Bambu Lab X1 Must Prints!! (7 Things You Need to Print)
If you're like me and you have just purchased and received the Bambu Lab X1 Carbon, then you may be wondering what to print first. Well today I'm going to share with you the first 7 things you need to print on the Bambu Lab X1 Carbon.
Some of these come already pre-sliced on the printer and others are some nice quality of life upgrades.
Benchy
The first object on this list is of course a Benchy and it is already stored in the onboard memory of the printer.
Now for those of you that are new to 3D printing, you may be wondering what this cute little boat is and why it's called a Benchy. Benchy is short for benchmark as this print is a great way to test your printer's capabilities. It is designed to test how well you printer deals with overhangs, large smooth curves, tiny surface details, cylindrical shapes and much, much more.
Now for those of you that are familiar with Benchy’s, will know that this print usually takes around 40 mins to over an hour depending on the printer, however that is not the case with the Bambu Lab X1 Carbon.
Bambu Lab has sliced this file themselves and have somehow reduced the print time to an impressive 24 minutes, which includes the 7 minute calibration and bed level. I definitely recommend printing this first as seeing the speed this prints at in person will blow you away.
Purge Bucket
The second object on this list is a purge bucket and it is a must have as every time your printer loads and unloads filament it will purge an amount of filament and shoot it out the back of the machine through its poop shoot. If you purchased an AMS your printer will also purge an amount of filament every time you change colour to ensure your colours don't get mixed in your print.
Now there's plenty of different .stl files available for purge buckets however I have chosen this one as it comes with two parts, the bucket and the Bambu Lab logo, which can be multicolour printed and glued on.
Reusable Spool
Bambu Lab sells their filament in two different ways, the first is with a reusable spool and the second is in what they call a refill pack. Most of the coloured PLA are not available with spools and will need to be purchased as refill packs.
Now to use these refill packs you will need to either purchase an empty reusable spool or 3d print your own and luckily Bambu Lab has been kind enough to supply us with their own files onboard the printer.
Each print will take around two and a half hours and just over 100 grams of filament to print. But once printed you can install your refill packs and get printing.
Filament Y Splitter
This is a must have for people who have an AMS unit that also want to print non compatible AMS materials. The Y splitter makes it easier to swap from using the AMS to using an external spool of filament as you don't have to constantly remove and re-insert the guide tube connecting from the AMS to the printer.
Simply connect the y splitter to the machine and use the guide tube from the AMS to connect to one side of y splitter and a second to connect to an external spool on your spool holder.
AMS Removal Tool
This is probably my favourite print on this list. The AMS removal tool is a little handy tool that makes removing both the guide tube from the AMS buffer and the pin cables a lot easier. The left side slides under the tube and presses into the connector to remove the guide tube and the right side slides under the pin cable.
Vase
The penultimate object on this list is a vase. Now you might argue that this isn't a must print but in my opinion it is. It comes stored on the onboard memory of the printer and is honestly a great print to see how the printer deals with high detailed objects. It is also a great present for loved ones.
Scraper
Bambu Lab supplies you with a Bambu scraper blade in the accessories box. Now it took me a little while to realise this but, stored in the printers on board memory is a file that allows you to print your own scraper that the blade slides onto. It takes just over an hour to print and comes with a stand to hold it in. This is a great idea in my opinion and it works very well.
