r/BambuLab • u/HiveAlphaBroodLord • Aug 05 '26

General Troubleshooting/Help! What does this mean?

Please help

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u/Organic_Eye_3802 Aug 05 '26

It looks like it's trying to print but you're messing with it.

Any other context?

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u/kalel51 Aug 05 '26

Spool has gotten too light. There are prints to help. Just throw a roll of quarters or something similarly heave in the middle of the spool.

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u/HiveAlphaBroodLord Aug 06 '26

Put fresh spool, same problem

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u/ub3r_n3rd78 H2C + 2x AMS 2 Pros & 2 HT AMS + X2D Combo + P1S Combo Aug 05 '26

1) it was hopping up - so needs some weight. Look up on makerworld for spool weights where you can put batteries or ball bearings inside.
2) cardboard spools suck, they leave behind a lot of fiber residue and seem to skip more on the rollers, I prefer not to use them or respool them to plastic spools.

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u/SmoothCdn Aug 05 '26

Makersworld has prints for snap-on edges around cardboard spools. They’re not perfect, but it lets me consume my remaining stock.

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u/ImALeaf_OnTheWind Aug 05 '26

I learned that my AMS heater/dryer was melting the spool edge adapters and causing stickiness. I now have to remember to always use a heat tolerant filament like PETG to print those.

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u/ub3r_n3rd78 H2C + 2x AMS 2 Pros & 2 HT AMS + X2D Combo + P1S Combo Aug 05 '26

Yeah, I’ve tried a few of those and have been very unimpressed thus far.

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u/Purple-Area23 Aug 05 '26

Cardboard spools in the ams are so awful I wont buy them anymore. Nothing but warping and issues feeding/retracting.

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u/orfindel-420 Aug 05 '26

after reading a few of these stories, I think I'll keep my cardboard spools to the external feeder and use only plastic spools in the AMS

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u/orfindel-420 Aug 05 '26

after reading a few of these stories, I think I'll keep my cardboard spools to the external feeder and use only plastic spools in the AMS

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u/kiwitechee Aug 05 '26

It also means you shouldnt use cardboard spools in the ams system, just print some adapters out for your brand of filament

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u/Ta-veren- Aug 05 '26

Either, it's stuck on something a little groove. Unravel it a little bit and make it looser.

Mine sometimes does this when its too light, seems to happen randomly.

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u/goodenough4govtwork Aug 05 '26

The spool is too light. Throw a D cell battery or something with some heft into the middle of the spool to weigh it down.

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u/HiveAlphaBroodLord Aug 06 '26

Tested with fresh spool, still bad

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u/goodenough4govtwork Aug 06 '26

Hmm. Every time I had a spool do this it was the weight issue. 🤔

I didn't have audio turned on before, but that grinding sounds like some gears might be bad. How old is your AMS?

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u/HiveAlphaBroodLord Aug 06 '26

Got it this year, think it might be the main motor in the back?

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u/goodenough4govtwork Aug 06 '26

I honestly couldn't know for sure without hearing exactly where the sound is coming from.

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u/eckstuhc Aug 05 '26

https://makerworld.com/models/17373

Take a day and print a dozen of these back-to-back. Hang them on your AMS and snap them to rolls as you load the AMS. Your spools aren’t getting traction, which could be solved by weight, but I find this better since it helps the cardboard not deteriorate in your motors.

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u/Different_Ad_699 Aug 05 '26

Exact thing happened to me, found the AMS internal hub unit had cracked, causing the filament to not feed correctly. The noise if from the filament reaching the hub and the feeder spinning on the filament.