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Re: Bambu Lab A1 Mini

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Post by iancmceachern »

function_seven wrote: post #130
iancmceachern wrote: post #127

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Yes, apparently there are places where you can buy the tags. Here us a good thread on the whole thing: https://github.com/Bambu-Research-Group/RFID-Tag-Guide

Thanks for that link. It’s cool that people are hacking on this thing. But my question should have ended with “from Bambu?” This sentence from your link… > Since we don't know how Bambulab will react on this guide and the general reverse engineering of the tags: Please don't share you tag's UID and the related keys for now. …means the answer is “no”. That the RFID system is meant to drive sales of their own inkjet ca…

That sentence does not mean that.

That sentence means, we (the hackers) have no idea what BambuLab (the company that makes this printer) is going to do in the future, so please don't do things that would help them make it harder for us to hack these RFIDs in the future.

Yes, but what ink jet printer did you buy?

In this case, this printer prints 4x as fast with 2x the quality of all the competitors on the market. Would you then still not buy it based in this theoretical, hypothetical, future con?

Re: Bambu Lab A1 Mini

#132

Post by function_seven »

iancmceachern wrote: post #131
function_seven wrote: post #130

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Thanks for that link. It’s cool that people are hacking on this thing. But my question should have ended with “from Bambu?” This sentence from your link… > Since we don't know how Bambulab will react on this guide and the general reverse engineering of the tags: Please don't share you tag's UID and the related keys for now. …means the answer is “no”. That the RFID system is meant to drive sales of their own inkjet ca…

That sentence does not mean that. That sentence means, we (the hackers) have no idea what BambuLab (the company that makes this printer) is going to do in the future, so please don't do things that would help them make it harder for us to hack these RFIDs in the future. Yes, but what ink jet printer did you buy? In this case, this printer prints 4x as fast with 2x the quality of all the competitors on the market. Wou…

My interpretation of that quoted sentence is the same as yours. That’s my point. The RFID system is a kind of vendor lock-in, and I don’t go for that.

If the RFID system was truly meant to improve the user experience, Bambu would offer it to other filament producers to make it a standard, and really make it useful to the user.

I gave up on consumer inkjet printers because they all seem to be wildly expensive on the consumables. I have a Brother laser now that is still using the same toner it came with 10 years ago. I do not have an account with brother.com.

I know this printer is bad-ass, technically. If that was something I needed to optimize for, I would probably hold my nose and get one. I might actually still do that!

But for now, my existing Monoprice printer still works, and it respects me as a user.

Re: Bambu Lab A1 Mini

#133

Post by iancmceachern »

function_seven wrote: post #132
iancmceachern wrote: post #131

Earlier quoted context omitted.

That sentence does not mean that. That sentence means, we (the hackers) have no idea what BambuLab (the company that makes this printer) is going to do in the future, so please don't do things that would help them make it harder for us to hack these RFIDs in the future. Yes, but what ink jet printer did you buy? In this case, this printer prints 4x as fast with 2x the quality of all the competitors on the market. Wou…

My interpretation of that quoted sentence is the same as yours. That’s my point. The RFID system is a kind of vendor lock-in, and I don’t go for that. If the RFID system was truly meant to improve the user experience, Bambu would offer it to other filament producers to make it a standard, and really make it useful to the user. I gave up on consumer inkjet printers because they all seem to be wildly expensive on the c…

It's not. You are misinformed and clearly have not used one personally.

I have one you do not need the rfid to load filament.

There is a hole on the back of the printer, you put filament in it just like any other printer and then tell it what you have.

It doesn't even have a rfid reader back there.

That's in the case you don't want to use the AMS. If you do want to use the AMS it's similar. Open AMS, put filament in, push it into hole, select what filament it is on the touchscreen. If the filament happens to have an rfid tag, you don't need to do the last step. That's all.

I have 4 bambu labs rfid enabled spools loaded now, 4 spools from matter hackers without rfid in my second AMS right now, works great.

Re: Bambu Lab A1 Mini

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Post by plumeria »

sottol wrote: post #18
MBCook wrote: post #8

Has anyone figured out how to do multicolor printing without having to make massive waste blocks yet?

