New to Bambu - X1 Carbon - PETG Printing

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I have found PETG to be quite a bit more challenging with the Bambu than with my prior printer. Not so much due to the printer. That felt like like going from a flint stone straight to an LED. In particular regarding precision, repeatibility and stiffness.
But the changes made to the filament to increase flow make overhangs and surfaces quite a challenge. Local warping in particular.

Still, with your experience you should be able to get there quite quickly :smiley:

  1. Well, I am sure there are beyond the basic wiki (Home | Bambu Lab Wiki). But the best experience is to take a design you are familiar with (like a Benchy), slice it and print it. Probably stick to the Basic PLA for the first print though :wink:. The pre-installed sample files were useful to me at the time, but people were having issues with them after the last (or second to last?) firmware update.
    There are loads of threads here regarding PETG and PETG-CF. I found this one (PETG Issues) quite helpful as it branches out but there are loads more. Some also have direct links to tested print profiles. Do not jump over the various PETG-CF threads. Can be rather helpful. There’s even a really nice thread on achieving maximum transparency with PETG (Transparent PETG Basic - Any tips?)

  2. I am sure that during your reading in the forum you’ll come across filament settings, print profiles, calibration (both Bambu Studio and Orca). Since you know what you are doing with PETG, you’ll get good results pretty quickly. However, the default Bambu filament fan settings do not seem to be so good. As for price: Question for the group. Why buy Bambu filament over Amazon vendors

  3. Actually, I had fewer problems with non-high speed PETG filaments. Additives changing thermal behaviour, Bambu fan speeds, etc. But that would somewhat defeat your intention of printing faster.

  4. Personally, I had lots of work in tuning. But I did not do advance reading :wink:. As a hobbyist, I also go for complex prints where the printer can take its time (overhangs, floating islands,…). Once the X-mass pressies are printed, I’ll take another run at PETG figurines. But with proper research in advance like you are doing :+1:. May also want to do a lit review on PETG properties as the CTE value’s I have found to date do not explain why it warps so much when compared to PLA.

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