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Trying to print “Benchy the Boat”. Can I get any pointers? It’s PLA filament
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How hot is the bed? Did it ever stick to the build plate during this print?
Your filament looks hella thick for some reason maybe it's just the photo angle or something.
My first guess without knowing anything else is that it ain't sticking to the bed so turn the bed heat up or put down some glue from a glue stick and try again.
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>>2970103
Did you buy the printer used? Bambu printers are tard proof so if it's fucking up, you're either a genius level tard or something is fucked up with the printer itself. The bad news is because Bambu locked most things down to tard proof the printer, there probably isn't much you can do to make it work. Contact Bambu customer support if you bought it new and it's making spaghetti.
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>>2970774
You both need to learn to print temperature towers but OP needs to learn to level his bed and possibly use an adhesive on the print bed first, at least you're past that
Slight changes in the material even if it's PLA, dyes used and the colour absorbing heat can vary things e.g. black requires lower than white. Saying all that, the optimum is usually 210, 215 or 220 and you learn to eyeball and mange a decent guess
Some brands do respond better to a mere 5°, formafutura is beautiful when you hit it right
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>>2970103
I had no idea you could fail a print like this with a bambu printer and pla, like wtf. The printer guides you step by step during first setup basically holding your hand like you're a fucking retarded baby. After using it for over a year I recommended it to a nontech colleague for their kid and expected they would call me for help nonstop, but they are happy with it and even said it was simpler than they thought it would be.
Read the fucking manual, and if you can't figure it out after doing so, sell it before you break it and find someone who can become your guardian because there is no way you are able to survive unsupervised.
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>>2972692
bambu has autoleveling and their PEI plate doesn't need glue, and definitely not with PLA. I used it hundreds of times and it did it only once, with PETG, on a very small part that just needed a raft.
Printer also comes with a starter filament of their brand. It literally just works out of the box, and has reminders to oil or grease it with videos on how to do it. It has few models pre-sliced on the memory card, including benchy.
You have to really try to make it fail a fucking benchy like this, like disabling leveling, flow control, and so on, on purpose.
If he isn't trolling, then the plate is oiled with the same lubricant he should have used on the rails, and cleaning it with alcohol should do the trick.
Also 3d print gen has a guide in the OP.
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>>2973580
PEI shouldn't need adhesive for PLA but it's worth ruling out. The stippling effect can get worn or filled and it gets smooth eventually, especially in frequent print areas like the middle. If it's a 2nd hand printer, it's possible along with the list you posted like disabled autolevelling
I looked at the A1 mini but got a creality k1c instead because size & enclosure better suited my projects and agree it should be plug & play out of the box, in terms of idiot proof I had a tough choice
If that's out of the box, it's either DOA, troll or OP is a faggot
3dpg >>2970342
I stand by what I said about temperature towers, it won't fix the bed adhesion issue but the fine detail will suffer if you swap brands or colours a lot and don't dial it in
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>>2970103
Printer will work better if it's not on its side.
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>>2973580
Bambu glue is mostly to protect that PEI sheet, o that’s why you see idiots going PETG ruined my build plate I’m out $50! Posts because they don’t understand that if you print too hot and too close with even PLA you can damage that build sheet
But nah it must be that those guys printing for over a decade can’t level a bed as good as a guy that bought his first Bambu a week ago!!!
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