The probably current best solution are "dueling toolheads" or IDEX where you basically have two gantries [1] or toolchangers [2,3]. Both trade-off less waste for substantially added cost and complexity. [1] https://github.com/zruncho3d/DuelingZero [2] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1WqDcpxC3-o , https://github.com/ankurv2k6/wp-daksh-toolchanger [3] https://www.prusa3d.com/product/original-prusa-xl-2/ , https://www.y…

The Swapper3D is another toolchanger approach that eliminates filament waste (and requires less print time) by swapping nozzles [0]

[0] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=olXqJadb6BM

Re: Bambu Lab A1 Mini

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Post by carterschonwald »

pplante wrote: post #14
carterschonwald wrote: post #2

I honestly want to use the ams lite with my bambu x1c because it’ll be so much easier to use third party filament in a multi material setup. But I suspect that’s not gonna be an option

I had the same exact thought. I have been using a lot of Overture PETG which comes on cardboard spools. I found some printable wheel attachments that help solve some issues. But occasionally I find that the spools get tangled when retracting.

Have you looked into the hydra mod for the ams? It seems like a lot of folks use it. I’m debating printing it myself or ordering a print from matter hackers.

Re: Bambu Lab A1 Mini

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Post by function_seven »

iancmceachern wrote: post #133
function_seven wrote: post #132

Earlier quoted context omitted.

My interpretation of that quoted sentence is the same as yours. That’s my point. The RFID system is a kind of vendor lock-in, and I don’t go for that. If the RFID system was truly meant to improve the user experience, Bambu would offer it to other filament producers to make it a standard, and really make it useful to the user. I gave up on consumer inkjet printers because they all seem to be wildly expensive on the c…

It's not. You are misinformed and clearly have not used one personally. I have one you do not need the rfid to load filament. There is a hole on the back of the printer, you put filament in it just like any other printer and then tell it what you have. It doesn't even have a rfid reader back there. That's in the case you don't want to use the AMS. If you do want to use the AMS it's similar. Open AMS, put filament in,…

OK I guess I’m not making myself clear. I am not under the impression that the RFID is required for the printer to accept filament. I understand that it’s a nice-to-have feature that makes it seamless to swap things out without punching a bunch of buttons.

You know what would make it even better? If those RFID tags were available to filament makers. This would improve the user experience.

Re: Bambu Lab A1 Mini

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Post by madarco »

iancmceachern wrote: post #124
javawizard wrote: post #70

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> Multicolor is not something you actually use often and is horribly slow Let's get the straw man out of the way: "multicolor" is not the only use for printing with multiple filaments. I own an X1C. I print with breakaway support filament all the time. It's a total game changer. And since only two filament changes are required for each layer that has a support interface, the time it adds to a print is negligible. The…

Exactly. And for me, it's a huge time saver to not have to manually change filaments between prints, or changing over to a new role of the sake filament mid print. There are lots of reasons the AMS is a huge time saver that don't involve multi material printing.

copy on that! I often use the "print by object" feature, and it's super useful being able to print each object in a different color with no color changing

Re: Bambu Lab A1 Mini

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Post by snapplebobapple »

function_seven wrote: post #4

EDIT: After some more poking around, I’m finding out that the cloud features of this thing are pretty integral to the experience. This thing looks nice, but the enshittification scaffolding is too much. I knew the price was too good. ORIGINAL COMMENT: Wow, I've been out of the 3D printing world for a bit. I have a Monoprice Maker Ultimate (Wanhao D6, rebadged) that has a slightly larger build area, but otherwise it's…

You perfectly captured how i feel about my firestick hd.its great, bht the enshitification scaffolding is too much. Charge me 20 dollars more and throw vanilla lineageos on there and you have my business all day, as it stands i want my money back.

Re: Bambu Lab A1 Mini

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Post by 2muchcoffeeman »

Philpax wrote: post #108
2muchcoffeeman wrote: post #69

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What can’t be found in an open source project? AI first layer inspection and lidar? I’m not an enthusiast either, I wanted to produce my own CAD designs. And I understand not wanting to tinker with the printer. I also don’t care about that shit. But I also appreciated that I could just order parts from where ever or even print my own upgrades. I also agree that any decent printer before the Bambuu was expensive. Bamb…

> What can’t be found in an open source project? AI first layer inspection and lidar? Not having to fuck around to assemble and use your printer. I had the spare time and patience to maintain my printer during my university years - but now I really just want something that works out of the box, all the time, every time. I love open-source hardware, but only in places where having to maintain it myself isn’t burdensom…

You can buy a preassembled Prusa, Lulzbot, Vorons.

Prusas and Lulzbot work great out of the box. They are expensive though.

Re: Bambu Lab A1 Mini

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Post by bmitc »

margor wrote: post #82
bmitc wrote: post #65

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Were there some particular updates recently? Thanks for the heads up. I'll look into this again.

yes, they do seem to improve LAN support in subsequent updates, see[0] for example 1.7.0 release notes where they added camera stream to LAN Only mode as well [0] https://github.com/bambulab/BambuStudio/releases/tag/v01.07....

Thanks so much for the extra detail! That's great news about them finally adding support for the camera.
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