What is this?
Pulled the trigger on a Bambu X1C with AMS (automatic material system) and man, am I impressed. Everything about it is well done including it arriving within 24 hours, packaging, simplicity of set as well very well done and detailed instructions. Decades ago I remember writing that when the Chinese learn branding and become stakeholders in product quality, look out. That's what this reminded me of.
The speed is kind of shocking, I'll have to do a video. The head just violently flies around and in seemingly no time a perfect parts come out. The carbon refers to carbon rods instead of steel, all part of lowering inertia to get higher speeds. It's on the network, has a built in camera and phone app. Its got an internal active carbon filter for the stinky/somewhat dangerous stuff and holds for spools that it swaps in and out during a print. There is neat add on open source project, bento box, that adds more carbon filtering as well as a hepa filter, all as an internal air circulation device, will probably make one of those for added piece of mind, and clean air.
Speed is nice but wasn't a big driver for me (I don't care if a print goes all night). What really got me convinced I needed a new one is the multiple spools so you can print break away (or dissolvable) supports in a different material than the part.
Big added benefits are hardened gears so you can do abrasive engineered materials like carbon fibre and that its enclosed making it easier to print materials that like hotter as well as deal with odours.
Their anniversary sale starts today, $200 off. They also seem very customer oriented. I ordered Monday morning, and the sale was announced Monday night ..... NP, they give me a gift card for the difference .... and the printer was running Tuesday night. That wouldn't have happened if I bought from a reseller so go direct on their CA website.
I know I sound like a commercial, but I'm impressed with it (and its new and shiny). Lastly, it has been criticized as being like the Apple of 3D printers, closed system, have to buy their parts etc. I discounted them at first because of that but a friend pointed out the parts are really reasonable, less than most manufactures.
Pulled the trigger on a Bambu X1C with AMS (automatic material system) and man, am I impressed. Everything about it is well done including it arriving within 24 hours, packaging, simplicity of set as well very well done and detailed instructions. Decades ago I remember writing that when the Chinese learn branding and become stakeholders in product quality, look out. That's what this reminded me of.
The speed is kind of shocking, I'll have to do a video. The head just violently flies around and in seemingly no time a perfect parts come out. The carbon refers to carbon rods instead of steel, all part of lowering inertia to get higher speeds. It's on the network, has a built in camera and phone app. Its got an internal active carbon filter for the stinky/somewhat dangerous stuff and holds for spools that it swaps in and out during a print. There is neat add on open source project, bento box, that adds more carbon filtering as well as a hepa filter, all as an internal air circulation device, will probably make one of those for added piece of mind, and clean air.
Speed is nice but wasn't a big driver for me (I don't care if a print goes all night). What really got me convinced I needed a new one is the multiple spools so you can print break away (or dissolvable) supports in a different material than the part.
Big added benefits are hardened gears so you can do abrasive engineered materials like carbon fibre and that its enclosed making it easier to print materials that like hotter as well as deal with odours.
Their anniversary sale starts today, $200 off. They also seem very customer oriented. I ordered Monday morning, and the sale was announced Monday night ..... NP, they give me a gift card for the difference .... and the printer was running Tuesday night. That wouldn't have happened if I bought from a reseller so go direct on their CA website.
I know I sound like a commercial, but I'm impressed with it (and its new and shiny). Lastly, it has been criticized as being like the Apple of 3D printers, closed system, have to buy their parts etc. I discounted them at first because of that but a friend pointed out the parts are really reasonable, less than most manufactures.
All I'm doing is throwing out a few acronyms ..... nothing there you wouldn't figure out in an evening
