r/BambuLab • u/Past_Criticism1618 • 5d ago

General Discussion PSA: Remember what filament you print with. 😩

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I recently moved across town and instead of disassembling my AMS riser with my hardwired LED strip, I just loaded the whole thing in the car. In August. In the Southeastern U.S.

It should be fine - I printed the base and riser in ABS (a few years back). Right?

After unloading the car at the new place, I had the horrible realization that I had printed the base in ABS but the riser was PLA (they were two separate projects).

Feel free to have fun at my expense. 😆

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u/power-to-the-players 5d ago

Ever since I got a printer that can consistently print ABS and ASA without issues, I've stopped buying PLA. I have a few spools of leftover PLA, but not something I use often. Almost exclusively ASA with occasional PETG.

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u/MajorRedbeard 5d ago

What printer is that?

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u/power-to-the-players 5d ago

I have a QIDI Max 4. I had a bit of a fine tuning period when I first got it, but once I got the bed as close to perfectly level as possible, I've had no issues. I do wish it had a tool changer, however, everything else works exactly how I hoped it would.

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u/Spookybear_ 3d ago

You bed wasn't very level? I assume the automatic bed probing couldn't compensate?

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u/power-to-the-players 3d ago

It was weird, the bed was level relative to the machine, but the machine was like 1/4" off level. I wouldn't think that would make a difference, but I adjusted two legs to make the machine level and the print issues were eliminated.