Printed this model recently, it took 60 hours! 7 colors (8 including support filament) on Bambu X1C with 2x AMS. 0.1mm layer height, every single layer had like at least 3 color changes.

If I had to do it again I probably wouldn’t do it multicolor lol - single-color test prints only took about 6 hours.

  • TheYang@lemmy.mlEnglish
    6·
    2 years ago

    Hmm when I hit the blurred image on jerboa, it takes me to the post in the browser.

    that seems a bit like a general issue, that lemmy links, like to different communities, open im a browser, not in jerboa

    • MaryAnna@lemmy.mlEnglish
      2·
      2 years ago

      I’m having the same problem, you have to be careful not to click on the Pic itself.

    • SickIcarus@lemmy.mlOPEnglish
      2·
      2 years ago

      Thank you! I was having spool jams a few times during the day, so I was a little freaked each time I went to bed - thankfully, no jams at night 🙌

      I also wish the resolution on his head/face was a little better, especially at 0.1, but with how many layer changes the whole piece took I’m not surprised.

      I’m also pretty sure I could’ve sped the print up a bit with a faster infill speed, but with all the color changes on every single layer it probably wouldn’t have mattered much.

    • SickIcarus@lemmy.mlOPEnglish
      3·
      2 years ago

      Yeah I’m going to chalk that up to a “feature” lol

      I’m on an iPad, when I selected the pic from my gallery it was oriented properly - but when I posted it was rotated.

      (Yes, I saw it was rotated before hitting Submit - but to correct that I would’ve had to rotate it in my Photos App, which means that it would’ve been rotated incorrectly there instead of here. 🤷‍♂️ This is why we test!)

    • SickIcarusEnglish
      2·
      2 years ago

      For this print it was a fucking metric shitton

      I filled - FILLED - a 2.5 gallon trash can with the poop. 3-5 color changes per layer, ~1000 layers… yeah. There were maybe 30 layers that had no spool changes (the middle of the blue shirt, between the arms).

      • LetterboxPancakeEnglish
        1·
        2 years ago

        Fuuuuuu… This is what keeps me from solutions like the AMS. That is a lot of waste. I feel bad when I have to reprint a failed print. It looks great though, not gonna lie. But I think I’ll stick with single colour in 1/10 of the time and then take some hours to paint.

        • SickIcarusEnglish
          2·
          2 years ago

          Ya know… yeah, you’re right, it IS a lot of waste, no way around that. BUT, the AMS comes in way handier than just multi-color print-in-place prints - so handy, in fact, I bought a second one.

          Example: doing a multi-color, multi-part print - it’s super convenient to just load up all the filaments up front, then just slice a plate of all the parts of a single color and print, slice the next and print, etc.

          My first AMS has found itself to be permanently loaded with Black, White, and Support filaments. Those three filaments get used often enough that they just never leave the AMS. Then I just load and unload the remaining 5 slots as needed.

          I also just chalk up the waste as a recurring cost of the hobby - it is what it is. Fun hobbies aren’t cheap 🤷‍♂️ Fuck it lol

          Edit: there’s ways to reduce the waste. For example, printing this model at 0.2 instead of 0.1 would cut it in half. Printing a second copy on the same plate (or more) would have the same amount of waste as a single copy. You can reduce the purge volume between colors (but might cut too low and have color bleed.) So it can be reduced some, but not eliminated altogether unless you step up to multiple-extruder machines.

          Edit edit: I also hate painting lol

          • LetterboxPancakeEnglish
            3·
            2 years ago

            Fun hobbies aren’t cheap

            That’s just not true. I ordered a Prusa XL with two toolheads and… Ah shit, you might be onto something 🙄

            The Bambu is impressive and everything around it as well. Prusa just fits me better.