Banish Bambu A1 Purge Waste with these 5 Tips. 

Great video! Love all the ideas on how to reduce filament waste. Like what Alex Swavely mentioned, I would definitely pay attention to the licenses of any model, especially if people attend to sell them. BTW, nice coffee mug at the end, I might know that guy and his awesome doggie 😆

Denise, you need to jump on this. You have 3500 subs but 29000 views. This is a hot topic. I have looked for it in the past and the solutions are limited and the nerds get nerdy. They reduce it with a small percentage. You have made leaps and bounds. I will subscribe now and finish the video.

The trick with the flush objects is to think of single use objects and tools. I need things to mix and pour resin so I make tweezers, stir sticks, cups, etc. I print the cardboard spool adapters with poop also. Printing bambus filament transfer thing one piece at a time until I get all the parts helps. I also print handles for files and other tools.

I think that creators like you are absolutely crucial to making concepts like these accessible to newer makers. Can't possibly give enough kudos. Easiest subscribe of 2024 so far! 😁

I just got my AMS, so I'm glad you included the tips that people "may already know", because I didn't know them. So . . . thanks!

It's a bit nit-picky, but bambu and orc create a prime tower, not a purge tower. the prime tower is there to prime the nozzle for printing. It's the same thing as that line it draws at the start of printing towards the front of the plate. With color changes it needs to do this at various heights so that's why it's a tower. The printer purges the filament in the poop basket, into infill and objects as you demonstrated. That's why you need the prime tower and those 2 checkboxes don't eliminate it. Also the prime tower isn't counted into the flushed filament counter, but it's effectively still poop.

One thing I just got into that hurts to see is a 0.2mm nozzle. The extruder volume that has to purge after the filament cut happens is the same, but the nozzle is smaller. You have really big, time consuming poops 😅 But that print quality and tiny tiny, detail is oh so worth it.

Its embarrassing to admit i was not aware u could use an object as a print tower.. or infill an object. Thanks for this video. Generally i dont do a lot of 2 color printing, and when i do, i make every effort to make the second color the last color, ie at the top of the print. If it must be on the side, meaning a color change on every layer, i try to make it a separate print and glue/bolt it on. I usually design my own prints and they are more utilitarian than characters (lizards, bears, ducks, etc). Those colorful prints would be very difficult to minimize color changes. Thanks for such an informative video.

I don't have a 3D printer, I'm end up using a 3D Pen to make my models, I poop alot less, hope that's more healthy 😂

Nobody noticed the big tease? The new A1 behind her? 🤣🤣🤣

just started listening to 3d printing podcasts. Caught your episode on the infill podcast, i gotta say you are my favorite guest so far. I look forward to your content. Thanks for being awesome Denise you rock!!

Stratasys has been doing this same thing for decades without batting an eye.. I just removed the purge and kept the poo. Much faster prints and less waste

I use .4 purge and it works great! I can print black and white with .4, so give it a shot!

Wow, what a lot of useful information in such a short video! No words wasted ;) Thank you so much!

Thanks for putting this together in one place!

Thank you for the advise!!!! I hope to watch your channel grow!!! Keep it up

So much great information, such a great way to present it, and done in 1/3rd the time of a typical vlogger... Good job! I am an impatient person when it comes to watching technical videos. So many content producers spend as much or more energy on "fluff" than they do on meaningful content. I just hung up on a pod cast where they had 40 minutes of content, and 5 minutes in they were still talking about how great the two podcasters are and how they came this far... Good info I'm sure, if I wanted their biography. I really like that pod caster for his written works, but I think it's because I can just skip reading his bio each time. But you value my time, and dwell on each subject long enough to fully cover it, without making me feel like you get paid to make your videos longer. That was 8 minutes of valuable well paced information. AND while you were talking, your video also had a stream of information flowing in parallel, so for example when you covered picking a good model to print the waste into, we had already seen a preview example object with a mysterious stripe pattern and two examples of the slug failing before you told us to pick a model unlikely to fail. You dramatically reduced how much you needed to say on the subject, so by the time you said it I already had the info, I just needed the facts summarized and tied together. While that could have been accidental, it caused the density and effectiveness of the information provided to increase by around 100%. The hands down best coverage for Bambu poop reduction after watching so many of them. I'm also critical of accuracy, and people stating facts that are just wrong. No one is 100% right all the time, but sticking to facts, and leaving superstition and bias out was super refreshing. My favorite 3d vloggers before today ALWAYS say something for me to argue with them over. When I say something that is not backed by reliable facts, I wrap it in opinion or rumor to keep it in proper context. Nothing worse than a favorite blogger saying something so cringeworthy you want to unsubscribe. Are you a glass fuser too?

