Bambu X1

Rilot · 12 Jun 2022 at 11:12

I've been reading a lot about this machine and it looks utterly amazing. It's a kickstarter at the moment but they have sent out a large number of review units already.
All of the senior management team are ex-DJI.

Bambu Lab X1: CoreXY Color 3D Printer with Lidar and AI

www.kickstarter.com

Key features are:

Multi material
Lidar scanning of the bed to do things such as automatic pressure advance calculation, first layer check etc.
Extremely fast (500mm/sec and 20mm/sec^-2)
Heated chamber

I've backed it and I'll let you know what it's like once (if) it turns up.

Rilot · 12 Jun 2022 at 13:50

Well, we’ll see. I tend to back a fair few things on Kickstarter and I agree, it’s not really using the platform in good faith.

Rilot · 12 Jun 2022 at 18:04

bulb66 said:
Did you go for the X1 Carbon with AMS?

Yes.
I have a ToolChanger at the moment as one of my machines but it's a right faff to get it printing right and it constantly goes out of whack, requiring re-calibration.
Hoping this will be better.

Rilot · 1 Jul 2022 at 09:11

Well, Kickstarter ended yesterday and I paid my pledge. Hopefully this ends up being as good as I think it will be.

Rilot · 14 Jul 2022 at 14:35

bulb66 said:
They are using a fork of PrusaSlicer actually and they haven't actually released the source as required by the license.

Releasing to Git tomorrow.

Rilot · 14 Aug 2022 at 09:20

It’s on the boat along with many of the EU and UK orders. There was a delay getting CE and UKCA approval so the delivery is likely in September now.

Rilot · 26 Sep 2022 at 14:35

It will be with me tomorrow

Rilot · 26 Sep 2022 at 16:10

bulb66 said:
Will be interested in your thoughts, I think it does look a great printer but it just takes away the tinkering aspect which is what I enjoy the most.

I enjoy tinkering too, hence I won't be getting rid of either my large CoreXY or my tool changer. The Bambu is replacing a bedslinger that I built based on a Prusa Bear years ago.

Rilot · 29 Sep 2022 at 09:14

Yeah, so I might have been a little premature. Happens to us all at some point in our lives.
The label has been printed but the shipment hasn't been handed over to DPD from the local warehouse yet. Maybe tomorrow.

Rilot · 4 Oct 2022 at 08:28

Scougar said:
Any news yet?

Well, it looks like DPD may have "lost" it..........
Bambu are sorting.

Rilot · 31 Oct 2022 at 14:47

It is finally being delivered tomorrow. They sent me one from the EU instead of me having to wait for restock in the UK.

Rilot · 1 Nov 2022 at 19:55

This thing is beautiful.

Rilot · 1 Nov 2022 at 20:08

Benchy is first of course.

Rilot · 1 Nov 2022 at 20:18

Holy ****

Rilot · 1 Nov 2022 at 20:29

Rilot · 1 Nov 2022 at 20:38

Good benchy. 24mins from start to finish.

Rilot · 2 Nov 2022 at 15:49

Yeah, and 5 minutes of that was the heat up and calibration. The actual print only took 17 minutes.

Rilot · 3 Nov 2022 at 08:15

Yeah, the coloir change does waste a lot of filament. It's the same with any machine that uses a single nozzle for multiple colours / materials. If you want less waste then you need a toolchanger or an IDEX.
I have a Toolchanger and it's great when it works. Pain in the ass to deal with though.

My main reason for having this though is not multi-colour prints. It's to have 4 different filaments loaded and being able to choose at the time I send the print job what to print it with rather than having to go and unload / load filiament.
At the moment I've got it loaded with PLA, PETG, ASA, and soluable support material. I think that's what it will be set up with going forwards.

Rilot · 7 Nov 2022 at 18:54

Tough one. I still use my large CoreXY even though I have the X1. The X1 still has a relatively limiting build volume compared to a Voron 2.4 or Ratrig V-Core for example.
I'm still using my Toolchanger too because it wastes almost no filament when changing materials.

However, having printed a bunch of stuff on the X1 over the last week it's now my go-to machine. It's just so damned fast and reliable. Send the job, wait a while, get the thing. Quality is excellent too.

One thing I will say though is get the high-temp plate. The cool-plate is fine but you have to use glue stick on it or the prints adhere to it too well. I switched to the high-temp plate and haven't had to use stick at all. I've printed PLA, ASA, and ABS on it so far with no issues whatsoever and no tweaking of the default Bambu Studio profiles. Just slice and go.

Rilot · 8 Nov 2022 at 14:04

I'm considering replacing my large CoreXY (which is a ******* child of a BLV Cube and a Ratrig V-Core) with a Voron. It's a pity the Voron uses MGN9 rails rather than 12s because the ones in my CoreXY are well pricy Hiwin items.