FTR (For The Record), I agree. If you have a #Bambulab #A1Mini #3DPrinter and limited space, this is a must-have upgrade. I am impressed. This should be added to the standard delivery when you order the A1 Mini without AMS. https://makerworld.com/en/models/1401662-a1-mini-compact-spool-holder-v3-handle#profileId-1453726
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I really hate traveling and not finding enough hangers at hotels. But hangers are such a pain the pack because they take up so much space. Solution! Foldable 3D printed hangers. #3dprinting #a1mini
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Further to the up-thread pics of the #bambuLabs filament on a re-usable spool with truncated edges, here is a link to the #Printables file so you can print it yourself.
This is my re-usable spool adjusted to fit on an #A1Mini print bed which is only 18cm square.
https://www.printables.com/model/1117923-bambu-labs-reusable-spool-for-mini-sized-print-bed
Printables.comBambu Labs Reusable Spool for Mini-sized print bed (18cm) by OttaRoss | Download free STL model | Printables.comA remix of a remix - from the Bambu Lab's re-usable spool, this truncated shape prints on smaller beds like an A1 Mini… | Download free 3D printable STL models
It's a good idea – some #3Dprinting filament is sold without a reel now occasionally. Makes sense as there's a fair bit of waste material when you're done the spool.
You can get a plastic reusable reel from say #BambuLabs for $15, but hey 3D printing, right?
Sure enough there are lots of designs to download, so I needn't design one, but those I picked wouldn't fit on my #A1mini printing bed.
Hence I modified a design with a nice bayonet mount mechanism to fit an 18cm bed.
Going to hang up some xmas lights, and want a little nailing clip. A brief look at #Printables didn't come up with something quite like I envisaged, so have designed something fast in #Blender (20min) and am trying to print a first attempt on the new #Bambu #A1Mini I just got this past week.
Haven't got a functional #Cura profile yet, but managed to employ the #BambuStudio app without any of the cloud junk enabled, so seeing how that goes. [I'm fine with SDcard sneaker-net]
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Took a few minutes to get the #A1Mini #bambu 3Dprinter out of the box, and doing it's initial calibrations.
Gotta say, it's a pretty impressive out-of-the-box experience, and the promise of low-noise printing means it'll be able to live almost anywhere.
Pretty fun so far. It's been a few years since my last #3Dprinter purchase, great to experience the advances with my third unit.
Joined the #Bambu 3Dprinter club for my third printer. #A1Mini arrived this week, but it's still in the box until I can get to it.
I figure once I open it I'm gone for a few hours at least, so don't want to mess up any of my more time-critical activities underway just now.
Any first-things-first suggestions from other A1 / A1mini users out there?
[FYI not a novice FDM 3dprinter/design-for-3DP user]
Today I 3D printed 16 cable clips that are "print in place", meaning they are cleverly designed to have small gaps between the moving parts that allow you to print and use the thing without any post processing :) (model used: https://makerworld.com/en/models/675366#profileId-603419 )
Starting my first really long print on the #BambuLab #A1mini. 7 hours to print 5 dry boxes with holder for humidity sensor that go into the vacuum bags with filament. Wish me luck :) Model used: https://makerworld.com/en/models/486732#profileId-399561
First time ever printing with TPU, a flexible filament. Wish me luck!
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The #A1mini is "just" a tool, unlike all the other #3Dprinter in my collection, going back to 2012. All printers before were projects (but also more open). Every printer a diva in its own way. But the #BambuLab JustPrints(tm), so I can focus on other things. That's truly a big change, allowing me to do things like this. Design, print, iterate. That's the way it should be, IMHO. I never thought a 3D printer could be boring and that that would be a good thing :)
Having an idea for a simple, parametric spool adapter, writing the code in #OpenSCAD, generating the 3MF file for the slicer, sending it to the #BambuLab #A1mini printer and having it printed. All in less than an hour. I like!
(the OpenSCAD code is in the ALT text of the first picture, in case you want to use it :)
Printing a few more book stands so I can prop up my books in style :) It prints "in place", meaning that the hinges work straight from the printbed. Just print, fold and use! (I am using the model from https://makerworld.com/en/models/27365 )
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And while we're at it: why not also spend another 45 minutes to print a simple holder for my size 102 coffee filters? :) Again, thank you Morys for sharing your design that now has a (hot glue) fixed place in my kitchen :) https://www.printables.com/model/822393-coffee-filter-holder
Cleaning up in the kitchen. Finally annoyed enough with the tea bags to print a better solution with my 3D printer. A bit of hot glue to fix the top part to a shelf, fill it up with tea bags. Done. Thank you, Matthijs, for sharing your design at https://www.printables.com/model/964453-tea-bag-holder-top-mount :)
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i just have to get better at setting up models so they need little or no supports.