Bambu-Labs X1C

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Afternoon,

Just pulled the trigger on a Bambu X1C with AMS, moving from the ender 3 S1 Pro. Hopefully its a nice upgrade as has lots of good features. Anyone have this printer? any tips and tricks or first things i should get ?.

I have already got the STL for the waste chute .

Thanks :)
 
I'm waiting to see what the new model is going to do
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someone who works at a printing factory apparently leaked the above image, and the other is a patent they filed recently, looks like it's for faster colour switching
kinda looks like it has dual extruders in the photo too
every model they have is on sale because a new model is probably coming out very soon.


X1C will still be a good buy though, I was really tempted to get one a few days ago, but I know I would use it so less anyway I might as well wait.
 
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btw if you want something decorative you can print photos with this paid software £20
I've seen loads of examples on reddit that look awesome
 
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Im coming from an s1 pro, Man does that printer take a lot of tinkering. The amound of failed prints at the beginning and still going on now i was sure i would give up on 3d printing. The X1C i have read great reviews, Obviously there will be the odd few with issues. It arrives today and i can not wait to see the difference and hoping to bring my joy back to the printing!
 

I did that mod and it's far better than the stock nozzle wipe IMO.
 
Small observation/point of note. Why does most of the BBL community feel the need to slap a massive BBL logo on everything they design.

It's borderline sycophantic.
 
Made the nozzle brush and the https://makerworld.com/en/models/534771#profileId-451756 , The beads should arrive friday. I have to say, Unlike my ender 3 i dont have to touch this thing to get a good print, its been flat out since i got it and its not had 1 fail at all yet. Its night and day.

I know the ender 3 is a tinker model even the s1 pro i had so i cant hold it against them. Excited to see what Bambu make next, a 350 bed like the k2 would be a nice jump.

Merry Christmas :)
 
Small observation/point of note. Why does most of the BBL community feel the need to slap a massive BBL logo on everything they design.

It's borderline sycophantic.
There's a thread on the bbl forum discussing this very thing lol. Maybe some people enjoy putting a bit of intricate detailing on their stuff and the most obvious thing to try is the logo.


I'm also absolutely loving my x1c. I've done a coffee distribution tool that's more a sharp fidget spinner than anything else, some multiboard stuff and currently prototyping some outdoor chair slidey-mechanism-holder things that will eventually get made from one of the tougher filaments once I get all the bits right.

The only thing I've done to my printer is put a paving slab under it for vibration damping (and some closed cell foam under that for good luck). I had a tiny bit of stringing on my first print but I now keep the door open with PLA. Between the slab and door I don't know which fixed it but everything has worked.


Public service announcement though: if you're using the bambu filament samples, be careful when they run out, the green sample that came with mine was taped at the end and when it finished, the tape ripped off with a bit of cardboard and was flapping about loose in the AMS, spooling in and out. The AMS didn't give me an error I just heard the print had stopped and went to check. I had to then reach in and grab the end with the tape to stop it getting pulled into the AMS and put the print on pause so I could snip it off and change. I am now the proud owner of a two colour green/white poop chute but it could have been worse if the tape got jammed in the AMS. I'm tempted to respool the rest of the filament just to be safe (obviously with a printed spooler because this hobby is absolutely mint)
 
There's a thread on the bbl forum discussing this very thing lol. Maybe some people enjoy putting a bit of intricate detailing on their stuff and the most obvious thing to try is the logo.


I'm also absolutely loving my x1c. I've done a coffee distribution tool that's more a sharp fidget spinner than anything else, some multiboard stuff and currently prototyping some outdoor chair slidey-mechanism-holder things that will eventually get made from one of the tougher filaments once I get all the bits right.

The only thing I've done to my printer is put a paving slab under it for vibration damping (and some closed cell foam under that for good luck). I had a tiny bit of stringing on my first print but I now keep the door open with PLA. Between the slab and door I don't know which fixed it but everything has worked.


Public service announcement though: if you're using the bambu filament samples, be careful when they run out, the green sample that came with mine was taped at the end and when it finished, the tape ripped off with a bit of cardboard and was flapping about loose in the AMS, spooling in and out. The AMS didn't give me an error I just heard the print had stopped and went to check. I had to then reach in and grab the end with the tape to stop it getting pulled into the AMS and put the print on pause so I could snip it off and change. I am now the proud owner of a two colour green/white poop chute but it could have been worse if the tape got jammed in the AMS. I'm tempted to respool the rest of the filament just to be safe (obviously with a printed spooler because this hobby is absolutely mint)
already felt this one!, Green ran out and the cardboard was luckily floating near my ams feed
 
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