Never seen a 3D printer up close - just ordered myself the X1-C Combo!

Howdy mates, Swedish newbie here. I am very happy to find my way here to the forum and fellow B-Lab mates. :smiley:
I have no prior knowledge nor experience of 3D printing whatsoever so it is with an equal mix of happy & fear I dive in to the rolls of filaments in the great company of you forummates. I looked around the threads a bit and you seem to be a very pleasant and helpful bunch of enthusiasts and I look forward to sharing my voyage of discovery with everyone :innocent:
Yesterday evening I noticed my piggybank might be heavy nouf to push down the buy button, and it did!
Almost had a stroke when I realized the prices was not the prices - my english sux so bad I did not know What VAT was - pun intended! (Yes I know, but you probably laugh on the inside :wink: Well it took an additional 3hrs before the buy button sunk down enough to close the circuit and pop up the pre-booked message. And it feels FANTASTIC!
I cant wait to unbox this magnificient toy and mess up a bunch of rolls of PetG :+1: :partying_face: :+1:

Speaking of recieving packages, has anyone here recently ordered their X1 C Combo living in Sweden or the hood? How long did it take for your Bambu Lab package to reach your doorstep?

Also if you have a tutorial to share of the Bambu Lab Studio software it would be great, and greatly appreciated! :smiley: :smiley: :smiley:

I look forward to your company friends!

May the force be with you,
/Silverbullit the Swede :melting_face:

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Hello and welcome.
I am glad that you jump right into the cold water and want to start with 3D printing.

However, it is not done with a very good printer and the Bambu Studio (slizer).
If you do not want to limit yourself to finished models, you still need a CAD software with which you can create the models at all.
I recommend the software Autocad Fusion 360, which is free for private users.
Fusion is quite easy to learn and there are hundreds of tutorials for it.

3D printing is really fun when you can realize your own ideas and not only limited to the ideas of others.

Try this link An In-Depth Look at Bambu Studio Slicer - YouTube for a slicer tutorial.

A few months old now but still useful.

What do you mean? You don’t like the printer nor the slicer?

Howdy, hello and Thank you mates! :smiley:

UPDATE!!! I just got the bill and paid my B-Lab x1 CC in full!!! (Even shipping and a can of Sprayglue in case sumthin breaks!)

Hey Jim-Knopf, what do you mean - ā€œit is not done with a very good printer and Bambu Studioā€?!?
Just payed 18k for the impressive thing, you mean it cant be done with the Bambu Lab printer mate? :cold_face:

Wanna print stuff from printables, thingables and those awesome downloadable stuffables! :melting_face: but you suggesting I cant print downloadable printfiles?

I ham very old, back in the early eighties I did the quick ed. in Architecture, 4yrs in 1 = 0% comprehension.
Back then we had this incredible boring software called AutoCad 1.0 that was beyond comprehensible for monotasking dual braincell guys like yours truly (Monotasking = if I thought before I spoke I would never get a word out.)
I have a vague memory uni paid a wheelbarrow full of dough to upgrade to 1.4 or sumthin?!? (Nope stuff was not updated instantly from the cloud back then, the cloud back then involved Thunder and praying to Thor.)

Mabe that pre-historic AutoCad is related to this AutoCad Fusion 360?
Hopefully this newish AF 360 is more intuitive? (A Classmate states until this day that he thinks of AutoCad 1.0 whenever he cant sleep and immediately passes out like Wifey bops him on the head with the baking pinroll. And I can dig that…)
You think an old dog can learn some basics in AF 360? holding my thumbs

I will look forward to you mates having my back when I’m unpacking the box and I am so happy that I have your guidance! :smiley: :smiley: :smiley: :smiley: :smiley:

I’ll keep you updated mates!

Hi SIlver, when u get the package just read the manual and you will be fine. They’ve set up very clear instructions. After you downloaded the Bambu software for your PC there is a home button that points to multiple guides to help you out.

Just a small comment on unboxing: Don’t try to take out the foam below the printing bed. You can remove it after the first calibration is done like the manual says. (I already started trying to peel it out a bit)

Also don’t be scared of the calibration it will make the printer vibrate so loud your gf might become jealous.

I’ll know how to handle my g/f!!!

Handling!

Aha!!! Thanks for the tip about the bed-foam! It mightve saved me a fumble! :smiley:

Oh and quick update as promised!!!
It’s been like hours since ordered - still hasnt arrived yet! :face_with_peeking_eye:

And I will be sure to check that manual out mate!!!

rolling my thumbs peeking outside @ my mailbox

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I meant that the Bambu printer is a very good printer.
I had probably expressed myself incorrectly, so that the translator has translated it wrong.
Yes, my English is not good either.

How did it all went? Got everything working yet?

Yes, thank you mate, I am up and running… well the printer is! (I’m slouching in the couch with popcorn watching it print!!!) :+1: :partying_face: :+1: