I have joined the world of 3d printing

[Ace Modder]

Hey.

I bought my wife a 3D printer for xmas, the bambu lab A1 mini, she does a lot of craft stuff and this makes natural sense. She already has a cricut machine, so this is the next natural progression.

Anyway, I have used it as much as her, so I bought myself the bigger bambu labs A1 and that arrived yesterday, so far I'm printing the top mount arm for the AMS lite system (both our A1 mini and A1 has the AMS lite).

I feel rather addicted to it, I'm just printing stuff for the printers at the moment.

 

[Ace Modder]

Here are our 2 printers.

The A1 mini - you can see I have already printed some drawers for under the printer here

And the bigger A1.

For the A1 my area of my office for it is not big enough for both the printer and the AMS, so I'm 75% through the printing of the top mount as mentioned in my first post, should be finished around 11pm.

The AMS lite is just on a plank of wood rest under a heavy duty cutting board from IKEA, just so the AMS is close enough to the printer, but later I will remove the plank and mount the AMS on top, you can see half of the mount is already printed and installed on the top.

I may have also received delivery of a load more filaments aswell today.

 

[Ace Modder]

Yeah, finally finished the top mount and fitted it all this morning.

A few nice little extras I printed for the printer, first a poop tray in the above image.

Cable clip to hold the cable coming out the right side better.

Top clip to hold the USB/power/data cable away from the print head

Spring tensioners to ensure the USB cable does not get over extended

A bracket to hold the tubing from the AMS to the head is in a safe position.

 

[Ace Modder]

Looking good. I've just finished and installed an enclosure for the AMS. That took about 40 hours printing over several days and almost 1Kg of filament

Funny you say that. Is it this one? https://makerworld.com/en/models/486153?from=search#profileId-584752

I've just started this print myself. Already got the sensors for temp and moisture sat on my desk waiting for the printing to be done.

 

[Ace Modder]

I bought a P1S in the run up to Black Friday, 3D printing addiction is definitely a problem.

I’ve done a 1.1mx1.1m tool wall using the multi board system. It’s not finished yet but it’s looking quite impressive.

I’ve just also acquired a IKEA BROR workbench with draws so I’ll be breaking out the gridfinity system for that shortly.

I’m also going to break out some PETG and ABS to have a go with on some bits that would benefit from more strength.

I think I’ve got about 30 reels of filament in stock now

Can never have enough plastic. Let's ignore Greta!

 

[Ace Modder]

I've just discovered swap mod for the a1 mini. Oh dear

You talking about the automated plate removal and insert of new plate on the A1 mini?