Triple color filament

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The misshapen filament was the dual colour silk from Bambu Lab.

PLA Silk Dual Colour diameter tolerance

Today i got some filament that i ordered, including the PLA Silk Dual Colour which i decided to try. When i wanted to load it in the AMS i could feel between my fingers that something is far off… It is oval in shape, from 1,5mm to 1,9mm!! This means -14% +8% from the stated 1,75mm diameter I ended up without feeding it to the AMS as i don’t want to mess my AMS or printer… What are your thoughts about this one? To me it looks like a total junk… [20240424_185758_copy_1224x1632] [20240424_1859…

My A1 Mini won't load Bambu dual color silk with oval cross section

I had a fascinating reply from Rick at Bambu tech support about this! To ensure that the filament does not rotate during the printing process and thus provide the dual-colour effect, the filament of PLA Silk Dual Color is designed to be oval instead of circular; that is, its average diameter is 1.75 mm, and the actual value is mainly in the range of 1.60 mm to 1.85 mm. You may have received a filament spool outside of these specifications. So it sounds like it is oval by design! He has off…