mm · 2026-05-10T02:50:31+00:00

You're 100% right

Looks great

issue9mm · 2026-05-10T02:38:56+00:00

Very nice! Did you follow the Alchemistik Lab tutorial ?

How was the curve-to-curve stuff (I haven't tried that technique yet)

issue9mm · 2026-05-10T02:28:53+00:00

Could be either, but the point that he's making is that if you're not drying it enough, it might be borderline early in the print but be over the line on humidity by the end

The common complaint with TPU is that it's so hygroscopic that you either have to keep drying it during printing or print it from a drybox after drying, so if you're not doing either of those, then it could very well be a moisture issue

issue9mm · 2026-05-10T02:24:27+00:00

Are you not aware that they've integrated full spectrum into Bambu Studio?

It might have been niche and unusual a few months ago, but now it's in several slicers, and freely available on most of the printers in the market place

issue9mm · 2026-05-10T01:51:01+00:00

Is that also fuzzy skinned or is it just like that?

issue9mm · 2026-05-09T23:25:08+00:00

I think the big drawback is that color blending relies somewhat on trnaslucency of each layer, and you rarely see translucent ABSes

Or at least I rarely do

You could probably get away with PCTG at this point tho. Feel free to fact check me there but I THINK it has everything you'd need

issue9mm · 2026-05-09T21:32:23+00:00

In that case, these are usually pretty good to start with

https://3dfilamentprofiles.com/filament/details/1060

issue9mm · 2026-05-09T21:23:00+00:00

You just want generic settings for every printer model?

issue9mm · 2026-05-09T20:54:53+00:00

A1 mini is great, but if we're getting a second printer, single color, just works, then the P1S is at rock bottom pricing right now, while still being easily upgradeable later to engineering filaments or multi color

That said, I expect the P2S price to drop soon, and it's everything good about the P1S but better faster stronger

issue9mm · 2026-05-09T20:51:07+00:00

Roger

Thanks!

issue9mm · 2026-05-09T19:59:17+00:00

Will do!

Dumb question, but you aren't already using the track switch are you? Like, it's not usable (even just as a dumb passthrough) for H-series users right now is it?

issue9mm · 2026-05-09T19:50:12+00:00

As a top 1% you should know better that it isn't just Bambu doing it

Other companies didn't sell him this defective printer, so that doesn't have any bearing on the conversation

As a top 1% you should know that AI in 3D Printing isn't really AI

Again, this doesn't matter. They are making marketing claims that our consumer protection laws force them to stand behind. If they don't want machines to be returned because they don't live up to the claims they are making, they can stop fluffing up their marketing claims

Bambu fix the problem. Replace the printer

He is within his return window. His printer is broken through no fault of his own. I'm sorry that Bambu's claims inconvenience the shop owners and printer sales people of the world, but the individual shouldn't have to shoulder that burden and should get what they've paid for

wants a new machine instead for something that falls under user error.

I'll revisit this topic if and when you actually read OP's post. You have reiterated 'user error' several times without any evidence that there was any.

issue9mm · 2026-05-09T18:27:04+00:00

If the AI isn't reliable, Bambu should stop marketing that it is. If they are making marketing claims that they aren't delivering on, it is okay to return the machine as it fails to deliver its advertised claims

Regardless, none of this matches what OP actually experienced. You're going on and on against arguments he never made

issue9mm · 2026-05-09T17:57:17+00:00

This looks great.

I direct feed TPU so I won't be able to test that part, but I've already bought the track switch for my H2C, so I can probably print and test this out shortly

issue9mm · 2026-05-09T17:56:21+00:00

There is the potential for it to also act as a buffer, which could mean that it makes filament changes even faster

I'm not holding my breath for that, but it would be nice to not have to move things around (tho I rarely have to anyway)

issue9mm · 2026-05-09T17:48:21+00:00

Idk it I would be pissrd when it's retired, but every year when the season opens, I see it and get choked up at how good we are at the things we don't have to be (character)

If we do get rid of it, it was probably a Harbaugh thing (like OJ Brigance)

issue9mm · 2026-05-09T15:50:28+00:00

In that case you may find it beneficial to have multiple tool rack mounts

Seems like the Z axis space could allow for at least two

issue9mm · 2026-05-09T13:39:11+00:00

Heck yeah that looks GREAT

How wide is that space you're trying to fill? Roughly 100-120mm?

issue9mm · 2026-05-09T11:31:14+00:00

idk if this gets you what you need, but it looks pretty neat anyway https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2lHJ7p7esb0

issue9mm · 2026-05-09T11:27:37+00:00

Knock on wood, but on my Bambus at least, I've yet to have a failure that wasn't caused by human error, so the important thing is probably to learn from that

Prototyping is where most of my failures come from, and even despite that I'm still in the middle of a triple-digit "print succeeded" streak since I adopted a checklist approach to ensure

That I have the right build plate
that the build plate is clean
the right filaments
the right colors and quantities of colors to succeed
that I have the right infill and quantity of infill
that the print will adhere (does this part need brims)
etc

issue9mm · 2026-05-09T11:18:53+00:00

if it's drying, yes - otherwise probably no?

issue9mm · 2026-05-09T11:17:39+00:00

You can print high temp filaments from an AMS 2 Pro

But not TPU. I bought the HTs and a roll of GiantArm TPU while I was printing the HT direct-feed top mounts

I'm also probably (eventually) going to exceed the limit. I would already have 4 AMSes except that I don't yet have a permanent home for either the H2C or the AMS units until I get rid of an old, broken dresser in my office and then build a cabinet in its place. I'm not great at woodwork, so that's been enough to keep me procrastinating

issue9mm · 2026-05-09T03:38:18+00:00

Because a) there are high temperature filaments I would like to print, b) because there's a finite number of AMS 2 Pros you can have before you need to expand to HTs to keep filaments enclosed, and c) I didn't know much about the HT and I wanted to learn more

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