https://twitter.com/CNC_Kitchen/status/1720374528985973115
Toooons of waste. 2.5/1 waste/print ratio. wow.
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Tons of waste and it doesn't even look that great lol
I think the intention is for it to have deep grooves and lines like that to mimic a wood texture. But to us it just looks like big bad layer lines
Aren't you usually supposed to paint the print in models like this?
supposed to
I don't understand this. Who is supposed to do anything in this hobby? If you wanna print in gray and then paint, go for it. If you wanna print in multicolor, go for it.
You know. To avoid the waste. As pictured.
Obviously art is art.
There are other ways of avoiding waste and given that it was Stefan promoting you can bet this is to prove a point about the X1.
They should be purging on infill instead of the poop method
That's why I asked
A good painter will always create a better job but that also requires time and talent that you might not have.
I wonder if a slicer could hide the transitioning color inside the print instead of making a separate purge tower. I don't know that the cause of the filament popping is, but maybe that could be minimized like this too?
What would be nice would be a way the waste can be used to print something else like a functional part that colors won't matter.
Yeah like during the infill portion of each layer, swap the color. But I can only see that work if each layer is a separate color.
If you have different parts of the same layer, you could jump back and forth to the infill to purge. But you'd need to make sure you have enough inside volume compared to the outside surface area.
Mosaic, the Palette company, have that as a feature in their slicer and I've heard Prusa Slicer was working on it a while back.
Prusa Slicer does have a "Purge to Infill" option that removes a lot of this waste. Unfortunately, Bambu printers are infamous for their poop problems…
That would involve remelting the filament and re-extruding, which can be bad for strength. Maybe you could print the functional print at the same time and use it as the purge tower?
That's not a bad idea if you have a part big enough to print and space on the bed for both. I'm curious how strong the print would be if it's made up of a bunch of partial lines. It would be like multiple failure points per layer. But if the part doesn't need that much strength, it would be convenient.
What’s annoying is that it doesn’t HAVE to purge. I’ve experimented with changing the filament manually without pausing and the results are good.
That’s interesting, the Bambu slicer actually does let you control how much, if at all, you purge during switches - I might try just setting it to 0 and seeing what I end up with…
Teaching Tech did a video on reducing it, might be some tips for you. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p3ZIM3megIU
In that specific printer or in another one?
Was that printed on a printer with one hotend or something?
The printer is a Bambu Labs X1C. It has one hotend but several spools available. It can switch between spools but has to purge the molten material already in the hot end.
I just prefer to paint my models. It’s more fun and doesn’t generate a metric butt ton of waste.
Btw there are videos of people on YouTube melting the poop into silicone moulds using a toaster oven to make key dishes and stuff!