Getting very close to 500 printing hours on my p1s. Do i have to do any maintenance now or wait for the message ?
I don’t think there is a 500 hour maintenance alarm.
I clean my printer monthly. Since i print lots of ABS I do this maintenance monthly. With over 2200 hours of never breaking down.
This is the wiki for your printer.
https://wiki.bambulab.com/en/p1/maintenance/p1p-maintenance
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Thank you.
So far i print 90% pla and ive tried pteg asa tpu abs and glow in the dark once.
Do certain filament make the printer more dirty then others?
Yes ABS/ASA are known to leave a film inside your printer. It should cleaned monthly when printing with ABS.
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yeah, ABS leaves a heck of a film. I wonder why the cheap ABS does that, but in professional grade printers like Stratasys there’s no film created with ABS. I can run those for years with no film on the machines, while our Bambus it takes a week and the glass is FILTHY. I assume they have their filament dialed in to keep it clean.
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Wipe and tension the toothed belts from time to time, wipe the guide rods and check the lubrication of the threaded rods (clean them if necessary); you will then see how much dirt sticks to the respective parts. Adjust the maintenance interval accordingly. I don’t think there is a fixed plan based on any filament or its consumption. In this context, however, you should check the PTFE tubes if you often work with abrasive materials (such as CF-reinforced materials).
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Thanks for the info.
Im new to 3d printing and i want my printer to last !
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im lucky to have X1Cs also so when they say clean rods i do the P1Ss i have. that being said make it a monthly task to keep it tip top, doesn’t take long. I only print PLA and PLA/Silk so not as critical but i want them to last and thus far 12000 hours in across 6 there great.
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