This is the first video I’ve seen showing and explains how the automatic filament change works. One step closer to buying Bambu Lab X1C. Thanks for sharing.
They've just released a smaller printer called the A1, it looks very capable, but it is a bed slinger, and doesn't have the capacity, it does have the ability to print multi-color, which is really handy, but also pretty slow if the color is throughout. If you did get the X1C, I can say that it is certainly an excellent printer, I don't think there is another on the market at the moment within the price range with anywhere close to the same capabilities. This is good news for us, it should help to push everyone for more innovation.
Thank you for this video. I wanted to know if my AMS could Auto-Refill between more than 2 rolls but I couldn't find anything on the Internet saying it could.... until I found your video here. I've got a big print and three partial spools... this is PERFECT. Thanks again!
thanks, Seems like a great feature for when you have lots of partial spools, and way better than trying to splice filament together and wind spools. but it also looks like you need to be careful to know how your spools finish so you don't snag, or be their ready to help.
Interesting to see how it works up close, thanks! That dangly bit in the end seems to be really effective, and spools with rigidly fixed filament end are a problem for any system. The new video format is totally fine but I'd still recommend notes for the on camera bits. In the end you basically say the same thing two times in a row :)
It makes a big difference! Any issues with it so far? I've only heard of one person having a problem with one of the first stage feeders. So far I'm not seeing any issues. I think it could have more area for desiccant though. I plan on making something for that, those ones you can print don't seem to allow any air movement and won't do much IMHO.
Hi. I’ve printed five desiccant holders for the front of the AMS, the centre one has a RH meter in it. I also printed 2 desiccant holder to go in the base. Provided I keep the lid shut, the RH remains at 10%. I keep spare spools of filaments in a sealed plastic box, with a tray of desiccant in the bottom. When I need to swap a spool, I simply changed it over, the relative humidity in the AMS increases to say 12%, mainly due to the lid being open, but it then it slowly drops back to 10%. Over time the RH slowly increases, and when it reaches 15% I regenerated the desiccant and refill the containers. I’m thinking of printing desiccant containers to go in the spool centres, mainly to increase the weight of the spools when the filament is almost exhausted .
Perfect, that makes complete sense, I didn't notice it up inside there. I'll have to be more carful when I'm recording inside, it nearly took out my camera.
@@NeedItMakeIt There is a boss near the front on the left that sticks out. It rams the head against that to activate the cutter. I haven’t got my P1S combo yet, but am trying to learn enough to not break it too quickly.
Sure would be nice to be able to tell the printer which ones to use as the automatic switching only works with same filament/color atm. Thx for the instructions on how to fool it.
Sure, I started printing way back with the no-name brant ABS from 3D printing Canada, I they're the black spools I've used in most of my videos. They've always worked well for me. I switched to PETG because I wanted to print without an enclosure, but the sheen... I guess with a good printer, and quality filament the sheen isn't a problem, there will be very few defects to detect. At the moment, Creality's Hyper PLA is the best I've printed with, it is so precise in diameter that it prints perfectly on any printer. I'm not sure how they've been able to control the size to that level, maybe a new step they've added that other companies haven't yet. So ABS is lovely, but warps and needs that enclosure, PETG is shiny, but if you can deal with it, not a bad filament to use, lots of pros to PETG. PLA, nothing wrong with PLA, the Hyper seems to be the best I've seen but I'm not a PLA expert. I print with ASA as well, but only a few spools so far and the sheen is good, the printing temp is high like ABS, and it does warp as well, not a lot of advantages over ABS aside from the UV resist. I think there are more colours available now, it might be worth trying some, they're also matte finish. I hope that helps a little!
Great video, thanks for posting your results. Quick unrelated question: You mentioned you were printing with ASA, and I noticed it was on the engineering build plate that ships with the X1 Carbon. On my P1S, I only have the PEI plate, and ASA sticks to it too well, making it almost impossible to remove from the build plate. Do you have any recommendations for a build plate suitable for higher temperature filaments?
I am getting into the groove! with new and improved Hmmms and Umms included Thanks for taking the time. I am releasing another video in a couple of days. I should be able to get to 2 vids/week on the current schedule.
Getting comfy with being in front of the camera helps a lot, and not obsessing with every little detail. It should get better with more experience, maybe even become natural... Wishful thinking :) Thanks for the support!
hi tnx for informative with, but how to change material if autoswap is not ON, and if next spool have same material but color is not same in setup and in real. TNX
I'll have to take another look, I thought it said max 12. I'll have another look. What types of things do you print with so many colors? having color opens up a whole new world!
