Just got my first printer a few days ago. Bambu A1. First test prints with sample filament they included worked great.
I then used Sunlu PLA. Changed the Studio slicer software to this under filament. The printer doesn’t have this as an option so I chose generic PLA.
It didn’t adhere to the plate or too itself.
Do you have to change this parameter on printer and slicer for different brands ? Both were PLA.
Also, my WiFi doesn’t work as printer is on other end of house. I can’t move either. Anyone have experience with a WiFi extender ? Using the micro SD card. Not the easiest way to do this.
Thanks !!!
Wifi extenders work for my Fire tablet, 50 to 60 feet well enough. Can’t say about a printer except the connection really only has to stay connected for the time that it downloads into the printer.
As far as bed adhesion I mentioned some things you can try in the other post. As a last choice use glue. Cheap PVA from the dollar store.
Different brands of filament even different colours of the same filament can and will have different print properties.
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Filament profiles in a slicer are just a suggestion, not cast in stone. You really need to print a temperature tower (aka temp tower) for EVERY spool of filament you have/get. You should find a temp tower under calibration prints. This temp tower will tell you how THIS filament works with YOUR printer.
Hey Tim, thanks for your advice. I eventually figured out how to change the setting on the slicer and it is working fine. I can see where a temperature tower is a great thing to have if I have future issues with different filaments so I downloaded one I can use with different filaments. I found a very small item for print testing. A keychain whistle that prints in 5 minutes. Both will be a tremendous help. Thanks again
Temp tower doesn’t affect first layer issues. Clean beds, squish have more issues. I rarely do temp towers but I do flow calibration every roll. If you run a full calibration of everything every roll you will never make prints.
I would simply clean the bed with IPA and use the temps on the roll. I have printed a lot of Sunlu in the past. They have good QC and generally their suggestions are also good.
If a clean bed fails glue stick. Uhu or Elmers is my go to but not the water resistant type it is not the same.
The cheap fake “Elmer’s” glue from the dollar stores works very well for this and is dirt cheap.
just a comment on the wifi extenders - they do halve the speed - so if you decide you need higher powered gear where the printer is, and it wants/likes high speed network, this could be a bottleneck down the road - these things do tend grow in terms of demand. I gave up, and went with a wifi mesh. I also have full access from below, and am just dumb enough to run my own hardwired networking for the stuff that counts/demands full speeds. Too bad google doesn’t make the original wifi pucks anymore, but those things have stood up very well to the interference the plaster walls of my house present (used to burn a wifi router out in a year).
Thanks for the advice Dkerrivan.
You’re right about extenders slowing down the signal. I’m on fiber optic internet now so my half speed is about 500 mbps. I was able to get the slicing software to recognize my printer no thanks to the bad customer support from Bambu. What exactly is “mesh” to extend WiFi signal? Even though everything is working again, I would like to have an even larger WiFi network.
Thanks again.
A mesh is similar to using range extenders from an observable viewpoit, but it’s a bit better and smoother under the hood wrt handshake/handoff between the wirelss access points.
Most kits for home use come with three nodes. Typically you desigignate one as the primary router as well. They have less bandwitdh loss than range extenders, and ifnyou use physical network cables and a good switch, you will get more stable access and speed.
In my case it really helps deal with a large block of stone/concrete that is constructed in a semi fariday cage style (creative decorating by original owner that Inhavebyet to undo).
Everything sits on one network, and your device just seamlessly negotiates which AP it talks to.
I can actually pick up my network about 200 ft from my house as I approach because of the spread it gives me. I of course have my password set to someting quite obscure which can be handy for home automation projects. (Another rabbit hole I will explore soon)
Another feature many mesh systems have is they can, if a unit dies, be physically swapped so a working unit becomes thenprimary router while you source a replacement. If you can still get them of course. My system is about 6 or 7 yrs old now, and serves me very well despite the heavy plaster and stone content of the house.
I have no idea who makes the best ones for home these days - the Google system I bought was well regarded when I bought it and has not disappointed me. And my troubleshooting of network issues is confined to protocol issues between devices, not signal coverage. Oh and a mesh system can act like a bridge, but that does curtail bandwidth, but handy if you want wifi to reach a back of lot shed or such.
Thanks again for the information. I am good for now but I do want a mesh system so I’ll do some research on which is best. PS I like your description of your house being a Faraday Cage.
Mine is drywall and not too many obstacles that would block the WiFi but Murphy’s Law.
Well, there is an entire wall of stone collected from all over Ontario, supported by a weird mixture of paper, plaster, and chicken wire that runs across 1/3rd of the basement. and that backs on to a nearly 8ft by 4 ft chimney that no longer reaches the sky (lopped it off when we replaced the roof a couple of decades ago) and none of the linksys or other decent brand routers could get a signal past it. As for the plaster, it’s freaking thick, and very very coarse under the top skim coat. I hate cutting into it: it’s still caustic and the dust stings your eyes if it gets past the safety glasses (frequently). So, colourful, but very truthful in terms of it’s effect with wireless signal.
Until LTE came along, we actually had lots of trouble with earlier cell tech in some parts of the house, and we’re well served with cell towers in the part of the city we live in.
Unintended consequences I guess 
I got a better extender from my internet provider and it is working perfectly. It’s made by Nokia. Might be worth looking into. It solved my problem.
Sounds like your WiFi is working ok now in spite of all the obstacles that interfere with your signal.
Glad you found a solution! It’s like anything - there’s always another way to tackle it. Mesh was the best for when we had roaming teenagers in the house.