I really liked the video and the way he explained the process. Loved the tip about using translucent/white PLA in the first few test prints and making notes with permanent markers.
Apparently the legality stuff is iffy according to YT comments and the tips in the video should not be construed as legal advice.
Meh, f*ck’em :)
Nobody’s going to know what you’re printing at home unless you’re using one of those spyware filled, cloud connected printers.
You mean the most popular brand of all aka Bambu? I can‘t recommend them even if they don‘t snitch at you right away. The ecosystem they‘re setting up is bad for consumers as is.
I am planning on buying my first 3d printer this summer. My research so far has pointed me towards bambu labs p2s. I have seen nothing like this comment before.
What about Bambu Labs makes it bad for consumers? And what would you recommend as an alternative? I like that it is very beginner friendly and in an enclosed system so that my kids cannot mess with it as easily. Also the ams pro 2 seems like it is quite far ahead of its competition?
on bambu
My experience with bambulab is limited to older generation models: a1, x1, p1 dunno if it still applies.
It literally snitches everything you print, requires online (even in lan mode it sometimes stops and won’t work untill it phoned home then it will work again).
Almost any modern printer is extremely beginner friendly. Recently I’ve gotten 4 Elegoo Centauri Carbons 1, and they offer essentially the same experience as bbl printers (I have no idea abut phone app - never used one), they are very simple to setup, require little knowledge to operate and maintain spare parts are available, printed for about 300 hours on each one without any problems and just a single failed print. But my experience might be warped due to years of accumulated knowledge about both printers and slicers and is limiting due not printing pla at all.
Thanks! I guess I have to look into other alternatives then. I liked the ams from bambu because it acts as a dryer and kan keep a low atmospheric moisture. I will propably not be printing 24/7 but more in bursts. Would you just take the filament out of the printer between prints in such a case?
Damn this was the best video on the subject. I could find zero faults with his method.
I love how he did the thin slice method to check all the numbers. I love how he wrote all over the prototypes. I love how he called out specific checkpoints to revalidate.
Perfect tutorial. 10/10. No notes.
Zach Freedman always has quite thouroughly thought out videos. Not always interesting for me personally, but quite a few bangers.
And he launched Gridfinity into the ecosystem it is today.
Zach is a national treasure.
I like his rant about brain rotting watching vertical videos.
One thing I think he missed, in my experience, is many of the critical dimensions may be in the user manual as a drawing. For example, the hole spacing for mounting the drives is standard so either the mount or the drive manufacturer might have called out the position and size. This would be way better than measuring, especially if they are using metric and you dimension in inches.
Great vid though.