Does each filament have to be labeled the same color? If so, will it print from #1 and then move to #3? I Love my XC1; it prints great. Thank you for your video
It does. There are way to change color in Bambu Studio by layer if that's what you're interested in, but if you just want to use up the entire spool, you'll need to assign the same color and material, I believe everything needs to be identical, it should say in the menu just before sending the print, it will also give you a heads up in the AMS menu at the printer.
I had 2 same Bamboo filaments in slot 3 and 4. It said filament ran out please add filament and click retry. Auto switch was on apparently. Good thing I was home to take it from slot 4 to slot 3 to countinue.
That's a bit strange, unless they're different colors, it should be automatic. When you slice it'll even tell you which slots match just before sending to your printer.
i print a shelf with rest of filament and the printed shelf is very beautiful, i like in bambu studio if exist a function that use filamet in ramdom mode is very interesting
I don't like any of my spools to run out in the AMS, it has given me fits. I have had to disassemble it more than once. I just snip them toward the end.
it looks good, however I have the P1P and have managed to use up short reels by setting of a print, it stops automatically when the filament runs out and you can just feed in the next part roll and resume printing, obviously if you have time constraints the AMS is a must, but if time is not an issue then save your money if the only reason is to use up part rolls.
Just before you send to the printer it will tell you that it agrees that they're alike. It will work for you, but there was something funny in your case.
@@NeedItMakeIt thanks for your reply I think I might have sorted it in Bambu handy if you click the lines in the top right corner next to the bell it takes you into settings click AMS and it gives you the option at the bottom. Thanks again love your videos 👍
@@andyl2201 Oh, through the handy app, that could be it. I don't do anything through the Handy TBH. On a slightly related topic, I have tried to switch filament colors while the print was going and it did not like that. I think it might be possible when the printer is paused, I'll have to try it. I want to do a Huge forge print with more colors than I have in my AMS.
In a real situation, when I want to print, say, a wear-resistant hinge sliding bearing inside the flexible TPU, the material change will not be horizontal, which means that a lot of material would be wasted, and the printing would take a lot of time, because you would have to thread material several times in one line. and at the same time screw up the extruder. If this is not the case, please also show if you change the material vertically, say you print a sphere inside a cube made of a different material or with a different color.
These are just esmart cheap led lights. I'd really like to upgrade to something more discreet on the inside. I wonder what the reasoning was for the tinted glass. To keep most of the external light out for more consistent time-lapses?
They've done a great job including all of the best features. I do like how updates come through regularly, there are new features all of the time. I'm going to show off more of what this printer can do. I have some extreme tests to throw at it, should be fun to see what it can handle.
I'll have to learn more about the cutting process, I'm curious as well how long that cutter will last. I'd guess it would vary a lot depending on the material being printed.
Yeah for sure. The software seems pretty well thought out, they have purging settings based on how much is needed from Dark-light, and back, white to black is less than black to white. I go with what the recommend, but I think you can tweak as you need to.
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Same and I agree. But this printer might not be for people like us. This printer and a few other printers are great for businesses where they don't want to rely on people like us. It's not for people that want to squeeze the last bit of performance out of their machines.
Why are you so salty? Why would printer like this kill open source? If there is a market, the development of open source will continue as well as production of new printers. 🤷♂️ If you are salty that the development or production of open source will vanish, maybe a lot of people have been waiting for easy to access printers and have been using these because there were no easy to access printers. Each their own.
I guess it really depends on the person and the type of work they do. I still use my Enders, granted not as much as before but they're there if I get into a bind as well. I still enjoy tinkering with them as well. If I may offer a different perspective, and I see both sides to this well. I love the old tools, I love to restore tools and do hard physical work. So here is my example. If you own a property, would you choose to mow your grass with a sickle, a manual push mower (reel) or use a gas mower, or perhaps even an automated mower. Most people, would probably use a gas mower. I still use my reel mower, but I do it for exercise and it does produce really nice results, but it is a lot of work and is quite a bit slower. I sweat a lot more. I look at 3D printers in this way. They are just the next generation of development of a tool and so they will continue to develop over time. This particular brand has done a very good job with the engineering of their product, there are always some issues here and there regardless of the brand, but overall the speed, quality and innovation they've achieved is next-level and so I don't mind showing off and testing the product. I completely see your perspective and I understand where you're coming from, I hope you can see mine. This is what I do for work as well, for business and competition we have to continuously push the limits to compete. That's about all, thanks for taking the time to leave a comment and keep leaving them, I will try to read and respond to each!
