I CAN have nice things, right?!?! Pulling the trigger on a Bambu Lab H2S

[Redbrickman]

Sell it, you won't lose much $$$. The AMS and the wastage is a definite disadvantage. I bought the Snapmaker U1 on a whim and it has been a real eye opener. Virutally no wastage on multicolored prints and a system that works and is easy to use. I agree though that most people print single coloured prints for a lot of the time.

The Snapmaker is also almost completely open source and already has a great third party firmware that amongst other things allows you complete remote control over the printer, inclusing a virtual copy of the LCD screen. You can do everything remotely, except of course changing the filament when a spool runs out

On another note there is a fork of Orca that allows a 4 colour multi toolhead printer to print many other colours, currently on the U1 but I'm guessing it won't be long before a version is created for Bambu etc.

 

[The Hat]

There are definitely parts of me that feel a little uncomfortable having a big, huge expensive monster printer in one room that I don't use very much, and then a tiny printer in this room that I'm using all the time.

Mostly I print just one colour, and if I have a need for a second or third colour it’s not that hard to swap out one for the other, the only down side with this type of operation is you have to be there to physically change the reel box..

I taught with the direct feed extruder it would be harder to change from one colour to another, but I was wrong, it’s easier and more efficient than even..
No mishaps so far..

I also had a few very small printers to do things while my bigger ones were busy doing something else, but because they were used so little, they tended to play up and needed far more handling and pulling apart, so they ended up in the dumpster in the sky..

Here are a few multi-colour prints that I did since I got my new Ender-3 Plus, some of these prints were done back in 2018 and need updating..




P.S. I can’t remember the last time I did a photo on my inkjets..

 

[Nifty]

Sell it, you won't lose much $$$. The AMS and the wastage is a definite disadvantage. I bought the Snapmaker U1 on a whim and it has been a real eye opener.

One of the main reasons I got the H2S is because of the huge print bed and that it's an enclosed printer. Using multiple colors was kind of a side bonus.

Mostly I print just one colour, and if I have a need for a second or third colour it’s not that hard to swap out one for the other, the only down side with this type of operation is you have to be there to physically change the reel box.

Yep, same for me too.

In fact I just finished a project where I did multi-colors per layer like you have in your great examples and it worked just fine on my A1 Mini.

 

[Tony4597]

Sorry to hear you are having issues with brittle filament and breakages. I am sure you have probably looked into it but from what I hear the AMS 2 appears to have issues with brittle filament which may not be apparent using alternative filament paths.

The main issue appears due to moisture absorption and/or aged filament. I understand the AMS has its own drying feature but this may not be enough and thorough drying by other methods may help?

 

[Nifty]

I've never had success drying filament that is brittle and it becoming less brittle. From the research I've done there are a few other things that can cause filament to get brittle that are independent of moisture and humidity.

I end up tossing some of the filament but there is some that is just a little bit brittle that feeds fine into my Ender-3 and now into my A1 Mini.

 

[The Hat]

I've done there are a few other things that can cause filament to get brittle that are independent of moisture and humidity.

That’s something I’ve never had a problem with, so maybe the issue you might have is the lack of or to little moisture, it’s something you might not think about, we never get low moisture here no matter how hot it gets in any season, (The max temp here 233c on very, very rare occasions and humidity 98%). The normal humidity here sits at 50%..