Hi everyone. For someone who already own 3d printer for sometime and have tweaked an i3 style printer, I have to say Bambu Lab did a great job on delivering the speed, quality and price. It’s no doubt one of the best - absolute best 3d printer for anyone.
However after owning it for few days, I found some really baffling questions that I don’t seem I am able to find the answer to it for a very well thought product - engineering.
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X1C is equipped with LiDAR to inspect the first layer, but when using AMS, it doesn’t inspect the other filaments. Thus eventually calibrating flow rate / input shaping / pressure advance is better to be done before hand per filaments (eliminating almost the need of micro LiDAR) for purchases of the X1C AMS Combo (ofc except printing abrassive material and flexible material where AMS is not usable). The current AMS seems more suited for P1P where most people use it for different colors of PLA.
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X1C is shipped with 0.4mm nozzle (also without textured PEI) because of the interference of LiDAR with textured plate. Yet the X1C is meant to print engineering material such as PLA-CF, PAHT-CF, etc. However looking at the technical specs of 0.4mm nozzle, it’s not recommended to be used for carbon reinforced filaments (chunks of fibers). 0.6mm nozzle on the other hand have no limitations, thus why the X1C is shipped with 0.4mm nozzle and not 0.6mm nozzle? or at least the spare nozzle could have been in different size.
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Not entirely sure if the printer I am having is different to what other have. I noticed that the left side servo motor (viewed from front) is heating up more than the right side servo motor (did multiple re-tensioning, calibrations and different 3d printed models). Does anyone have the same issue? on some models, it’s too hot to touch while the other remains cool. I find it strange for a CoreXY kinematics where X and Y motions moved by using 2 motors.
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Sorry but the build plate variations is really confusing, especially between the engineering plate and the high temperature plate. It seems that both work well for engineering material, but which one to use (recommended) is not well stated.
Despite these questions, I still really love the printer X1C. I had doubts between the P1P and the X1C, but I cannot be hapier with the current choice (will almost certainly regret the P1P purchase if I had made it).