Voron set the bar high, their ideas helped to develop these next gen of printers. I would think that in a few years, this type of printer is the new norm and the bed slingers will be retired. But I does really depend on how you use them. I'll give an example. I use this printer a lot for real projects around the home, I recently built, and mounted barn doors in our home. The hardware that we purchased isn't ideal for attaching through drywall and sucked right into it. I used the printer to get me out a bind really quick but printing 9 heavy duty washers in just a couple of hours. The other printers would have done the job just fine, it just takes longer and that's me waiting another day to finish the job. It really depends on what you're doing with them like you said. I do think that this style or something even more advanced will become the new norm whether we like it or not. But please I love reading your thoughts on this, keep them coming!
Why all the hate for bambu printers? I recently upgraded from my ender 5 and am getting higher quality prints at half the time using pretty much the default profiles in orca slicer. Modding and tweaking my old printer was kind of fun at first, but after a while it got old and recently my E5 is constantly having problems which require me to mess with it and tune it every time I changed filament or nozzle. I get it, some people like doing the mods, messing with the setting, and spending hours to get just a little bit more out of it. It is kind of like how some people enjoy fixing up old cars. But at the end of the day I just want to print without all the hassle.
There was nothing "Auto Material Refill" about this. All you did was set it up to switch materials when one runs out. NOTHING IS AUTO REFILLED, and if the last filament runs out the print is not going to keep going until YOU MANUALLY REFILL
I'm not sure what you mean, do you expect that it would be able to grab one off of the wall and refill the AMS? order one online for you, unpackage it and then load it in? I suppose someone could setup an ejection system and then re-load, it is possible. I think it does a good job of REFILLing the print head to allow continuous printing. The build volume is after all limited, it would be extremely difficult to go through several spools with the limited space.
@@NeedItMakeIt "do you expect that it would be able to grab one off of the wall and refill the AMS?" You set that expectation when you wrote that in the title. There are videos showcasing mods that take the bed off the printer, and put on a new one for "continuous printing", so yeah I would kind of expect some sort of auto refill from a video that says auto refill. While that would very complicated it technically could be done with a run out sensor on the filament before it goes into the AMS, and another motor that triggers when the filament is out, and the hardest part would probably be a guiding setup for the filament to make its way into the AMS pathway. I don't think it would even need to communicate with the printer, but I don't think the printer knows to keep printing after it's been "refilled"...? This would technically be an "Auto Refill". I also don't see why a setup like this couldn't work for other printers.
Apologies, just getting to this now. The title is simply based on the naming from the company, believe what you like. Thumbnails are not so easy as people believe, I'm always working on improving them, and not trying to misrepresent the content in the video to be click-batey. I can't please everyone, and I don't pretend to try, if you don't like it, move on. Have a good one.
This is the first video I’ve seen showing and explains how the automatic filament change works. One step closer to buying Bambu Lab X1C. Thanks for sharing.
They've just released a smaller printer called the A1, it looks very capable, but it is a bed slinger, and doesn't have the capacity, it does have the ability to print multi-color, which is really handy, but also pretty slow if the color is throughout. If you did get the X1C, I can say that it is certainly an excellent printer, I don't think there is another on the market at the moment within the price range with anywhere close to the same capabilities. This is good news for us, it should help to push everyone for more innovation.
Thank you for this video. I wanted to know if my AMS could Auto-Refill between more than 2 rolls but I couldn't find anything on the Internet saying it could.... until I found your video here. I've got a big print and three partial spools... this is PERFECT. Thanks again!
This system makes it easy to use up all those spools that have just a little bit of filament left on them. Love it.
This was the perfect video to not only explain how to do this but show what steps the AMS actually takes to use the full spool. Thank you!!!
Bambu Lab.. X1 Carbon.... AMS.. 3D Printing dream come true.
I have this printer, and heard it can do that but didnt have the confidence to try, thanks!!
thanks, Seems like a great feature for when you have lots of partial spools, and way better than trying to splice filament together and wind spools. but it also looks like you need to be careful to know how your spools finish so you don't snag, or be their ready to help.
Interesting to see how it works up close, thanks! That dangly bit in the end seems to be really effective, and spools with rigidly fixed filament end are a problem for any system.
The new video format is totally fine but I'd still recommend notes for the on camera bits. In the end you basically say the same thing two times in a row :)
So glad I ordered with the AMS!
