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I got my 3d printer (bambu p1s and ams.) Printed a benchy with mostly no problem, then downloaded and printed some conversion rings for cardboard spools for the AMS (the extra part that allows it to automatically switch between 4 rolls of filament.) Then I started to print my first own design, an ornament present for my coaches at CrossFit which was the gym logo and a motto the owner likes. I started with a scaled print, assuming something would go wrong, and it did.

Something was super off with the supports and it printed the back half of the motto as supports, rather than printing any of it. It also broke apart for some reason.

I decided I'd print one half and then glue the halves together, avoiding the need for supports at all. For whatever reason the AMS decided to swap in green instead of red and I was getting some warping and lifting on the black. I though maybe I could bend the warp back, so I printed it at scale, but the warping got so bad that the print got very messed up.

Then I thought I would try to just print the logo. The first time the slicer didn't complain it needed supports, so tried it without supports, but that was disastrous. Then I tried supports, but the supports were printing in red on the white, so it left little red bits. I found the button that lets me change the last layer of supports to white. It didn't come out perfectly (there is still a little pink,) but I think I can declare it "good enough" and print the other three today.

Then I plan to recreate the motto in the bambu slicer, print it separately and then attach it with some jump rings. This should be doable before I leave for Canada.

Then when I get home, I will start work on the other self-designed things and model the part my mother wants replaced.

The AMS is not happy with the cardboard spools, even with the conversion rings, so I have to do some hand holding with it. If I had perfect knowledge of what I was doing, I would have ordered my red, black, and white directly from bambu at the time of purchasing the printer (they were having an amazing deal.)

I also experimented with polishing the benchy, and now I know why people use primer and paint. Even though I could get it glass smooth, I could still see the lines. So this means I won't be getting and bronze silk filament for the sword parts, but rather hand polishing them and then priming and painting.

( all the attempts so far )