nah, the printers are good but the company is a bit too dodgy for me. A lot of the usual china shenanigans from them. Louis Rossman did a fairly good breakdown of their last shenanigan but it's basically changing TOS after sales to try and force people to go to their cloud services for continued accessibility and updatability of their printers.I don't need my pc to send files to china to send back to my printer to tell my printer what to print.
Plus apparently, laser cutting is dangerous as fuck depending on what you're cutting.
laser cutting is dangerous as fuck depending on what you're cutting.
Yes. You want to read the MSDS section for burning of any material you're going to laser cut. Especially plastics.
Some are fine, some stinky, and some are death.
Fiberglass depends on the resin used, but you weren't getting through glass with 10W or 40W desktop laser.
Raw carbon fiber is actually fine from what I've heard, but coated stuff depends on exact epoxy/resin again.
Yeah, I hadn't really thought through all the problems with it all. That really is a killing machine right there and PVC, carbon fibre and other common things will no doubt be finding their way into its mechanisms.
Still seems really cool and I imagine in about 10 or so years when refills can be homebrewed onto it and communication with the mothership isn't needed it could be really useful for lots of things :)
laser engraving in a 3d printer sounds good in theory, becuase both are a toolhead on an xy gantry, but in practice theres a ton of complications.
for one, laser cutters/etchers stink and emit a ton of very nasty chemicals. you need to run the laser in a dedicated workshop, whereas a 3d printer, as long as you stick to common filament types, can be run in a living room.
the only situation you'd want this if you have a very small, but very well ventilated workshop.
otherwise, get a separate 3d printer and a separate laser.
You on commission for this thing EP?
Because I'm sold!
I know the family are multi-ethnic but that advert works, I want one! :)
nah, the printers are good but the company is a bit too dodgy for me. A lot of the usual china shenanigans from them. Louis Rossman did a fairly good breakdown of their last shenanigan but it's basically changing TOS after sales to try and force people to go to their cloud services for continued accessibility and updatability of their printers.I don't need my pc to send files to china to send back to my printer to tell my printer what to print.
Plus apparently, laser cutting is dangerous as fuck depending on what you're cutting.
https://x.com/xaraphim/status/1904211993445245415?t=faZuJrlTDWXL0cFU9llBmg
Here’s a list of material materials to not engrave or cut on a laser
ABS: avoid at all costs. emits hydrogen cyanide gas, which is highly toxic even in small amounts
PVC: this will literally kill you
releases chlorine gas, and is corrosive to both your lungs and the printer
Fiberglass/ carbon fiber : just don’t
PTFE: can also kill you releases, fluorine gas
Yes. You want to read the MSDS section for burning of any material you're going to laser cut. Especially plastics.
Some are fine, some stinky, and some are death.
Fiberglass depends on the resin used, but you weren't getting through glass with 10W or 40W desktop laser.
Raw carbon fiber is actually fine from what I've heard, but coated stuff depends on exact epoxy/resin again.
Yeah, I hadn't really thought through all the problems with it all. That really is a killing machine right there and PVC, carbon fibre and other common things will no doubt be finding their way into its mechanisms.
Still seems really cool and I imagine in about 10 or so years when refills can be homebrewed onto it and communication with the mothership isn't needed it could be really useful for lots of things :)
gay
I'm not no.
But I'm sure you'll find the right guy some day :)
laser engraving in a 3d printer sounds good in theory, becuase both are a toolhead on an xy gantry, but in practice theres a ton of complications.
for one, laser cutters/etchers stink and emit a ton of very nasty chemicals. you need to run the laser in a dedicated workshop, whereas a 3d printer, as long as you stick to common filament types, can be run in a living room.
the only situation you'd want this if you have a very small, but very well ventilated workshop.
otherwise, get a separate 3d printer and a separate laser.
The problem is bambu is targeting the noob and dumb crowd so i expect a lot of their customers to die suddenly after buying this