It makes a big difference! Any issues with it so far? I've only heard of one person having a problem with one of the first stage feeders. So far I'm not seeing any issues. I think it could have more area for desiccant though. I plan on making something for that, those ones you can print don't seem to allow any air movement and won't do much IMHO.
Hi. I’ve printed five desiccant holders for the front of the AMS, the centre one has a RH meter in it. I also printed 2 desiccant holder to go in the base. Provided I keep the lid shut, the RH remains at 10%.
I keep spare spools of filaments in a sealed plastic box, with a tray of desiccant in the bottom. When I need to swap a spool, I simply changed it over, the relative humidity in the AMS increases to say 12%, mainly due to the lid being open, but it then it slowly drops back to 10%. Over time the RH slowly increases, and when it reaches 15% I regenerated the desiccant and refill the containers.
I’m thinking of printing desiccant containers to go in the spool centres, mainly to increase the weight of the spools when the filament is almost exhausted .
Great video thanks! You did a great job explaining it all.
Thanks a lot, I really appreciate that. Lots more coming! 1-2 videos a week is the goal, and then 4-5 when I really get rolling.
The head goes to the front to press the cutter lever.
Perfect, that makes complete sense, I didn't notice it up inside there. I'll have to be more carful when I'm recording inside, it nearly took out my camera.
@@NeedItMakeIt
There is a boss near the front on the left that sticks out. It rams the head against that to activate the cutter.
I haven’t got my P1S combo yet, but am trying to learn enough to not break it too quickly.
Sure would be nice to be able to tell the printer which ones to use as the automatic switching only works with same filament/color atm. Thx for the instructions on how to fool it.
Nice Video! You mentioned you like matte colors better. What is your filament of choice for matte colors (brand/material). Thank you for your time.
Sure, I started printing way back with the no-name brant ABS from 3D printing Canada, I they're the black spools I've used in most of my videos. They've always worked well for me. I switched to PETG because I wanted to print without an enclosure, but the sheen... I guess with a good printer, and quality filament the sheen isn't a problem, there will be very few defects to detect. At the moment, Creality's Hyper PLA is the best I've printed with, it is so precise in diameter that it prints perfectly on any printer. I'm not sure how they've been able to control the size to that level, maybe a new step they've added that other companies haven't yet. So ABS is lovely, but warps and needs that enclosure, PETG is shiny, but if you can deal with it, not a bad filament to use, lots of pros to PETG. PLA, nothing wrong with PLA, the Hyper seems to be the best I've seen but I'm not a PLA expert. I print with ASA as well, but only a few spools so far and the sheen is good, the printing temp is high like ABS, and it does warp as well, not a lot of advantages over ABS aside from the UV resist. I think there are more colours available now, it might be worth trying some, they're also matte finish. I hope that helps a little!
I forgot to say thanks!
Will it automatically switch over to the new roll if you have not synched with the printer prior to printing?
Great video, thanks for posting your results. Quick unrelated question: You mentioned you were printing with ASA, and I noticed it was on the engineering build plate that ships with the X1 Carbon. On my P1S, I only have the PEI plate, and ASA sticks to it too well, making it almost impossible to remove from the build plate. Do you have any recommendations for a build plate suitable for higher temperature filaments?
Thanks for the video! Really appreciate your content as always!
Thank you! I‘m working on making better and more original content… still need to work on my video editing skills.
great video, nice demonstration of how it works :) thanks a lot. and i like ya intro music very much :D alwys makes me head bang for 2 secs :D
Did u have a light on the door? If got a link to it?
Hmm starting to really like your vids 😎
I am getting into the groove! with new and improved Hmmms and Umms included Thanks for taking the time. I am releasing another video in a couple of days. I should be able to get to 2 vids/week on the current schedule.
@@NeedItMakeIt yep hmm ahh makes a vid lol, it’s a lot of work and prep getting them out, 2 a weeks a lot, good luck 🤞
Getting comfy with being in front of the camera helps a lot, and not obsessing with every little detail. It should get better with more experience, maybe even become natural... Wishful thinking :) Thanks for the support!
Yes thx for explaining how that option works
hi tnx for informative with, but how to change material if autoswap is not ON, and if next spool have same material but color is not same in setup and in real. TNX
what does it do if there isnt a color matching
guessing for the first test it didn’t fully purge the grey because it thought the next colour was also grey so it didn’t need to fully purge?
exactly
Is this exclusive to X1? Would a p1s with and work?
