Module 1 — The room and your first print

Filament 3D Printing · Module 1 of 2

• Prerequisite: none

• Time: about 50 minutes of reading, then a quiz of 25 questions

This is a self-study module. Read it, then take the Module 1 quiz. If you don't pass the quiz the first time, read the explanations and try again. You can retake it as many times as you like.

The room's rules come first. This course sets the rules for this room. Where they differ from Bambu Lab's guides or a filament maker's recommendations, follow the course.

What passing Module 1 lets you do

• Use the four upper-row X2Ds on your own.

• Print ordinary PLA and Bambu PLA Silk+ (1.6 Filament: what you may use, and where it lives).

• Print with one spool at a time.

Everything else in the room needs Module 2: the lower-row X2Ds, the H2S printers, every other material, support material, multi-colour printing, the filament dryers and nozzle changes.

View along the Bambu printer rack, with eight X2D printers in two rows and the two H2S printers at the far end

What you need before your first job

1. You have read this module and passed its quiz.

2. Your filament spools have your member label on them.

You will also need a nametag, but you do not have one yet: printing your own nametag is your first job after passing this module (1.5 Nametags and taking turns).

If you have printed before

Nobody is grandfathered in: everyone takes the same modules. Some habits from other printers don't carry over:

• Filament is 1.75 mm (1.1 How a 3D printer works, and the words for it).

• The old material list doesn't apply (1.6 Filament: what you may use, and where it lives).

• No glue and no IPA on the upper-row plates (1.8 Build plates).

• No levelling with a sheet of paper (1.10 Slicing in Bambu Studio).

• Filament only ever comes from the AMS (1.4 Meet the AMS).

• Only solid moulded plastic spools go in the AMS (1.9 Loading filament into the AMS).

• Members never change the nozzles (1.3 The printers).

• You slice in Bambu Studio (1.10 Slicing in Bambu Studio).

You can do both modules back to back. If you are new to printing, get a few weeks of printing behind you first and then come back for Module 2. The two modules are there to make it easy to get started, not to make anyone wait.

What this module does not cover

• Materials other than PLA, and printers other than the upper-row X2Ds. That is Module 2.

• Designing your own models. This module is about printing a file you already have, correctly and safely.

• Resin printing. The resin equipment has its own course and authorization.

• General fire and evacuation procedure. That is in the makerspace's general safety course.

Where to ask

Slack channel #3D-Skrivare. If it is urgent, tag @roomdev-3d in your Slack message. Nobody here minds a question. Everybody minds a damaged printer.

How this module is laid out

1.14 Doing a print at a glance, at the end, sums up a print job on one page. Come back to it once you have read the rest.

The most important rules are shown in boxes, so you can't miss them. A tick ✅ marks something you must always do, and a stop sign ⛔ something you must never do:

Not every rule gets a box. The list at the end of the module collects the rules in short form, but it is a reminder, not a replacement: the quiz covers the whole module.

Lessons

Part 1 — Understand the machines

• 1.1 How a 3D printer works, and the words for it — about 6 min

• 1.2 The room — about 1 min

• 1.3 The printers — about 3 min

• 1.4 Meet the AMS — about 4 min

Part 2 — The room's rules

• 1.5 Nametags and taking turns — about 2 min

• 1.6 Filament: what you may use, and where it lives — about 5 min

Part 3 — Your print, step by step

• 1.7 Taking over a printer — about 3 min

• 1.8 Build plates — about 4 min

• 1.9 Loading filament into the AMS — about 4 min

• 1.10 Slicing in Bambu Studio — about 6 min

• 1.11 Starting and watching the print — about 1 min

• 1.12 Finishing up — about 2 min

Part 4 — When something goes wrong

• 1.13 Faults, fire, and who to tell — about 3 min

Part 5 — Putting it together

• 1.14 Doing a print at a glance — about 2 min

Finish

• Module 1 — Rules summary
  

• Module 1 — Quiz