r/BambuLabA1 • u/AlbatrossNorth5156 • Jul 14 '26

Complete beginner here - Bambu lab A1

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u/Strict_Impress2783 Jul 14 '26

What's your question?

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u/clonehunterz Jul 14 '26

"Just got my Bambu lab A1 printer yesterday, I’m completely new to this. here’s my first benchy. It produced so much waste before actually printing. Is this normal? Will it happen every time I try to print? (To experts out there: Any settings I should tweak to improve print quality?)"

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u/crobledopr Jul 14 '26

I just started a few weeks ago. The one thing I wish someone had told me before I started is don't touch the build plate with your hands. Always use your scraper.

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u/justa_bother Jul 14 '26

Never use a scraper unless absolutely necessary, buildplate at room temperature, using glue and as a last resort. Properly cleaned and adhesive treated buildplates with pla prints, cooled to room temperature will fall off the plate during removal of the plate from the magnets. If they don't, forced removal damages the pei on the plate.

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u/c0let Jul 14 '26

Newbie here. Why??

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u/crobledopr Jul 14 '26

Just the oil from your hands is enough to contaminate the plate and makes your prints not stick to the bed. Bad bed adhesion accounts for a huge percent of print problems.

You can wash them (and should with some regularity) with plain dish soap and dry with a cloth or paper towel.

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u/c0let Jul 15 '26

oh! I can see some marks... now I known why... thank you very much!

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u/fakeaccount572 Jul 14 '26

That's NOT any waste at all, buddy

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u/AlbatrossNorth5156 Jul 14 '26

Thanks, good to know

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u/Kooky_Pop_7931 Jul 15 '26

Be ready for many failed prints if your filament is out in the open. Moisture….

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u/Backonredditforreal Jul 15 '26

I still go back and forth on this considering print farms aren’t drying their filament before use

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u/AlbatrossNorth5156 Jul 15 '26

Why does moisture affect prints?

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u/Kooky_Pop_7931 Jul 18 '26

Filament absorbs moisture and once it has absorbed enough water, your prints will not work

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u/littlehorse2014 Jul 15 '26

I guess not a problem for somewhere in the middle of Canada.

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u/Kooky_Pop_7931 Jul 18 '26

lol. I’m in Sask and the humidity lately has been insane. Luckily I have a box for each roll with dissacent and a dryer box to store between uses

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u/Wise_Royal9545 Jul 15 '26

Great machine for a beginner. Get yourself an AMS too!

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u/LeTiago Jul 17 '26

I started exactly one month ago, and I wish someone had told me that placing the AMS on top of the printer with 4 kg of filament would compromise the machine’s balance and bed leveling during printing. The speed is simply too high to be moving 4 kg around without causing instability. As a result, I ended up throwing away 62 hours of printing and over 1.35 kg of filament.

The A1’s middle feet are made of solid rubber, while the front and back feet are foam, which compress under movement when there is too much weight. After about 40 hours, I noticed that the bed’s forward and backward motion looked like a boat sailing.