I think Bambu should do what they did at the start and made them number one. They made FDM printing cheaper, faster and better.
Now they should do the exact thing with a Metal printer. Im sure they could make a fantastic budget metal 3d Printer and bring it into their ecosystem. That’s what im waiting for. Forget about burning timber and cutting paper. I want metal 3D models.
Bambu never really went the cheaper route, there has always been much less expensive printers out there, what they have is a good balance of quality vs price, the X1C that put Bambu on the map cost me over 1500e at the time, it wasn’t cheap, but when you consider what it offered it was great value
i hope they do the same now, depending on what the R1 will offer im sure price point will be at xtool level, which is also not cheap
I do hope that I can get an IR or UV laser head and that we can then use the blue diode we already have for the H laser, let’s see, we are almost in September
I would love this! My two fav things ikea and bambu
Yes, been out there longer than Bambu has and many of the laser companies now. A diode laser was incorporated into the head of the CNC router so it could do laser work at the same time as the router was doing the milling, but was essentially a DIY project. High speed water cooled CNC has been around for at least a decade for home users, slapping a diode module on one is all it took, and since most at the time used a Ruida controller, Lightburn worked well with them. I have a Sherline CNC mill, uses the same G-Code as the 3D printers and its at least 20 years old.
I was able to enhance the posted image and it revealed what I’ve been waiting for since March 2025.
FINALLY! It’s happening.
Route the vent thru a large active carbon filter designed for a grow tent. If it can completely eliminate the smell of my cat’s litter box then it should have no problem with a little burn material.
Looks like the nozzle temp is too high and the print head too far up.. I do like the look of the new Lodge CI print bed..
Looks like you found a stray photo from bambu’s 2027 SLA printer.
Wow, I didn’t know DARPA allowed cameras in their labs!
If it is going to be a laser and paper cutter Bambu really needs to improve the cutter system and Bambu Suite. There is no way they are going to be successful with the way things are right now. They added the A2L which has the cutter attachment and everything is still the same, pretty awful. So I don’t know how they expect to get anywhere with a new laser/cutter device as things are currently. The recent Bambu Suite update didn’t seem to change anything.
Current lines of xTool machines are pretty plug and play, they arrive fairly well calibrated. I wish it’s the other way around but their app is also more intuitive than BambuSuite.
I agree. I don’t see the appeal of this laser when BambuSuite is such a crude and amateurish piece of software.
But is it going to be announced on September 1st?
I’m just waiting for the X3D and H3D, like aren’t they all 3d printers? Or are they just weird barbaric mini-ovens that use plastic instead of flour?
They only mentioned September.
As the others have mentioned it is unfortunately not possible since the process is inherently based on burning away material. If you wanted something that doesn’t produce smoke then a CNC router would work but they are loud and messy in their own way, and have significantly less resolution than a laser system. You could look at acid etching if you are doing metal engraving since that is a silent process, but then you’ll need to deal with chemicals and masking elements so there is always a tradeoff. Totally understand though, if they had a standalone system, like the R1 sat upon a downdraft table that went directly into a carbon filter system then that would be immense. I’d buy a laser cuter if it sat upon its own, integrated filtration system. But that easily doubles the price so it comes down to value proposition.
So you took an H2D’s laser module, and put it into your upcoming R1
We already have the H2D
That’s my personal opinion - I know some people see it differently - but I’ve never thought a laser module on a 3D printer was a good idea, because of the dust and burn residue that really gets everywhere. Having two separate devices definitely makes sense.
I have both an H2D and H2C, neither with the laser attachment for this exact reason. I’m interested in learning more about the R1’s capabilities.
It won’t be long now. Less than a week and we’ll find out what all this fuss is about and if it’s worth buying it.
