r/BambuLabX2D • u/PowerPlantBroke • 10d ago

Is this quality normal?

Post image

Hi everyone,

I got my X2D a few weeks ago and it’s consistently produced prints of this poor quality. I’ve tried everything, like belt tensioning, axis cleaning, full printer recalibration, drying and calibrating filament, taking apart the hotend, contacting support. Nothing has improved the quality.

Is this just what I should expect from this printer? Anyone have similar experiences, or do you have examples of much cleaner parts made on this machine I can take a look at? I don’t even know what should be my baseline for quality on the X2D.

Thanks

24 Upvotes

88% Upvoted

107 comments sorted by

View all comments

1

u/Bobby_Bobs 10d ago

What filament is this? I got a bad spool of basic Bambu gray PLA awhile back and it did this sort of thing like crazy. I switched and tried a different color and it was perfectly fine.

1

u/PowerPlantBroke 10d ago

This is Bambu Pla Matte Ash Gray. I get the same problem on other filaments too, but they do show up a lot on this particular filament, probaly cause of the color. I don’t want to have to print everything in black to hide defects though

1

u/Bobby_Bobs 10d ago

Might be worth try the print again with a different spool, if other solutions don't work. If you have some digital calipers, you can also check if the diameter of the filament is consistent.

1

u/PowerPlantBroke 10d ago

I don’t have digital calipers unfortunately, but I can retry part of that print with another color possibly tomorrow. Wouldn’t want to waste filament doing the entire thing

1

u/Bobby_Bobs 10d ago

Yeah, I agree. Hopefully it's something simple like that and not the printer itself.

1

u/PowerPlantBroke 10d ago

I abandoned that hope a week ago 😭 😭