Hey Denise, thanks for the video. There's a lot of good information here. Hope your channel takes off soon. You deserve it

7:22 Thanks for the shoutout! My acceptable range of waste is 1-20g, I usually multiply between .65 and .80 depending on filament type and brand. Sometimes it’s super difficult to get the number down when printing with 4 colors unless you want a tonne of flushed objects. I’ve found that Dragons, Eggs and my Fidget bolts sell best as purged objects 😎✌️and honestly I prefer how they look 😍 Great video btw I’ll definitely forward people on my socials to this as you did such a great job of explaining 😎✌️

We make fidget toys and send them as gifts with orders.

Yea, Im a first timer, Very informative. I thank you for the time and effort 😊

Great video! Just set our first printer up a few days ago (P1S w/ AMS) and definitely needed to see this. Printing from my phone has been so easy that I haven’t started using Bambu Studio yet, but this gives me another good reason to get in there.

What a great content producer! I'm so glad i stumbled across your channel!

Great tips and I don't even have Bambu Labs printer...yet. Thank you.

I’m waiting in the new Bambu A1. Thanks for the tips!

Short and sweet, love it!

Good video, with some good tips and ideas on how to minimize waste! Personally, I like to use Gridfinity grids and bins as purge objects. I use Zach Friedman's Gridfinity system to organize a bunch of stuff, and for the most part I don't care what color they are, so it's worked out fine for me.

What a great idea to use the wasted material to create something else. Thanks for sharing. Great video.

thank you very much. I just received mine A1 in the mail. I have a bunch of functional parts I can throw on the bed. I'm not into "toys" but I can create stuff for the grandkids with this tip.

good job i hate waste there def ways to reduce them without lost of quality we gonna note these options

Very good thanks!

Excellent ideas here! Thank you!

Really good stuff! Well done and Thank You

It never occurred to me that you could use some of the poop in an extra model. That's smart!

Great video! Very good tips! Thanks so much!

genius suggestion! And so obvious... I haven't still purchased a printer (waiting for the 14th.... obviously....) but I'm going to implement this method for sure!

you have a very informative and pleasant teaching ability. Thank you for the tip!

I will say that the wasted plastic. .. is a big reason it took me so long to actually get into 3d printing. I really wish it was easier to recycle. But I'm still going to print so I really really appreciate any tips of reducing waste.

I'd actually completely overlooked flush into infill. Thanks for reminding me!

My first printer was a Anycubic Kobra 2 Max (Xmas23) and within three weeks I decided it needed a friend and purchased a X1C (4days old now). The "poop" volume was quite surprising so here I am looking for solutions and this video was exactly what I was looking for! Thanks 🙂

Super helpful advice! I would love to be able to get rid of the prime tower to print into an object some day.

Great tips!! I’m always needing filament spool clamps, great use for random poop color purge objects! Thank you Great video, well presented, & quick to the point, love your voice too, calming. Thanks so much ❤🎉

That's a great idea to use a purge object, for prints that you're going to paint it's a no brainer!

thanks a lot for sharing! that was the reason why i - until now - refused to do multi color prints. the waste was too much for me

Great video. Very nicely presented points. Thanks.

I wish I could upvote you twice. I think another reason to avoid plastic poop is for the environment.

liked and subbed thanks for straightforward info no shilling also you seem like a cool af person thank you for moming info in a non negative way about stuff i love

Wow this was great thank you so much!

Thanks for the info, keep it up!

What a great idea. Looking forward tto see more your vidios😮

Good video, good info, and engaging video. Thanks

ok first off I am a Bambu Lab x1 owner and can honestly say these are great tips! and an amazing video as while!

