If you contact Chris at Kis3D there should be a 3D file he can send you to 3D print your own spacers. I used the ones he provided.
If it’s any consolation, I also wasn’t 100% certain on the correct procedure of the spacer install. It stayed untouched for a while, until I finally took the action.
Does anyone have the dimensions of the spacers? I bought another plate but this one didn’t come with them.
contact Chris@kis3d.de he’ll give you the file as well as specs
Edit: He got back to me with the spacer file!
I notice you mention printing with BronzeFill PLA, which is only mentioned a few times on the whole forum site. Have you had success printing with it? Any first layer issues?
The protopasta stuff prints beautifully. Probably one of the only times where I’ve printed a benchy and you can very clearly read every letter of the “3DBenchy” on the back.
I’ve been waiting for some downtime on my printer, to try a bunch of uncommon filaments. So, far… business keeps our only printer running PETG-HF. I’m hoping to try soon
Qjo, can you post a photo of the protopasta benchy?
I’m a little surprised to hear that. I am using ColorFabb’s Bronzefill—which I believe is quite similar—and have horrible first layer adhesion on my A1 mini. Prints fine on Prusa i3 though.
Did you have to futz with settings Qjo?
Oingo,
What plate did you use for the BronzeFill?
Did you use any hairspray, glue stick, blue tape, etc?
Did you use a generic Bambu PLA print setting?
Hi Dreko,
I have tried both Bambu’s Texted PEI Plate and the Smooth PEI Plate.
After some failures I did try glue. It didn’t help. Although… it was a funny “nanopolymer” glue I picked up at a RepRap booth.
I built a custom filament setting based off of ColorFabb’s custom Bronzefill X1C preset. So, temperatures and flow rate are adjusted according to them. Finally, I reduced printing speeds significantly—as low as 25 mm/s for the first layer. It has not helped. I can get more specific if you like.
What was your setup/settings?
Hmmmm
Aren’t you supposed to use PLA based plate and settings, and not PEI?
Is not PEI designed for PLA? I am talking about the default plate that came with the printer—although it is an A1, so maybe it differs from yours.
I do have the cool supertack plate. I could try that. But it seems like you’re suggesting some sort of plate without a coating, which as far as I know Bambu does not offer.
Edit: Also, you should be aware that using generic PLA settings for one of these metal-filled filaments is unlikely to work ever. Because metal powder-filled filaments, even PLA-based, require much slower printing speeds than Bambu’s generic settings.
Ah, your right, PEI is fine for PLA
I was thinking it was the best for PETG
Yes, on the custom settings. Lots of bronze powder, do you drop down the temps? or increase the cooling?
Oingo, I do have custom profiles. For the filament itself, I calibrated the flow rate and dynamics. Both came out fairly normal, so the regular generic profile should work decently. It’s possible you may have been trying to print too fast. I think I had my max volumetric speed set to 10, maybe 12. I can’t remember exactly. Definitely don’t attempt to print the preloaded benchy with this filament.
As for the print profile, I have everything slowed down a tad. I’m not too worried about speed.
Are you having trouble with all filaments on your mini? Or just this one?
Qjo, thanks for your input. I am printing very slowly with Bronzefill but it’s not making much difference. On the first layer I print at 25 mm/s, which is very slow. My max volumetric speed is 8, too. So, slow all around.
Most filaments print fine. I just ran a Bambu PLA Basic print with no issues. I do have occasional adhesion issues around the outer perimeters of the bed but I’m not sure it’s related. It’s only Bronzefill that really refuses to stick.
Hmmm. Try calibrating the filament. It’s possible it just needs more flow.
I will give it a shot. Thanks