Damn American/European educated commies taking all my freedom dollars, Taiwan becoming a leader in semiconductor production…this is all fall out from WW2. It was China’s plan all along to dig money out of my pockets. But on a real note China’s goverment invested in a fishing town and turned it into a world leader in consumer electronics. (Shenzhen) I will do my best to support Bambu’s mission.
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I agree that they need to focus on support. The amount of products they are making, to me, means they can hire people. If not, they need to outsource to a 3rd party or maybe have it done in austin. Theyve established the chinese method of support which is the one thing holding them back at this point. You have to care about previous customers too. Otherwise they arent repeat customers.
@maruccimike60 They definately got handed a good start on production growth and education. Lets hope they use the power wisely so we dont end up with a ww3. Communism is becoming sexy again.
Bambu is struggling to make a 250mm bed flat, what makes you think they will be able to make a bigger one reliably?
Bambu “made” you buy a bigger printer but you are already expecting they won’t be able to match the quality (lol) of a Bambu printer. Your statements make no sense.
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@RMB
Im guessing because he needed a larger bed and Bambu didnt make one yet. Just a guess.
I’m guessing either you got a bad unit or don’t own a Bambu printer.
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Had to think of you today. Like you 
On one of my Ender S1 Pro was standard maintenance today - unclip the cable on the exdruder units top, loosen 4 easily accessible screws on the side, put in a new exdruder head for 45 USD (with a new auto level, new fan, new nozzle etc… everything replaced in 15 seconds). z offest adjust and after 60 seconds off to the next 1000 hours. “At least how it felt to me” **. The whole thing is in a against fire protected corner. So just in case, they can burn down the relaxed way…
** With the lightning thought of the X1C purchasing - we’ll see. So far I’m very happy with Bambulab. To quickly screw on a complete print head without having to fiddle with it is nice - Just changing the nozzle quickly as on the A1 isn’t enough for me… That was just a very small step in the right direction.
Google trends search for beginner printer - hardly worth mentioning nothing.
Semi Pro 3D Printer YouTube videos on non-3D printer Semi-professional and professional channels with people with crafting experience overtaking quickly or not?
Shortage of skilled workers, covid pandemic, Ukraine war, Chinese heat wave with lower production this year, Companies that prefer to sell new and disconnect the spare parts or charge a lot for spare parts… all supply chain shortages. I think the semi-professional X1C came at exactly the right moment.
We’ll see about it with the A1. It’s just my view of things and it doesn’t always have to be right.
Bed plates sag, a lot of people are right about that, but what the heck - it’s still for plastic parts… And if it comes to that, I’ll quickly do a cross-cut on the printout. With a hand file, 3 or 4 moves and you’re done…
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I printed a single color Halloween bowl that looks like a skull, for the wifey recently. On a cr10s pro v2 (modded with a stealthyswiss setup) that took 6 days lol. Its crazy how fast we adjust to new tech. The cr10 felt so slow. Ill probably always keep stuff like that around to tinker on/mod though. Theyre like the old school nokia phones that had a million accessories. Im also hoping the voron team has something in store for us.
Anyway, Today im printing a 4 Color college football helmet for a coworker. Takes up the whole bed kn the x1c and should be a 4 to 6 day print whenever ut finishes splicing. Spliced it on a laptop instead of the pc. wasnt thinking.
Edit: Got the bambu print down to 3 days by adjusting purge and speed a bit
Almost forgot to say that the print failed on day 4.5. Some support for the cheak bone failed on day 1. Nastalgia I guess lol
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Hi StreetSports,
So everyone lives in his world - I like what you’re doing 
I have a colleague who has his P1P for 40 days. It`s still in the box and he still do not get the time for unboxing. Every time he says how much he would like to unpack it and how he is looking forward to it… I also know some (more than one) who would love to order one, are also good at CAD - have craftsmanship experience… but clearly say they don’t have time for anything new.
I downloaded 3 parts using Yaggi search. The collection container for the X1C, the plate holder for the X1C and flillament clips. That’s it.
