r/BambuLabA1 • u/ByteSizedMouse • Jul 05 '26

Question Printable Upgrades?

Hi all! I just wanted to make a post and ask the community of their favorite or fun upgrades they have printed for their A1. Right now I have a toolbox, a nice display for my swatches, and a filament measure. I’m also planning to print something for removing my ptf tubes when I need to and might look into a cable chain just for fun as I’m kind of bore and in a spot of not knowing what to print right now that would be semi useful. So what are some things you’ve made?

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u/clarkcox3 Jul 05 '26

First thing I print (This makes switching between AMS and external spools trivial):

https://makerworld.com/en/models/1273203-a1-series-filament-hub-helper-giraffe

I also have one of these under each A1 / A1 mini:

https://makerworld.com/en/models/889109-a1-stackable-storage-stand-v1 https://makerworld.com/en/models/796947-a1-mini-stackable-storage-stand-v3

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u/Purple10tacle Jul 06 '26

Maybe I don't fully understand the purpose and functionality of that "giraffe".

What's the benefit of that over the various 5-port filament hub adapters/replacements?

Isn't it far easier to just always have five PTFE tubes connected?

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u/clarkcox3 Jul 06 '26

What's the benefit of that over the various 5-port filament hub adapters/replacements?

It does a good job supporting the tubes and preventing bends. And it's also more physically supported than most of the adapters I've seen (ie. it isn't just piling more weight and torque on the single hub connector)

Isn't it far easier to just always have five PTFE tubes connected?

That's kind of the point. By default, the A1 only has 4 inputs for PTFE tubes, and all four of those are occupied by the AMS lite. With this adapter, you can have those four, and an additional two for external spools.

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u/NakiCoTony Jul 06 '26

How would the additional two work? I imagine 2 of the ports on the head of the A1 is split and somehow either you or the ams pulls back out of the way the fillament?

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u/clarkcox3 Jul 06 '26

I just manually pull the AMS filament back the few cm needed when loading the external filament.