A 3D-Printed Bambu Lab Status Display Using a £10 Touchscreen — Where Two Hobbies Collide
This post is directly inspired by a piece published on the Adafruit blog on July 9th 2026, which featured the […]
Vortek Nozzles: What They Are, How They Work, and Why They Change the Multi-Colour Calculation
The Vortek system is Bambu Lab’s answer to a question the 3D printing community has been asking for years: why
How Holographic Build Plates Actually Work — The Physics Behind the Rainbow
If you have not seen one of these in person, the first time is genuinely surprising. You pull a print
What is OGcode and Why Is It Important?
Every print you have ever made followed the same four steps. You found or made a 3D model. You exported
Unlayered 3D: A Real 5-Axis Desktop Printer Just Showed Up at RAPID+TCT — And It Has Its Own Slicer
The 5-axis printing post published recently covered the concept, the benefits, and several machines pursuing this space — including the
Sunlu AMS Lite Heater: Active Drying Comes to the AMS Lite
Sunlu has quietly announced something that a significant portion of Bambu AMS Lite users have wanted since the AMS Lite
Eight Colours on the A1: Why I Bought Two BCMUs and What I’ve Found So Far (Part 1)
This is part one of what will be an ongoing multi-part series. I have just bought two BCMU units, the
3D Printed Food: How Far Away Is the Star Trek Replicator, Really?
You are halfway through a six-hour print, the A2L is doing something quietly impressive with a large seasonal build, and
Brass Heat-Set Inserts: The Upgrade That Makes Functional Prints Genuinely Reliable
3D printed threads are one of those capabilities that sounds better than it is in practice. Printing a hole and
The Hidden Workflow Cost of Multi-Colour Printing
The framing around AMS-style multi-colour printing has matured considerably in the two years since I started this site. The initial
Building the Filament Drybox for the Eight-Colour BCMU A1 Project
Two BMCU units arrived this week and the printer reshuffle they are triggering is bigger than I expected when I
How Safe Is It to Run Your Printer Unattended? What the Industry Actually Says
I have been running the A1 unattended for years, day and night, without a second thought, and the A2L has