Smart cookie. Thanks

i have been using the 60% purge reduction gcode for weeks now and havent had a single issue with it, and it saves 20mm of fillament per color change! it should be made the standard!

super informational and easy to listen to. a damn good video with some damn good tips.

😂that’s an awesome video saving plastic poop. Thanks for sharing ❤

thank you for a very informative video.

Fantastic video 🎉

Awesome video This is narrowing the gap to get a wife-pass to buy the AMS.

Thank you so much I printed a 4 color poop basket and used 800 grams of poop it was my first print and I was freaking out over the waste

Very helpful. Thank you. I would totally make a fidget or toy to give away than to toss the poop in the filament recycling bucket. Awesome

This is a helpful vid for me since im a new user

Just got our Bambu for Chrsitmas. Changing my flushing volumes definitely affected the totals. When I changed the "flush into objects infill" there was no change. But when I clicked on Flush into this object... I must have done something wrong. I was using one filament color and one support. It used the color for the initial part of the print. But when it changed to the support it did the rest of the print in support. Still learning. Really glad I found your page. But the initial changes helped a lot. Subscribing to find out more.

that is a informative video thanks also for showing my models being printed I hope your show went well.

Great video! There is a air of causuality to it that is accessible to people from all levels and the info is still valid, relevant and legit. I'd love to see more of this. Might not always be for me but pretty sure every level of user should be able to find contect that suits them. For my level this video was perfect as I just got my bambu printer and still so much info about everything and anything.

Good video, saw you at ERRF 2022, but didn't get to say hi. I try to be very cautious what I print and the color changes, these tips will be a great help

Thank You! From Frisco, TX

Thanks good video. I never used the "purge into object" feature on my X and P1S. Suggestions: I use shorts without spools (fooling my AMS when loading) and call all similar filament types as same color and make silicone spool inserts including my mod for Sunlu and like spools (looks like original just larger) and print all 3 parts by object. Can use your idea for a useful purge object. The purchase (or addiction) for filament never ends. What a great hobby/extra $$ maker.

wow thanks so much for these tips! i didnt know you could use waste materials as infill or flush as objects

I am a new, just bought my P1P with AMS a few days ago. I have been really surprised but the amount of waste. But I look at it as a small price to pay for the perfect multicolor prints. Maybe my opinion will change with time show knows.

Im not trying to eliminate ALL waste, but it gets ridiculous when the printer stops and says "Hey man, the poop backed up into the build volume." I had a 4 color job that required me to dump my poop tray like 4 times

Purge model?! That's genius!

Its great to reduce poop, but the best suggestion i can give is to keep the poop, then melt in silicone molds, really does give great affects, nothing goes to waste in my household

One advice, don't use purge to infill when you have black and white or any extreme colors where the lighter one is used more. You can see the darker infill through the lighter color. I guess one way is to thicken the walls too? 🤷‍♂️

I don't have a Bambu but I have an EcubMaker ToyDIY, which can do 2 colors. It uses no purge tower, just a poop chute that leaves it all off on the side.

Thanks for great video, it would be great if designers try start finding ways to help this situation however i know sometimes its impossible.

A useful purge item for me might be a stacking parts tray, which is shallow and wide. I'd love it if the printer had the option to purge to an object that has a lower height than the primary print(s) as long as there's room to do it without the head bumping into the taller item while purging to the lower one (It does this for the purge tower, doesn't it?)

thank you

Thanks❤

Wonderful review BTW... Honestly I love the AMS, because it will change to another roll when the current run out,.and I don't understand why Bambu Lab don't sell an AMS that's NOT multi material but the same material, I mean if you run a farm it will be HUGE improvement in productivity, I do use an Airbrush to paint my models, so changing colors is not "that" useful to me and in my case I can get much better result without poop... So there you go.

Great video! I was thinking of making a 1.75mm coil as a flush object, then using that as filament. Not sure if itll work but who knows!

i can see the A1 in the background

Thanks! Special thumps up for the Estonian national flag colored sinimustvalge (blue-black-white) purge tower for panda print can be seen on the computer screen during last minute of the video. But seriously, I haven't bought Bambu yet, because of huge amount of the poop. I have Snapmaker J1 IDEX and very happy with machine. Thinking about combining it with Mosaic Palette instead of buying Bambu with AMS.

