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Workshop

One 3D printer in the work room, still on the easy filaments.

The X2D has two nozzles on one toolhead. The main one runs direct drive off the AMS 2 Pro sitting on top, and the auxiliary is fed over a Bowden tube from a spool bolted to the back. Everything that has come off it so far is PLA or PETG, and I have not turned the chamber heater on once. There is no ethernet port on it, so it sits on WiFi with a static lease from AdGuard, on the Bambu cloud account rather than LAN Only mode, and nothing from it reaches Home Assistant. Power is a second UT2200E rather than a share of the rack one: on a smart plug it bursts under 1100W and sits around 400W.

Workshop · 6 items

3D printer (enclosed)Bambu Lab X2D: Work room. Two nozzles on one toolhead, direct drive on the main and a Bowden feed on the auxiliary. 0.4mm hardened steel nozzles, 300°C hotend, 120°C textured PEI plate, 256 x 256 x 260mm of build volume. Chamber heater goes to 65°C, unused so far. No ethernet port, so it is on WiFi with a static lease from AdGuard.
Four-spool feederAMS 2 Pro: On top of the printer, feeding the main nozzle. Also a dryer, though it does not run during a print. The desiccant stays in.
Auxiliary feedExternal Spool Holder: On the back, through the Bowden extruder into the auxiliary nozzle. The fifth spool, and where support material goes when I use it.
Filter moduleExhaust Filtration: Bolts to the back and vents the chamber through HEPA and activated carbon. It cuts the smell rather than removing it.
UPS (printer)Cyberpower UT2200E: 2200VA / 1320W. A second unit, so the printer is not sharing a battery with the rack. Measured on a smart plug, under 1100W on burst and about 400W steady.
SlicerBambu Studio: Slicing and sending jobs, with Bambu Handy on the phone for the camera. Cloud account rather than LAN Only mode.

Last updated · August 16, 2026