You NEED this Bambu Lab money and filament saving hack!

[@theglowcloud2215]

Dude slams and throws literally everything he owns. Big respect

[@playconveyor]

No time for placing stuff down 😅

[@theglowcloud2215]

@@playconveyor I slam or place depending on my mood that day

[@p0ppytears]

You don't need an AMS to use all your filament and not be wasteful. You're not saving any money, you bought the filament.

[@slothy89uni]

Agreed, all you need is a filament runout sensor, with a pause routine, and manually load the next spool. All the AMS achieves here is convenience. As for the cost though, if you just throw away the scraps then you could argue you’re only getting say 950g for your $20, as the rest is just wasted. It’s not so much saving money as it is making better use of it. Either way, you’re not paying the AMS off at all.

[@TheRealMisterJ]

No, you don't need an ams for that Ofcourse. But when I have long prints that I start before bed or before work, I can't throw in a small roll that'll run out and have the printer idle all day until I get back. Before I got an ams I had tons of almost empty rolls laying around I just never had time to use, now I run through everything without waste...

[@erebostd]

Cardboard spools in an AMS? Are you sure that’s an good idea? I heard horrible things about it…

[@Drot-l3s]

Like what? I heard some too but also saw no evidence of anything ever happening. Meanwhile I too am running my cardboard spools without any issues.

[@Increibleperocierto123]

One time some of my filament with cardboard not roll rigth but i have printed a placer suppprt and works. What are that terrible things?

[@00-Dima]

​@user-yx2wn7ew9b Carboard dust and it can hold moisture

[@Jack-el3kz]

They just don’t work, I have 3 AMS units and they just don’t work. I have to print outter ring liners to get them to run.

[@00-Dima]

@@Jack-el3kz never had a single issue

[@stephaniejenkins6626]

I love the videos and I hope that you can 200 subscribers. I’ve been trying to leave a comment on every single video. I really enjoy your 30 printed videos and you’re the person that made me get into 3-D printing.

[@InfiniteCoder01]

Purges here feel very wasteful

[@playconveyor]

Yeah the purge is still a thing but in this instance you could set them to as low as possible because color bleed wouldn’t matter to minimise it even more! Thanks for watching!! 😀

[@thomaswiley666]

So how much was purge? Yes, I get that you are using filament that may or may not be used, because it is considered "scrap." But I wonder with a decent, judiciously placed run-out sensor could do a better job of minimizing waste, albeit at the cost of your time to re-thread another spool.

[@playconveyor]

A small purge per each spool change, just to run the new filament through the nozzle, which is tiny, there might even be a way around it, we will have to do some digging! The convenience is the biggie for us, we can just chuck four in and use all the tiny end of reel bits up without having to put too much effort in! I’ve always wanted to try filament splicing too for offcuts!

[@MegaBlox_YT]

⚠️ warning ⚠️ If you have really old filament it might break inside the ams and you may need to take the ams apart and unclog the tube!

[@GhostJPS]

Pro tip: This can also also be done on ANY machine that has a runout sensor! Just load the filament one spool after the other. The waste is minimal and the results are very similar. Hope this has helped. 🙂

[@Kingofcrazieness]

So if I add a runout sensor to my Ender three, can I use one of these?

[@8675309eahine]

@@Kingofcrazieness No unfortunately. You’d need to be using a Bambu Lab printer. The AMS does it automatically, the runout sensor will just pause the printer and allow you to swap filaments manually.

[@jasonax1523]

This was very helpful! Thank you!

[@playconveyor]

Happy to help!! Thanks for watching!

[@beanzinacan8850]

Day two begging for an x1 carbon cuz I don’t have money and my parents hate spending money on me

[@monkeywrench1951]

Depending on the filament brand, some are just tied to the end of the role’s core and just stop the machine, hopefully without too much damage to the AMS’s brittle inner mechanism. Watching this, I am amazed nobody has knocked out bambulab’s X1C from the top yet since it came out almost two years ago.

[@Riptide1763]

Does it just work with Bambu lab or could it work with flsunv400

[@dracoflame8780]

I paid 3$ for a little cnc filament clamp and i just soder old rolls together

[@rocketboyjv5474]

I dont understand the whole running out of filament thing, prints fail, filament runout sensors. I've never ran out of filament mid print. Never really came close either.

[@playconveyor]

It can be avoided for sure, this is more about using up those little offcuts leftover! 😀

[@raspberrypiploy771]

This is dreadful ou need to slow down and breath ...

[@Tht1guy63]

less than a hundred if you charge like $10 a pop which is reasonable.

