Hi all! I’m a new A1 user (and new to multi color printing in general). I have a few questions about swapping in a third party filament:
1). is there a list anywhere of which third party spools are compatible with the AMS Lite without requiring a custom spool hole adapter?
2). how exactly are the specifications entered for the third party filament in terms of temperature range, etc. Is that all primarily done in the slicer? I’m assuming if I try printing directly from the Handy app there might be issues identifying the filament and setting the right temperature?
3). does the A1 support having different filament vendors loaded with various temperature ranges set? Does the A1 automatically adjust the nozzle temperature based upon the color that is printing?
Some 3d party filaments work great using Bambu settings. If you save your RFID tags you can even tape those to 3d party spools or respool to not have to manually enter anything especially if you keep track of colors.
I think for the most part they’re right, the bambu setting will work well with 3rd party filaments. If not you can use the Generic PLA etc settings, adjust those as needed and save them.
You can use whatever brand you choose, if the spool is too big there are tons of adapters on MakerWorld.
You can change any parameter of a filament profile by clicking on the box beside the name/color in Studio.
1.) all cardboard spools seem to work just fine with the AMS. So far I did not need an adapter fpr those spools. Some Sunlu and every Geeetech/Giantarm spool requires one (at least for the filament I used). Especially the Giantarm spools have a quite big hole and even the adapter I printed and which works well with other brands (Anycubic or older eSUN spools) are not big enough and the spool tends to slip from the AMS.
2.) You can create a profile for each filament with nozzle and bed temperature.
3.) Yes, the slicers takes care of different filament settings regarding nozzle temparature and generates the gcode in the file accordingliy.
I think that depends on the use profile. If you aren’t doing much multicolor and filament usually loads and then runs a long time that may be true.
Where the issues come is apparently from lots of filament retractions where the spool is driven by the rim. People have reported the rim getting chewed up and not being driven properly.
Yeah, my mistake. That should have been ‘AMS lite’ instead of ‘AMS’ as the A1 does not use the AMS. You don’t have the issue you describe with the AMS lite.