@@bryant2672 the a1 in silent mode which is 50% speed is still faster and more reliable than the ender 5 (ive had multiple creality printers theres just no comparison
@@Kenprints thanks for your reply. I've seen a number of people say that they get better results with the A1 and that worries me as I'm planning on getting the A1 😅
@@Kenprints tbh in the past 3 or so years of printing, i think nearly everything I've done would have fit on the 18cm³ size of the mini. And the only thing I can remember that didn't fit on my Ender 3 V2 clone was a picture frame stand that I probably could have just printed in 2 parts and glued. But it's probably better to have more space and not need it than to not have it and need it... choices choices lol. I usually print functional parts for the home. I printed a fightstick which didn't fit on my Ender clone so I had 2 print it in 2 parts anyway. Now I just printed parts for a new controller which would have fit on the 18cm³ plate. I dunno 🤔
@InklanUtterfield you could almost get 2 minis for price of the a1 my printers change regularly lol i had 6 p1s models and the a1 and a1 mini i sold off the older p1s models cheaply and kept the ams units for the 2 newest ones so i now currently have 2 x p1s with 2 ams units each and the a1 mini but a friend is buying the mini off me also cheap so il just end up with 2 decent setups in the hope that bambu release something bigger and better and il have the space for it and not have to try sell off machines to get it love me p1s units they do everything just wish they were a little bigger - one is currently set up with 0.2mm nozzle for keyring prints and the other 0.4 for day to day stuff
I am new in this section and I am thinking I can make for example phone case bussines with bambulab but i just want to understand for this one case how much fiber did u waste? approximately with everything how muhc did u pay? how muhc are you paying for electricity Thanks in advance)
@@marianohernandez8309 just go to lithophanemaker.com and upload a photo and it will generate the file for you and just download it and slice in your slicer
@@aml74 these were og ones from the bike but i think newer version is 28mm or so bear in mind they are tight i 3d printed a version thats a really nice fit and they just snap into place
I had a squeaking and clicking noise and this totally fixed my issue. Seemed to have reduced VFA and improved surface quality too. Thank you! Just curious, moving the print head that fast manually is safe and won't generate electricity that could damage the system?
And... strange noise issues fixed after following your guide! I have p1s since a month and it have started to be noisy when printhead was moving front left to rear right (initial and last layers + infill). Thanks :)
@@Kenprints I find when printing smaller stuff using the ams lite it has so much fillament waste, where as if you print say 10 of the same multicolour ams prints on same bed it wastes almost half as much. Each to their own though. If I was only printing smaller stuff then the A1 mini would be great, but having 3 kids I have to print for all of them hahaha
I have this issue right now with every belt including the Z belt underneath and this has been super useful but I'm not there yet, to be clear once you get the belt centred better, should you slack off and tighten both screws without the pressure being applied? I have a bad feeling something in mine got bent somewhere as it tried too hard, but I'm gonna keep going to try sort it before looking into that!
@@Joshwaa_s so judging by bambus wiki it looks like its designed to self tension its just that because its centrally sprung it may not be straight when its tightened leading to issues i would say i tightened mine partially after the initial spring tension but not by much as you can see from the video it would have moved the pulley about 1mm more thats all
I know this is old but I brought my Mavic out of storage recently and needed to do exactly this repair and you made it possible for me. On mine it was the exact same issue - drone fine, camera fine but the gimbal was bent. Thank you kindly for making this!
Hey I just got one of these. I was wondering if you could possibly show a vid of you plucking the belts to show the tension? especially the Y belts. think my belts may be loose but I have no basis for comparison
@Renfotzer belts are tensioned by the spring tension so once you loosen the bolts it should tension correctly just needs aligning as for the bolts if you have a 3" long allen wrench held from the end and the bolt is tight and you get about 5mm flex in the length of the shaft of the allen key without the bolt turning then you are probably tight enough - currently working on a 3d printed gauge you can clip onto the allen wrench to gauge the torque applied (roughly)
Really Thankyou after 250 hours of printing it starting making weird noises. And telling how the belt system works (spring loaded) was the key in the proces fixing it. Thanks
Oh my God thank you !!!! I saved this video and this helped me out with my A1 extruder. Thank you so much for posting this video I've looked and I've looked. Thank you thank you thank you.
I had to do this too while I was deep cleaning the extrusion gears because they were not gripping filament tightly enough and gave me errors. I removed the gears and cleaned with wire brass brush and compressed air. The bambu A1 and A1 Mini wiki maintenance and troubleshooting diagnosing pages are excellent and with great photos. It's not as intimidating as it seemed after doing these steps myself. I check the tightness of those heater element screws from time to time (there's 7 screws altogether, including the 4 on back side of the heater stone).
i didnt dig any deeper when i found those 3 were loose i stopped but you are correct there are 4 more screws i probably should have checked while i was in that far
I bought a A1 mini a month ago and love it. It's fast, it's sleek, it's accurate, it's cheap, has webcam, auto bed levelling, crash recovery, stuck filament recovery, etc.
What are the actual dimensions of the vase? H x W x L? How long did it take? Got .stl? Just wondering if it pushed the limits of the printer capabilities. I am looking for something to print that will go to the limits in all directions.
@@Kenprints What was the then rationale to sell them? And do resell buyers have no problems with Bambu Lab support/warranty in case of a problem with a resold printer that is less than 12 months old?
@Tome4kkkk similar to someone trading in a car after 12 months of ownership - machines are still in great useable condition but have mainly paid for themselves - i upgrade to brand new ones and someone gets a good deal on a used one - warranties would all be up on the 3 that were sold at this stage or very close i would say - also if anyone that purchased one had any issues i would assist if needed - incl my previous sale which was the a1 and the following day they announced the cable bed issue - i offered them their money back which they declined and instead i put the claim through for their replacement bed and gave them the 120 voucher also so they did well 😂
Short, sweet and to the point. THANK YOU! My filament backed up in the hot end, popped off the plastic cover and stretched the silicone sleeve. But I should be able to melt all of it out and clean the hot end and nozzle.
just be careful when heating the nozzle to clean it - i used a blow torch on a low setting to try clean a blockage and pressure built up in the nozzle and it shot molten plastic everywhere - do not recommend
@@Kenprints sorry to bother, aren't the X1 fans better quieter, can you put that in your P1S as an upgrade .... or better just to save and wait to go X1 class. I have the A1-mini but can't decide where to go next.
@ChristopherFortin not sure whether they would be any quieter or even compatible if they were i suggest a p1s combo if you can stretch to it they are phenomenal for the price
