THE P2S IS FINALLY BACK UP AND RUNNING. Last week, my Bambu Lab P2S had its first major incident after more than 1,600 hours of printing. During a normal print, the nozzle dragged across the build plate, left a large gouge, became dislodged, and the printer threw an abnormal temperature warni

My son recently started his electrical lineman apprenticeship, and I wanted to make something special to celebrate the beginning of his career. I decided to print a custom IBEW lightbox on my Bambu Lab H2C. The project uses multicolor 3D printing to create the lightbox design. Once the print

xTool provides a flexible 60-inch soft measuring tape that is perfect for measuring tumblers, cups, and other curved surfaces before laser engraving. The problem is that it doesn’t include a convenient storage solution. Instead of leaving the measuring tape loose on my workbench or tangled insid

𝗙𝗿𝗼𝗺 𝗕𝗮𝗺𝗯𝘂 𝗦𝘁𝘂𝗱𝗶𝗼 𝘁𝗼 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗳𝗶𝗻𝗶𝘀𝗵𝗲𝗱 𝗽𝗿𝗶𝗻𝘁. 🖨️❤️ Today's project in the JDPRINTLAB Print Farm was a Certified Emergency Nurse badge. I captured three of my favorite stages of the process: 💻 The digital preview in Bambu Studio 🖨️ The multicolor design actually printing ❤️ The finishe

𝗔𝗻𝗼𝘁𝗵𝗲𝗿 𝗰𝗼𝗼𝗹 𝗳𝘂𝗻𝗰𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻𝗮𝗹 𝗽𝗿𝗶𝗻𝘁 𝗳𝗿𝗼𝗺 𝗠𝗮𝗸𝗲𝗿𝗪𝗼𝗿𝗹𝗱. 🖨️ I found this leveling jig for the xTool S1 and printed it on my Bambu Lab H2C. After getting everything assembled, the main leveling bolt and nut came together really well. The fit and printed threads on those parts were great. ✅ The two sm

𝗙𝗿𝗼𝗺 𝗮 𝗱𝗶𝗴𝗶𝘁𝗮𝗹 𝗱𝗲𝘀𝗶𝗴𝗻 𝘁𝗼 𝗮 𝗳𝗶𝗻𝗶𝘀𝗵𝗲𝗱 𝘀𝘁𝗮𝗶𝗻𝗹𝗲𝘀𝘀 𝘁𝘂𝗺𝗯𝗹𝗲𝗿. For today's JDPRINTLAB project, I started with our Lake Life PNG inside xTool Creative Space. The design was positioned for the stainless steel tumbler, then I applied CerMark marking compound before putting it on the xTool S1. Th

𝗧𝗵𝗶𝘀 𝗺𝗶𝗴𝗵𝘁 𝗯𝗲 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗺𝗼𝘀𝘁 𝘀𝗽𝗲𝗰𝗶𝗳𝗶𝗰 𝗽𝗿𝗼𝗯𝗹𝗲𝗺 𝗜'𝘃𝗲 𝘀𝗼𝗹𝘃𝗲𝗱 𝘄𝗶𝘁𝗵 𝗮 𝟯𝗗 𝗽𝗿𝗶𝗻𝘁𝗲𝗿. When I was younger, my family had a boat that we took out on the river. One day while pulling the boat out, somebody tossed the truck keys to someone still sitting in the boat. They missed. The keys went straigh

𝗔𝗳𝘁𝗲𝗿 𝗺𝗼𝗿𝗲 𝘁𝗵𝗮𝗻 𝟭,𝟲𝟬𝟬 𝗵𝗼𝘂𝗿𝘀 𝗼𝗳 𝟯𝗗 𝗽𝗿𝗶𝗻𝘁𝗶𝗻𝗴, 𝗺𝘆 𝗕𝗮𝗺𝗯𝘂 𝗣𝟮𝗦 𝗳𝗶𝗻𝗮𝗹𝗹𝘆 𝗵𝗮𝗱 𝗶𝘁𝘀 𝗳𝗶𝗿𝘀𝘁 𝗺𝗮𝗷𝗼𝗿 𝗶𝗻𝗰𝗶𝗱𝗲𝗻𝘁. 🖨️😳 I started what should have been a completely normal print. Instead, the nozzle dragged across the build plate hard enough to leave a large gouge, the nozzle became dislodged, and the printer thr

𝗜'𝘃𝗲 𝗯𝗲𝗲𝗻 𝗲𝘅𝗽𝗲𝗿𝗶𝗺𝗲𝗻𝘁𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝘄𝗶𝘁𝗵 𝟯𝗗 𝗽𝗿𝗶𝗻𝘁𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝘁𝗼𝗽 𝘀𝘂𝗿𝗳𝗮𝗰𝗲 𝗽𝗮𝘁𝘁𝗲𝗿𝗻𝘀. 🖨️ Instead of assuming there's one "best" top surface setting, I want to see how different patterns look on different types of projects. For this test I printed a large PrintPal letter L with two finishes: 1️⃣ S

𝗧𝗵𝗿𝗲𝗲 𝟯𝗗 𝗽𝗿𝗶𝗻𝘁𝗲𝗿𝘀 𝗿𝘂𝗻𝗻𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗮𝘁 𝗼𝗻𝗰𝗲…𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝘁𝗵𝗶𝘀 𝘁𝗶𝗺𝗲 𝘁𝗵𝗲𝘆’𝗿𝗲 𝗽𝗿𝗶𝗻𝘁𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝘂𝘀. We've got a long-overdue family weekend coming up, so I put the JDPRINTLAB print farm to work making some custom pieces for everyone. I'm running three Bambu Lab 3D printers simultaneously: 🖨️ Bambu X2D — cus

𝗢𝗞…𝗧𝗛𝗜𝗦 𝗜𝗦 𝗔𝗜 𝗜 𝗖𝗔𝗡 𝗚𝗘𝗧 𝗕𝗘𝗛𝗜𝗡𝗗. 🤣🤖🖨️ Yesterday I posted a successful print because my wife said I only show you guys the failures… Well, we're back. 😂 The H2C caught this print starting to spaghetti and stopped it BEFORE things got completely out of control. Could I have done withou