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Originally Posted by tubman
Everything is great, with the possible exception of the 39 hours print time.  |
I could have gone much faster with the print. On the Bambu A1, you can do sports mode (24% faster) and ludicrous mode (66% faster) which will dramatically shorten the print times at the cost of slight quality (sports) or major quality (ludicrous). I also had a lot of custom settings in the printer to slow down the printing to get even better details. So, if you are not going for perfect 1 to 1 matching of the original or if you don't mind doing some more sanding work to smooth imperfections out, I'm sure this could easily get knocked down to a day or less. Especially with a filament like Rapid PETG, which is made to go fast.
I only wanted to do minimal sanding to smooth out micro lines, so I went with it slower. But as Karl stated, I only checked on it once every 8 hours or so. If you trust your 3D printer, have the settings dialed in, and you know your filament... you don't have to watch it. Plus, the Bambu printers have built-in cameras so I can see the status of the print live from my computer or phone.