I‘m pretty sure it works for any printer they make, if you have the port on your printer to add the AMS it should work.
Yeah I just bought p1s and ams combo on there website saved a bit of money buying them together.
Good call, I believe you can connect up to 3 AMS' it does require an added hub.
@@NeedItMakeIt4 ams actually, and yes, it’s as good as it sounds.
I'll have to take another look, I thought it said max 12. I'll have another look. What types of things do you print with so many colors? having color opens up a whole new world!
Does each filament have to be labeled the same color? If so, will it print from #1 and then move to #3? I Love my XC1; it prints great. Thank you for your video
It does. There are way to change color in Bambu Studio by layer if that's what you're interested in, but if you just want to use up the entire spool, you'll need to assign the same color and material, I believe everything needs to be identical, it should say in the menu just before sending the print, it will also give you a heads up in the AMS menu at the printer.
I had 2 same Bamboo filaments in slot 3 and 4. It said filament ran out please add filament and click retry.
Auto switch was on apparently. Good thing I was home to take it from slot 4 to slot 3 to countinue.
That's a bit strange, unless they're different colors, it should be automatic. When you slice it'll even tell you which slots match just before sending to your printer.
i print a shelf with rest of filament and the printed shelf is very beautiful, i like in bambu studio if exist a function that use filamet in ramdom mode is very interesting
I don't like any of my spools to run out in the AMS, it has given me fits. I have had to disassemble it more than once. I just snip them toward the end.
Do you need to do anything in the settings for this to happen or it works automatically ?
Guess I could have just finished the video before commenting. But a comment is a comment right !
it looks good, however I have the P1P and have managed to use up short reels by setting of a print, it stops automatically when the filament runs out and you can just feed in the next part roll and resume printing, obviously if you have time constraints the AMS is a must, but if time is not an issue then save your money if the only reason is to use up part rolls.
That's pretty good as well, does it keep your print from cooling while this happens?
dosent seem to be an issue with PLA, I can imagine it could be with ASA or ABS though :)
Thanks for the video I tried it with two identical filaments but it did not change over 🤨
Just before you send to the printer it will tell you that it agrees that they're alike. It will work for you, but there was something funny in your case.
@@NeedItMakeIt thanks for your reply I think I might have sorted it in Bambu handy if you click the lines in the top right corner next to the bell it takes you into settings click AMS and it gives you the option at the bottom.
Thanks again love your videos 👍
@@andyl2201 Oh, through the handy app, that could be it. I don't do anything through the Handy TBH. On a slightly related topic, I have tried to switch filament colors while the print was going and it did not like that. I think it might be possible when the printer is paused, I'll have to try it. I want to do a Huge forge print with more colors than I have in my AMS.
In a real situation, when I want to print, say, a wear-resistant hinge sliding bearing inside the flexible TPU, the material change will not be horizontal, which means that a lot of material would be wasted, and the printing would take a lot of time, because you would have to thread material several times in one line. and at the same time screw up the extruder. If this is not the case, please also show if you change the material vertically, say you print a sphere inside a cube made of a different material or with a different color.
What are your lights?
These are just esmart cheap led lights. I'd really like to upgrade to something more discreet on the inside. I wonder what the reasoning was for the tinted glass. To keep most of the external light out for more consistent time-lapses?
Had my first 2 hot swaps today.
Nice, and they worked well for you?
amazing printer
They've done a great job including all of the best features. I do like how updates come through regularly, there are new features all of the time. I'm going to show off more of what this printer can do. I have some extreme tests to throw at it, should be fun to see what it can handle.
cool
Thanks! Appreciate you taking the time to comment.
I think the print head goes to the front cormer in order to recalibrate its position 5:35
That or some gcode still got the move for the cutter in but the actual cut is not in there as it is just run out rather than changed.
I'll have to learn more about the cutting process, I'm curious as well how long that cutter will last. I'd guess it would vary a lot depending on the material being printed.
Why are you wearing gloves? Is the material toxic?
I was painting something and forgot to take them off.
i guess it wouldn't purge as much i.e. to now spool because it was the "same colour" - makes sense
Yeah for sure. The software seems pretty well thought out, they have purging settings based on how much is needed from Dark-light, and back, white to black is less than black to white. I go with what the recommend, but I think you can tweak as you need to.
i need serius to buy a bambu lab 3d printer :D that have all what i need, Ender 3 goodbye
You lied to it
I probably shouldn't lie to the AI, it will probably come after me.