This is version 2 + 3 of my wife’s new kitchenware, she would like to modify the handle even more, so it can be swiveled in more variations…
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Which filament clips did you pick? And do you like them? Im tried a couple but theyre a pain to pur on and take off.
I like that scoop design. Very elegant, simple and effective. The extra thumb hump and pinky hold are smart.
Hi Streesport,
Usually print them out TPU Shore 58D (or to finish a role of GreenTec Pro because it is expensive fillament).
So it`s not only all about the right desing, it is also up to the right matirial and not all about color
I use something like this but I`m not sure if it exactly the same:
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I may give that filament clip a try, so far all have been less convenient than a piece of blue tape…
Yikes! I don’t think I could print anything that takes longer than overnight. I’d have total withdrawal and anxiety issues the following days not being able to send the next small print… I know, that’s why people get multiple printers…
Hank, I was also in the category of “I don’t have time to get into 3D printing now” for the past 5 years. And in hindsight, I was right! Having lots of fun now, X1C is my first 3D printer. Have not had any issues but I can see how someone who is not very mechanically inclined can run into trouble easily. When I read what people say about their experience with other printers I’m so happy with my choice! (I didn’t want the 3D printer to turn into a project.)
WRT support, I have the feeling that there are fewer upset posts in the forum, so either Bambu has managed to improve or people read the old messages and are resigned and don’t post new ones. (Not saying it’s all roses, just better.)
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Well my Qidi X-Max 3 came, its huge…heavy, and prints very well…I must have gotten a bad K1 Max. The print quality of the Qidi is what I was expecting from the K1 Max. I must have gotten a bad unit from Creality…I have only printed PLA with the Qidi. About 7 hours thus far but there is 0 ringing/ghosting, the prints are dimensional accurate, and very little VFA so far. Next Im going to put that heated chamber to work, I should have gotten this Qidi over the K1 Max…now Im stuck with the K1.
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I have one too! So far its doing ok.
I said i would not buy another creality product. I wanted a big corexy printer and Qidi has delivered for me. It replaced a well modded CR10S. And i sold my MK3S+ one week after getting my X1CC.
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I also like my Criality S1 Pro. What they’re playing is grazing in neighbor’s garden or solving other companies problems and not there own.
With I-Fast, I hope for QIDI what Bambulab has brought with the X1C (not with dual exdruders, but you can’t have everything). Bambulab is now doing what Creality does. QIDI delivered what many expected from Bambulab… so everyone always has something to do by reminder Prusa and Creality that time doesn’t stand still at all. I get your point but never say never
Maybe one of them will go back a little, but that will level off again. This way they don`t stay out to far of each other and keep pressure to each other on a perfect way as long as they don’t have a big daddy which can build a car brand and shoots a few rockets into the sky - one that is in the top 100. Name me a car brand that is the one and only leader in all segments. Vietnam didn’t win a single battle against the USA but they won the war… Microsoft wanted to take over all mobile phone segments and is no longer in the mobile phone market at all… Except of one example is it called free market economy.
Just take your time and watch the videos from those who do what you do by running the printer for more than 12 months and you are fine.
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I have 370 hours on my K1 Max now…I had to root it and do proper input shaping and it made it 80% better but still not right…lots of loose bolts, belts, bad virbration from the tool head cooling fan…they sent me another one and now its smooth but what I really dont like about the K1 Max is every so often when you home the printer it runs the build plate into the print head causing the belt to skip…I have had this happen 4 times in those 370 hours and I have noticed its usualy when I run ASA and the chamber has been at 55-58c for hours on end so now I let it cool down before I home…I have to re-time the z belt everytime it happens.
You can order parts from the US site. I do it all the time actually I never use the global site.
Same here, ordered friday, had monday… just setting up space for it…yes it is huge, original place to put got to small too fast.
YES! I went and searched. Nice!
Thanks for the tip. 
They also sell on amazon. Not everything tho.
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Good afternoon, I’m thinking about buying a bamboo, but I’d like to know if there will be new ones by the end of the year… because depending on what the new one brings, I could buy a new model. the launch of this new one has a small work area…