The video is helpful. It should not do that. 3 questions.
Did you make a nice cut on the end of the filimanet before inserting it? Sometimes the first inch or so is misshapen, bent or has tape residue and doesn’t feed well.
Have you tried using a different slot on the ams? Suggest using slot 1.
Have you loaded the filament manually as described in the post? This will tell you if you have a printer or ams problem.
Yes, I cut the first inch that had the tape residue.
I started with slot 1, then 3 and now 2. It did manage to load and print something twice yesterday (2 of many attempts)
I haven’t tried not using the AMS yet. I can see the filament traveling all the way to the extruder and “bouncing” there. I can give that a try if it will help diagnose the problem.
I think it will be more expeditious for the community to help diagnose what is going on if you can set the AMS aside for the moment and focus on getting the Bambu up and running first. FWIW I came from using 4 Raise3D printers to using the Bambu X1C. My first two weeks was horrific and I was convinced I made a horrible mistake. In retrospect, it was 70% me overcompensating for things that I had to constantly watch for in my Raise3D printers and 30% Bambu being a little too smart, but also not absolutely clear on everything out of the box…like your silica incident. That being said, their wiki is top notch and I do believe that this community is shaping up to be solid too. So, stay focused and we’ll get you up an running!
PS…now I have 2 X1Cs that both have nearly 750 hours of printing on them each. My Raise printers are gathering dust!
For future reference, you don’t need to disconnect the black side when moving to a single spool print, just that blue side. Don’t risk adding more friction. Also, congratulations! Sounds like the next task will be dealing with the AMS. Maybe take the win for a few prints though before you dive into that one. Your experience is exactly why I waited to get the AMS for a few months.
For the AMS issue, check the first couple of inches of filament to make sure it’s pristine without any wear, dents or bulges: all things that can get it stuck. Cut if it’s the case.
So I got a P1S combo not a X1C, but the part of the instructions rhat tells you to use the filament they gave you with the AMS first, to make sure that the printer is working before you freestyle with your own filament, should be in giant letters bolded etc.
They only say that as a disclaimer to avoid people digging up a 10 year old spool from a dumpster and then claim the printer’s not working as intended. Happens all the time.
For the price we pay, a full roll instead of a 1/4 roll as your first wouldnt go astray.
I burnt through those included rolls in the combo in a few hours and my other accessories\bambu extra filamentr was days away… I ended up going somewhere local, spending 5x the price on 1 roll, (non bambu) to keep printing. As their extra filament and stuff always ships separtely to the printer (even if purchased in the same order) so a full roll wouldnt kill them to include. Maybe even ditch the support and\or CF for intial users, just IMHO - everyone has one
Your right, good point - Black is always good I even hard that you do in fact get whatever is available in that country, some people get green, some orange etc.
Ok, I’ve got this very same issue. The I unit works fine when feed from the external spool, which is how I’m using it for now. The AMS will feed all the way to my tool head and still give the error. Nothing is in the path of the filament, I’ve checked. I can see the filament load all the way into the tool head, it just seems like the sensor isn’t seeing it or the extruder isn’t grabbing it. I have not taken the head apart yet, because it works fine from an external load. I’ve run ASA, PLA, and TPU through it with no issues. It won’t load from the AMS for some reason. The AMS has been working fine attached to my other X1C, before any of you asks that lol. It doesn’t matter what slot I tried to load from it just doesn’t work for some reason. I just got this unit a few weeks ago and with the holidays and my work schedule I probably won’t be trying to fix it until after the new year starts, but any ideas would help.