The 9 BEST Upgrades for your Bambu Lab A1 Mini Printer!

[Music] hi this is Ken of wrist Innovations and I have nine upgrades for your bamboo lab A1 Mini and AMS light combo 3D printer these upgrades are my original design so you won't see them anywhere else so let's get started let's talk about the elephant in the room which is how much space the bamboo lab A1 Mini with the AMS light take up on your table the physical footprint of just the A1 is 15 in wide by 21 in Deep by 17 in high when you include the AMS light the overall footprint balloons 25 in wide by 21 in Deep by 18 in High by comparison the X1 carbon footprint is 15 in wide by 21 in Deep by 28 in high so it takes 40% less footprint but it has a 65% larger print fine also because the A1 and the AMS light are connected by the tubing and the electrical cord it's a major hassle to move the units around without having to disconnect them from each other so here's how I solved that problem number one this is the inverted AMS light frame system I used standard length 20 mm Square aluminum extrusions and I built this Frame or skeleton to be able to secure the A1 Mini down below and I turned the AMS light upside down and mounted it on top of the A1 Mini I mounted the AMS light to the frame using these UB bolts and I 3D printed some cushions from TPU material this holds the AMS light very securely to the frame also I added this 1 M electrical cable and mailto mail adapter because the AMS light cable is too short to connect to the A1 Mini I also 3D printed these anti vibration feet out of TPU that just slipped onto the bottom of the four legs of the extrusions I 3D printed these locator plates to hold the A1 Mini securely to the frame besides taking up less of a footprint the frame makes it much easier to move the A1 Mini and the AMS light together also by having the AMS light upside down it's much easier to see what you're doing when you're loading the filament into the AMS light when it's in its normal position you have to blindly try to feed the filament into the opening and sometimes people have commented that they accidentally insert the filament into the wrong space the frame is very stable and it's not top heavy at all but I'm not a miracle worker here and I couldn't magically shrink the A1 AMS light to the X1 Carbon size but for me this this is a major Improvement also I have information at the end of the video on where you can get all the materials and how you can get the instruction manual and all the STL files of the 3D printed parts that are in this video I would like to thank PCB way for sponsoring today's video if you are working on any prototype projects they can help you when you need a variety of Parts besides making pcbs they also offer CNC Machining sheet metal fabrication in ction molding and lots of different types of 3D printing including metal printing just go on their website upload your design select the material and quantity and you will get an instant quote they'll manufacture your parts and ship them right to your door give them a try and I think you'll really be amazed at what they can do for you check out PCB way using the link below so now let's talk about some of the other upgrades that are part of this ecosystem number two is the poop bucket every time the printer starts a print it purges the filament as well as every time a color change is made on a multicolor print so the printer creates a lot of waste I'm still a bit surprised that bambo lab made a clever filament Purge feature but it didn't provide a solution on how to contain all of these little Blobs of waste filament or poop the waste filament just gets flung out away from the printer and it goes everywhere you definitely need to be careful if you have small children or pets because these plastic blobs could be a choking hazard I definitely wanted to contain the filament poop so I designed this integrated poop bucket and shoot combo that easily slips in and out of the frame system using these finger pools when you install it it just sits flat on the table and it's held in place by the A1 locator plates the poop bucket is 3D printed in two pieces and I just hold them together with a few screws number three let there be light I found this perfect LED light to provide a bit more light to the printer and the extruded aluminum makes it very easy to mount the light using two screws once it's mounted then I just use a cable ties to secure the cord what's also nice is the LED has a dimmer switch so you can adjust the brightness number four is the Beagle camera the next upgrade is installing a beagle webcam camera the A1 Mini comes with a built-in camera but my complaint about the camera is it has such a slow frame rate when I'm monitoring a print on my computer it's very distracting to see this Herky jerky motion out of the corner of my eye and I really find it annoying so the Beagle webcam camera is easy to install the app on your phone and has lots of features including live monitoring and time lapses of your prints to mount the camera to the extruded aluminum I designed this 3D printed support and I use this standard melting brackets designed for the extruded aluminum number five external spool holder I designed this external spool holder because the original external spool holder that came with the A1 doesn't allow you to remove the filament because the extruded aluminum is in the way so my design allows you to add and remove spools of filament from the front of the printer number six the French cleat walls and clear doors now let's talk about why I added these three printed strips around the extruded aluminum frame I have a French cleat system for my various woodworking tools and