Theres a book called everybody poops i think everyone should read it but for purge objects i like to print consumable plastic parts like clips or limited time use tools that wont damage your non 3dprinted work piece

Flush to infill hasnt worked well for me. Usually will make the outside look darker on filaments with a higher TD.

There's some cool toys you can also purge with, like those not-lego modular bricks, I don't want to be rude if I'm mistaking but shold be The Printer Professor's stuff, or those cool Hextraction tiles by Zach Friedman which is a must have of a table game if one prints! To me the very valuable advice has been to print them in batches. It's not obvious until it is. The Gcode trick might be a bit too hacky for my knowledges but the graphic explained it perfectly and it's a cool thought! I already modify the purge volumes but that might be groundbreaking if someone's new to Bambu Studio.

That PC case from cooler master was the first ever case I built in. That was like 15 years ago

For your slug adhesion issue - try Elmer's Disappearing Purple Glue Stick, it comes in Jumbo size format for easy application - and works a charm for most plastics. (and is water washable if you don't like it, not to mention rather cheap) - extremely useful for those corners that just won't stay down, or small surface to bed ratios for larger objects - like those slugs. Simply apply a nice thin layer anywhere you need it -while the bed is cooled - and let it dry for about 5 minutes. Then preheat and print as needed. Typically can get a good dozen or more prints out of it before it stops working, results vary if you touch it with oily fingers of course, or high dust areas.

Really great video, I will give it a go! But admittedly, I am lucky, I have a filiment supplier that for $1 will take my waste, and gives me back gram for gram brand new filiment of any colour of my choice. I just have different box's to tip the different types of waste into. This week I have 5 kg to take back, which means I can replace all the wasted filiment from the pooping in the colours I used.😊

Will this help with colour bleeding when changing from dark to light filament? I'm having issues with black and yellow.

The purge object is really interesting! I've been a P1S combo owner for [checks watch] 53 hours so I'm trying to learn all these techniques, and the things I print most of are flat panels for synthesizers, so I'll be lining up tokens to use instead of coins in supermarket trolleys and leaving them in once the shopping is done. Sticking it to the man with printer poop!

It's more a forgotten feature of Prusa slicer (actually it was Slicer at that point). it's been there since MMU1 for about 6 years. But thank you for your tips =). Like the slugs

So I’m not sure if I just didn’t understand or I missed it. But how do you use the poop to print other models?

I think I’m going to go with the ”drive myself nuts” alternative and just make a propper multi material slicer that doesn’t waste plastic. The printer doesn’t need to poop, it’s just lazy implementation. The printer currently cuts when the color swaps happens and then purges out all the filament inside. Instead it should cut and change before you actually have to change color, keep printing until it’s near the transition, start printing (still inside the model) on areas which are not visible, such as inner walls, infill, support etc). Non-planar printing could also help in some situations, with shallow lines of color or larger block. I’ll be back in 15 years when I’ve checked in to an asylum.

I've been thinking that there should be an option to use infill as a purge tower, and if it needs to purge more than it uses for the infill. The rest should just to go to at purge tower.

I wonder why Not to continue to print a little bit more with the filament left in the nozzle after cutting the Filament and changing to new. It could print a little while longer until the Chance of mixing color is to high and then it could flush, but much less or do i get it wrong? Shure there is some calibration needed but as an extra option?....

Great video! I was wondering what brand and color of filament you used for the red in those cute little red birds?

Can you recommend a good model that can be used for the tower that is free?

Hope somebody can help A1 with AMS lite. Using PLA+ as main filament and support trees except for the top .02 of the tree I am using Bambu support filament. Thsi filament works greate. Issue is when print the PLA+ the printer will stop purge and use the same filament. Understand this whe switching to the support filament but why does it do this when no reason to swtich filaments . Your videos are great and help Thanks T

i'm confused how the retraction move wasn't a thing from the jump I was working on a design for an ams prior to seeing the coprint new setup that was basically the same thing i was doing but also has the software ready.. And that was one of the things I thought of just retract a bit then chop less so theres less to purge