@@NeedItMakeIt I do it all the time with my AMS, lol
Do you print with TPU at all with yours? I‘ve been told not to, but I‘d like to find a way to do multi material prints, maybe there is a way.
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Meh. No thanks. 👎
Same and I agree. But this printer might not be for people like us. This printer and a few other printers are great for businesses where they don't want to rely on people like us. It's not for people that want to squeeze the last bit of performance out of their machines.
Why are you so salty? Why would printer like this kill open source? If there is a market, the development of open source will continue as well as production of new printers. 🤷♂️ If you are salty that the development or production of open source will vanish, maybe a lot of people have been waiting for easy to access printers and have been using these because there were no easy to access printers. Each their own.
I guess it really depends on the person and the type of work they do. I still use my Enders, granted not as much as before but they're there if I get into a bind as well. I still enjoy tinkering with them as well. If I may offer a different perspective, and I see both sides to this well. I love the old tools, I love to restore tools and do hard physical work. So here is my example. If you own a property, would you choose to mow your grass with a sickle, a manual push mower (reel) or use a gas mower, or perhaps even an automated mower. Most people, would probably use a gas mower. I still use my reel mower, but I do it for exercise and it does produce really nice results, but it is a lot of work and is quite a bit slower. I sweat a lot more. I look at 3D printers in this way. They are just the next generation of development of a tool and so they will continue to develop over time. This particular brand has done a very good job with the engineering of their product, there are always some issues here and there regardless of the brand, but overall the speed, quality and innovation they've achieved is next-level and so I don't mind showing off and testing the product. I completely see your perspective and I understand where you're coming from, I hope you can see mine. This is what I do for work as well, for business and competition we have to continuously push the limits to compete. That's about all, thanks for taking the time to leave a comment and keep leaving them, I will try to read and respond to each!
Voron set the bar high, their ideas helped to develop these next gen of printers. I would think that in a few years, this type of printer is the new norm and the bed slingers will be retired. But I does really depend on how you use them. I'll give an example. I use this printer a lot for real projects around the home, I recently built, and mounted barn doors in our home. The hardware that we purchased isn't ideal for attaching through drywall and sucked right into it. I used the printer to get me out a bind really quick but printing 9 heavy duty washers in just a couple of hours. The other printers would have done the job just fine, it just takes longer and that's me waiting another day to finish the job. It really depends on what you're doing with them like you said. I do think that this style or something even more advanced will become the new norm whether we like it or not. But please I love reading your thoughts on this, keep them coming!
Why all the hate for bambu printers? I recently upgraded from my ender 5 and am getting higher quality prints at half the time using pretty much the default profiles in orca slicer. Modding and tweaking my old printer was kind of fun at first, but after a while it got old and recently my E5 is constantly having problems which require me to mess with it and tune it every time I changed filament or nozzle. I get it, some people like doing the mods, messing with the setting, and spending hours to get just a little bit more out of it. It is kind of like how some people enjoy fixing up old cars. But at the end of the day I just want to print without all the hassle.
There was nothing "Auto Material Refill" about this. All you did was set it up to switch materials when one runs out. NOTHING IS AUTO REFILLED, and if the last filament runs out the print is not going to keep going until YOU MANUALLY REFILL
I'm not sure what you mean, do you expect that it would be able to grab one off of the wall and refill the AMS? order one online for you, unpackage it and then load it in? I suppose someone could setup an ejection system and then re-load, it is possible. I think it does a good job of REFILLing the print head to allow continuous printing. The build volume is after all limited, it would be extremely difficult to go through several spools with the limited space.
@@NeedItMakeIt "do you expect that it would be able to grab one off of the wall and refill the AMS?" You set that expectation when you wrote that in the title.
There are videos showcasing mods that take the bed off the printer, and put on a new one for "continuous printing", so yeah I would kind of expect some sort of auto refill from a video that says auto refill.
While that would very complicated it technically could be done with a run out sensor on the filament before it goes into the AMS, and another motor that triggers when the filament is out, and the hardest part would probably be a guiding setup for the filament to make its way into the AMS pathway. I don't think it would even need to communicate with the printer, but I don't think the printer knows to keep printing after it's been "refilled"...? This would technically be an "Auto Refill". I also don't see why a setup like this couldn't work for other printers.
Apologies, just getting to this now. The title is simply based on the naming from the company, believe what you like. Thumbnails are not so easy as people believe, I'm always working on improving them, and not trying to misrepresent the content in the video to be click-batey. I can't please everyone, and I don't pretend to try, if you don't like it, move on.
Have a good one.