I still think an inkjet style resin printer will be the end game for color, accuracy and speed. Imagine a 3d photo realistic print of a full wedding chapel or class picture. Thats a business in a box.
Cuts out the washing and curing because the whole chamber would be hit with UV light and no overspray or waste. Enclosed with good filtration and 4 color cartridges
Excellent point you make. However, more or less âsprayingâ tiny plastic balls in a highly controlled and precise way seems like a completely different kind of technology than the rep-rap weâre all familiar with. As reported earlier in this thread in a FauxHammer youtube, Stratasys already has the IP and the machines that can do it. Quite possibly Prusa has zero in that department, and so Prusaâs only hope of competing is with filament based FDM. Quite possibly the same is true of the usual China 3D printer makers.
Which could lead to a kind of paradox in that the companies which have the technology to do the inkjet 3d printing are also the ones which seem to have little to no interest in the hobbiest, i.e. âeverymanâ, market. At least so far, that would be a true statement, right? So maybe inkjet 3d printing never actually comes to our market? Or maybe not for a long time. I mean didnât Stratasys buy makerbot for a fortune and then essentially exit the hobbiest 3d printing business entirely even though it was poised to go after the hobbiest market, if it had wanted to. On the other hand, nothing stops them from changing their mind yet again. A lot of time has passed. Itâs a bigger, more developed market now than it was then, for instance. Maybe itâs now big enough that they would find it worthwhile to at least launch some plastic âinkjetâ test products (perhaps call it plasticJet?) and see what kind of market uptake they get.
Yeah, I just wish there could be a Bambu Lab version of the old Monoprice Delta Mini and pro. I used to have the MP Delta mini and it was so cool.
Yeah that sounds like the ultimate idea. A good step in that direction is to make it easier to swap out colors. Instead of draining the entire tank, I want to have a system where you load in a canister and lasers out the material in a way like an fdm printer. Then you can press unload and it will purge the small amount of resin used back into the bottle. The bottle unlocks and you can quick swap it.
Should I buy P1S now or wait for new equipment from Bambu? This Centuri looks interesting, but it will only be available in June/July and I donât have a printer and it will be my first printer. How do you advise?
P1S is an excellent printer(was my first)
Bambu does have the best user experience. Iâve got other printers that print just as nice, but not nearly as impressive of a user experience for a newbie, such as I was when I purchased it.
What is your budget and what are the features you want? How quickly do you need a printer?
my budget is not strict, if I have to buy something better that will serve me longer, is proven and reliable, I can pay extra. âA poor person canât afford cheap thingsâ I prefer to buy expensive things once than to buy cheap things twice or thrice. I was still wondering between A1, but first of all, my priority is AMS, I feel that I wonât be able to live without it, even if I donât print in color, I can use four containers of one color and not have to worry about running out of âfuelâ for printing. The second priority is the multitude of use of filaments, at the moment I donât know if it will be only petg, pla or maybe abs, I want to print, toys, key rings and things such as bicycle and car holders, etc. Everything will come out over time.
I would like to buy it now, but if the new printers will be available in a week, two or a month and they will introduce 3D printing to a new level, I will wait, but if these are only cosmetic changes, I think I can learn a lot in a month.
Please be aware that if you intend to use Bambu filament, they are having issues with tape at the end of the spool. This will prevent the automatic changing of spools in the AMS⌠There is a part you can print out that has said to solve this problem.
Itâs a long post but itâs info you need to know if using Bambu filaments.
Ok, Iâm answering both questions here. If price isnât an issue, I would go with the P1 combo or even the X1C. However, I donât have those printers because Iâm poor. I have the A1 mini and the A1 combo, and I have had not had any issues with 1,000+ print hours between the two of them. The only maintenance I did was getting a hardened steel nozzle and lubricating it when it says to. I love my printers because it is pretty hands off. Itâs just slice, send, print, remove, and repeat. Honestly, You wont go wrong with any BBL printer you get.
I just thought of something before I went to sleep last night, and I want an opinion on this. What if BBL released the A1 Mini Carbon. It would have the same print volume, head, extruder, but it is a Core XY version that is enclosed. It would be cheaper than the X and P series and would be a good starter printer with all of the fun features that enclosed printers have. What do you think?
I bet that if I place my order now, tomorrow morning they will announce a brand new hot cheap model or drop the price for the printer I just ordered.
Like a Voron V0? I am not completely sold on that idea
It would be bigger, of course. 180mm instead of 120mm.It could be cross compatible with the AMS Lite and the regular AMS.
If thatâs true I will pay for the order that makes is so 
I forgot how tiny was the V0 
My issue is just that I donât see the market for that kind of entry level. Newcomers traditionally like cheap bedslingers and the A1 mini was a neat perfect idea for that segment. A corexy would be at least 250/300 bucks Iâd say, with the complexity of the mini core mechanics.
We can make a âRefund Botolo for the sacrificeâ pool
The A1 mini costs around that price range already.
Apologizes, I was thinking in EuroBucks and it should be around 199 euros or something like that