I find this to be a very flexible system I can move my tools anywhere I want to and I can rearrange them as my tool needs change I thought why not do the same to my bamboo lab A1 Mini frame I designed the longer pieces in in two parts held together with dovetails and I printed them on my X1 Carbon printer for added strength you could also glue them together with 3D gloop I interviewed Andrew one of the co-founders of 3D gloop at this year's Earth and he is a great guy and he has a great small company these French cleats have a dual purpose the main purpose is the French cleat system to hold various tool holders spare parts Etc but they have a second purpose to act as a child or pet resistant barrier to keep a child or pet from coming into contact with the hotend or build plate and also where a young child could get their hand caught in the moving parts of the printer now this is just a visible boundary not childproof because they can still slip their hands in between the cleats and they can also easily open the acrylic doors speaking of the doors I made these from acrylic sheets Unfortunately they are a custom size so I cut them to size on my table saw using an 80 to carbide blade which cuts the acrylic like butter I 3D printed these spacers for the hinges and I made these 3D printed drilling gauges to Mark where the holes should be drilled in the acrylic for the hinges and the handles which worked really well then I 3D printed this mounting bracket for the magnetic latch and attached The Mating latch plates using 3M double-sided adhesive now if you don't have kids or pets to be concerned about you really don't need the doors or the French cleats on the back of the aluminum frame the French cleats are easy to install using these special nuts that rotate inside the alumin Extrusion so you don't have to take the frame apart to add the French cleats to the Extrusion number seven is the build plate storage one of the first things I designed for the French cleat system is this build plate holder it holds four build plates and it easily mounts to the French cleat strips it's made of the main holder and a small French cleat that I've attached to the back using screws and threaded inserts number eight is this tool holder rack the next thing I made for this French cleat system is this tool holder that holds some extra hotends Allen wrenches nozzle cleanout tool an extra nozzle wiper lubricant and a couple of filament Cutters I designed this and 3D printed it in four parts the back the upper shelf the lower tray and the clear I attached everything together using screws and threaded inserts by the way I really like this threaded insert insertion tool because it aligns the threaded inserts and helps you install them perpendicular to the hole a link is in the description number nine the scraper with a holder the next upgrade is a simple scraper that can be used for any 3D printer to remove parts and calibration strips from the build plate there are many scrapers out there but what I like about this design is it comes with a lifetime supply of disposable plastic blades What's nice is the plastic blades won't scratch your build plate and you can't get injured using the plastic blades the link is in the description also I made this simple scraper holder by 3D printing the two parts attaching them together with screws and threaded inserts and then inserting a stainless steel pin so that it easily mounts to the frame cleat system I have many more ideas on other tool holders and spare part holders that I'll be designing for the A1 French cleat system so how much does it cost for this inverted AMS light frame system so for the main commercial Parts such as the aluminum extrusions corner brackets cable assembly and LED light the cost is approximately $271 if you want to install the optional beagle camera and the acrylic door does they would cost approximately an additional $123 for a total of $394 then you would also have a small additional cost of the plastic for your 3D printed parts so where can you get the commercial materials and 3D printed STL files or actual 3D printed Parts if you wanted to make one of these systems for your A1 printer I've included links to all of the commercially available Parts in the description below if you are interested in a detailed instruction manual and all of the STL files I'm setting up my Etsy shop and when the shop is live there'll be a link in the description below I put many hours into the overall design of this ecosystem as well as all the various revisions of the 3D printed parts so I'm asking for your consideration for $10 in exchange for an instruction manual and for all of the STL files of the 3D printed Parts this would really help my channel because I've invested a lot of time and money in all this equipment and materials to make these videos and your support will help me to be able to continue to make more of these types of videos so even if you prefer not to purchase anything if you found this video useful I would have really appreciate it if you would hit the like button and consider subscribing to my channel I also would love to hear from you on your opinion of the system what do you like and what would you like to see improved on the system please provide your comments below my next video will be my evaluation of the GD Tech xmax 3 3D printer and when that video is available that link will be here in the meantime you may want to watch my most popular video which is the top 10 bamboo upgrades for the P1 series X1 Carbon printers and that link is here thanks for watching bye

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Length: 12min 50sec (770 seconds)

Published: Thu Nov 23 2023