A 3D printer builds an object layer by layer. FDM printers melt plastic filament, resin printers harden liquid resin with light, and a clay printer pushes out clay paste. Our main printer is the Bambu Lab H2D (bambulab.com).
For us: The printers and the shared printing PC are in the 3D printing area in Studio 3. A dehumidifier keeps the room dry, because damp filament prints badly. The big clay printer stands in the hall in Uitikon (see Places).
Start here
- Read first: 3D printing on Notion (naming, settings, filaments, humidity).
- Resin: Getting started with resin printing.
- Printing PC login: 1Password.
How to
Print in plastic on the Bambu H2D
- Read the 3D printing guide.
- Prepare the print in Bambu Studio.
- Send it to the printer through Bambu Lab Cloud.
Print in resin
- Read the resin guides first.
- Prepare the model in Lychee Slicer.
- Print it on one of the two ApexMaker X1.
- Wash the print and cure it with UV light in the washing and curing stations.
Print a model that is too big
- Split it into parts with our 3D Printing Splitter Tool in Rhino and Grasshopper.
- Print the parts one by one.
What we have
| Name | What it is | Where | Note |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bambu Lab H2D | FDM printer, two nozzles | Studio 3 | Main printer; two materials or colours in one print |
| FLSun V400 | Fast delta FDM printer | Studio 3 | Second FDM printer; round print area about 300 mm across, 410 mm high |
| ApexMaker X1 (2 units) | Resin printers | Studio 3 | Small, detailed parts; with washing and UV curing stations |
| WASP 40100 | Clay printer | Uitikon hall | Prints up to about 1 m high and 40 cm across; needs compressed air |
| Printing PC | Microsoft Surface Studio, device name Stu3-PC-3DPrint, Windows 11 | Studio 3 | Login: 1Password |
| Woods SW38 | Dehumidifier | Studio 3 | Filters are serviced every year |
| Bambu Lab Cloud | Online service that sends jobs to the Bambu printers | Online | https://bambulab.com/en/cloud |
| Lychee Slicer | Prepares resin prints | For the ApexMaker X1 | |
| Simplify3D | Prepares FDM prints | For the WASP, with its extruder profiles | |
| 3D Printing Splitter Tool | Our Grasshopper tool that splits big models into printable parts | Rhino | See also Our own tools |
Find it
- Notion: 3D printing
- Notion: 3D print settings
- Notion: Resin printing
- Notion: Apex Maker X1 (intro, washing and curing videos)
- Notion: FLSun V400
- Notion: WASP 40100 Clay
- Notion: Woods SW38
- Notion: Surface Studio
- Dropbox:
JHH SERVER/5_BIBLIOTHEK/12_Hardware(folders Bambu Lab, FLSUN V400, ApexMaker X1, WASP 40100: manuals, firmware, profiles) - Dropbox:
JHH SERVER/5_BIBLIOTHEK/13_Software(Lychee Slicer, Simplify3D) - Dropbox:
JHH SERVER/0_TOOLS/3D Printing Splitter Tool - https://bambulab.com/en/cloud