The Everything 3D Printer Thread

[ER70S-2]

First time printing PA-CF and it looks pretty cool.



Some older benchies I keep to compare.



PA-CF, PLA, ABS, ASA, TPU

Nice. I just printed some functional parts with Fiberon PA12-CF and it was as easy as any other filament.

 

[KwikFab]

Nice. I just printed some functional parts with Fiberon PA12-CF and it was as easy as any other filament.

Was a bit hesitant on brand choice - I got Sunlu PA6-CF since all the PLA I use is by Sunlu and I've had nothing but great results.

The ABS, ASA, and TPU I use is all by Overture and it's never failed me either; prints extremely easy and very well.

I forget what brand PETG I tried once but it was absolutely terrible no matter what I printed or what settings I changed so I wrote it off completely. I'm betting it was a bad roll but I haven't found a reason to use PETG.

 

[draco_1967]

I love printing in PA6-GF from Bambu. Keep it dry (really dry!) and go slow, and the print quality is outstanding!

 

[ER70S-2]

Was a bit hesitant on brand choice - I got Sunlu PA6-CF since all the PLA I use is by Sunlu and I've had nothing but great results.

The ABS, ASA, and TPU I use is all by Overture and it's never failed me either; prints extremely easy and very well.

I forget what brand PETG I tried once but it was absolutely terrible no matter what I printed or what settings I changed so I wrote it off completely. I'm betting it was a bad roll but I haven't found a reason to use PETG.

Some filament is just weird. I have a roll of 95A TPU that printed like ****. It was so bad that the prints were unusable. I dried it for days and couldn't figure out what the problem was. I then decided to bump the dryer temp up 5 or 10 degrees over what is typically recommended for TPU and it printed beautifully, but I have to dry it very well every time I use it. It's much more finicky in terms or drying time and temp than the other TPUs I've used.

 

[KwikFab]

Some filament is just weird. I have a roll of 95A TPU that printed like ****. It was so bad that the prints were unusable. I dried it for days and couldn't figure out what the problem was. I then decided to bump the dryer temp up 5 or 10 degrees over what is typically recommended for TPU and it printed beautifully, but I have to dry it very well every time I use it. It's much more finicky in terms or drying time and temp than the other TPUs I've used.

Interesting.

I'll leave my TPU for weeks in my AMS HT (not drying or anything, I just let it sit) and it'll reach 30% humidity or so?

Still printed like normal without drying.



But yeah some filaments can be weird like PETG for me. Or at least that specific roll (maybe a bad batch?).

 

[burger]

Obviously, easy to design this yourself but there are already dozens of these already modeled in bambu's library and every other repository on the internet. I have printed a bunch of them. There are also some made for servicing the 4 piston brakes that let you just push out one piston at a time to clean them.

I didn't even think to check Maker World. I guess Solidworks is just my default solution!

 

[duneslider]

I didn't even think to check Maker World. I guess Solidworks is just my default solution!

I'm lazy, I always check first before I draw it myself. Really, I can never find my calipers to accurately measure stuff, so I check for drawings before I go looking for my calipers.

 

[ER70S-2]

I'm lazy, I always check first before I draw it myself. Really, I can never find my calipers to accurately measure stuff, so I check for drawings before I go looking for my calipers.

Every time I've downloaded an stl, I've spent more time fixing it than it would have taken to just design it from scratch

I rarely download for that reason.

 

[burger]

I'm lazy, I always check first before I draw it myself. Really, I can never find my calipers to accurately measure stuff, so I check for drawings before I go looking for my calipers.

i HAVE caps lock on apparently.

What I meant to say is that I have calipers and scales at my desk and a veritable metrology department in the garage.

I have so many hours logged in Solidworks that it's probably easier than searching for something pre-made.

 

[duneslider]

i HAVE caps lock on apparently.

What I meant to say is that I have calipers and scales at my desk and a veritable metrology department in the garage.

I have so many hours logged in Solidworks that it's probably easier than searching for something pre-made.

I'm an autodesk guy but my calipers follow me around from the home office, garage office, work office. Most of what I do is bigger picture than what a caliper measures. I should have more than one set but I am not using them all that often, so I just keep dragging them around and forgetting where I last used them. Its always a pain on a Friday night when I need them for something in the garage and realize I left them at the office...

So after a few days of printing garbage stuff on the new H2D, I wouldn't say quality is better than the P1S I have. I feel like it is maybe a little faster. Two color is WAY faster. Being able to print dedicated support material and a color is awesome. If you need the larger capacity its great, which I don't think I have ever printed anything that big so for me not sure it matters. I would say that I am now very interested in the dual head X2d to have at home. I don't see myself ever needing the size of the H2D. I am still impressed with how easy to use the bambu stuff is, you unbox it, plug it in, it does its own updates and calibration, and boom you are printing.