[@playconveyor]

We don’t sell the prototypes but you could definitely make the colours work so you end up with some unique sellable items.. then like you said even quicker! 😀

[@RedsBusker]

Just one question: is it possible and valid even for the bambulab A1 combo with ams lite?

[@IAMJRAD]

Yeah why not. It's the same exact thing

[@TS_Mind_Swept]

Apparently a "Filament Welder" exists, butt it snot very cheap..

[@playconveyor]

Yeah we would love to try one, but like you said.. not cheap!

[@joasf3980]

You can basically do this with any printer with a filament runout sensor. Just put in the next spool manually when the filament is used up. A little bit more manual work but saving even more money because you don’t need an AMS

[@ma_deuce0081]

YOU DIDN’T PUT THE CARDBOARD RING ON RAAAAHHHHHHHHH

[@Jack-el3kz]

How are you able to use cardboard spools!?

[@Kayioki]

I didn't know that spool weights existed, is that a public file? would like to check it out

[@Kayioki]

The FBI agent watching me answered my question it sugested your short were I see you made it and how to get it... thanks fbi agent

[@Arne.Bornheim]

Love this idea. I never really know what to do with the rest of my filaments. Now unjust gotta find the perfect way to reuse my PLA scraps …

[@ero-senpai]

Good video and good advice! BTW isn't it a bad idea to use cardboard spools directly into the AMS? I usually print PLA or PETG rings so no cardboard dust ends up in my AMS.

[@playconveyor]

Thanks!! The cardboard spools is a really tricky one.. you are right, I believe the dust residue they leave behind is one of the concerns! We personally occasionally use the odd cardboard spool in there but that’s our choice and we will deal with any issues if they come up! The rings are a great idea but still not quite there, which ones do you use?

[@ero-senpai]

@@playconveyor The designs by @DesignCraft in MakerWorld are always a perfect fit and are marked per brand so you can distinguish them for ease of reuse. So far I've successfully used adapters / rings for Sovol and Elegoo, planning to try one for Gratkit's green/yellow silk PLA soon!

[@playconveyor]

@@ero-senpai amazing thanks, ill check them out!

[@SixOThree]

Is it important to set them all as the same color for this to work?

[@playconveyor]

Yeah, we always change the colours to be the same!

[@superchargewither2893]

aint no wayyyy new playconveyor vid ww

[@superchargewither2893]

): the pain from seeing you use cardboard spools in the ams

[@playconveyor]

Thanks for watching!!

[@superchargewither2893]

@@playconveyor ....but why though

[@I_EpicsStudios]

@@superchargewither2893 I have used cardboard spools plenty in the AMS and it has never caused me any issues. Dust really isn't a problem either, only after going through an entire spool did I notice a little dust on the rollers which was fixed by just wiping them off

[@rubiksensei3568]

I personally get about 20g left on each spool I use. I take each of those leftover from their spool and store them properly (thrown in a random cardboard box) to use them with my 3D pen OR as little pegs to assemble multiparts prints

[@miloszbulinski3478]

What software are you using to make 3d Objects? I have Bambu studio but that is not what I was looking for I was wondering if solidworks is better

[@djknyse]

aaaaaand subscribed from seeing this on video. Thanks! *goes to look at old rolls with little PLA on them*

[@tomyocom5886]

Nice and love your shorts! Wink

[@playconveyor]

Thanks 🤩

[@miciagaming7323]

i have the same issue and im SO excited to get the ams!

[@playconveyor]

It’s so good!

[@JoLennon]

Question what printer do you use i am considering the banbu lab a1 multi color but want to know any other recommendations

[@JohnHansknecht]

Sovol SV08 is a much better deal

[@olafmarzocchi6194]

Is it Z banding I'm seeing?

[@playconveyor]

On which part?

[@olafmarzocchi6194]

@@playconveyor 1:54-1:56, grey wall in foreground

[@3D_Printing]

Use filament runout detection

[@rcman000]

How to do it with bambu spools of different colors?

[@seeyditti]

Dude stress testing every little thing😂

[@ArneOLDAccount]

nice hack! gotta get me that AMS!

[@TAPSSebas]

second

[@playconveyor]

Thanks for watching!

[@perniculous]

Love your content!

[@playconveyor]

Thank you and thanks for watching!

[@MK-fw5bt]

Was searching for this......🥂🍾

[@godfatherfeederfather6350]

Can this be done on a A1-Mini?

[@swietlikyt]

yes

[@jorgem3625]

Why do you have to throw everything away, you treat everything like garbage

[@GtaPlayerOnWeed]

Ver filk