Fourth try on a print. Tried to add some adhesive to the bed to get it to stick better. Watched the first two layers and went to bed. Woke up to a printer on strike.
Fourth try on a print. Tried to add some adhesive to the bed to get it to stick better. Watched the first two layers and went to bed. Woke up to a printer on strike.
Until they decide not to sell these anymore
So pretty much like every other company in existence? I don’t think there is any danger of BambuLabs disappearing anytime soon and their parts are dirt cheap.
Open hardware projects have the parts blueprints published
But you’re still relying on companies to produce these parts for you and they’ll only do it so long as the market is big enough to make it worth it for them.
Open source is definitely preferable, but at this point and time, their proprietary parts aren’t an issue at all as they’re cheap and readily available and with the popularity of these printers, I don’t see it being an issue for quite a long time. By then, I may have moved onto a new printer anyway since the market is constantly progressing.
Time will teach you the lesson
The lesson that all consumer electronics have a limited shelf life? That’s pretty well known.
There are already several aftermarket suppliers making parts for them, including a drop-in e3d hot end. Look, I generally prefer open source designs, but the hassle-free workflow with an X1C has been worth it.
Also, they sold a PILE of these things, I suspect aftermarket support will continue even if Bambu stops.
Remember about this comment in 10 years
Ten years… Someone apparently thinks they’re funny. I’d like to see their ten year old 3d printer that is still essentially using stock or equivalent components and hasn’t been essentially re-engineered from the ground up. Are you enjoying manually leveling that bed with thumbscrews and a scrap of paper? Still printing on tape, or maybe a piece of glass? This whole hobby is still moving relatively quickly and I wouldn’t be surprised to wind up working with additional axes or other unpredictable innovations ten years from now. Certainly we’ll have gone through multiple “ultimate” build surfaces by then.
Just because something it’s 10 years old doesn’t mean it’s useless or broken, especially when it’s open hardware and you can upgrade it or repair it. Your mentality seem to be shaped around closed hardware that you throw away once it’s broken or a new model is released.