Tag: filament

From nylon and TPU settings to drying, temperature towers, profile imports and colour changes: posts on tuning and costing filament.

2 Oct 2026  •  6 mins read

Bambu Lab TPU not extruding? Rule out the nozzle

TPU starves on the first layer while PETG prints fine? Reset to Generic TPU, rule out a high-flow CHT-style nozzle, then work on the stringing.

17 Sep 2026  •  6 mins read

Bambu Studio fine vs high quality presets

Both 0.12 profiles lay down the same layer height, so the names are no quality ranking. What a preset covers, and why your own stop showing up.

16 Sep 2026  •  5 mins read

Filament type does not match slicing file

In Bambu Studio three of the four AMS slots come up gray in the print window. The cause is a slice tied to one material: Change Filament, then re-slice.

14 Sep 2026  •  5 mins read

Slow down for overhangs: the PETG surface defect

Dried PETG, a generic profile and a defect that will not clear. If temperature and flow do not fix it, try clearing the slow down for overhangs box.

7 Sep 2026  •  5 mins read

Bambu Studio filament profiles missing after import

You imported the profile and it is nowhere in the list. It is almost always filed under a name you did not expect. How to import it and where to look.

7 Sep 2026  •  7 mins read

TPU print settings: pressure advance, drying, speed

Flexible filament prints slow, will not print wet, and wants a much higher pressure advance. Measured ranges, and why each setting moves.

2 Sep 2026  •  8 mins read

Make Money With a 3D Printer: Is It Profitable?

Three markets, three different economics: finished products, print on demand, selling designs. Real margin math, and the jobs that lose money from day one.

2 Sep 2026  •  9 mins read

How to Use a 3D Printer: Step by Step for Beginners

Set the printer up, load filament, slice a model and pull off your first part. The order to work in, what to watch for, and where beginners get stuck.

1 Sep 2026  •  8 mins read

3D Printing Cost: How Much a Part Really Costs

Filament, electricity, depreciation, failed prints and labor: 3D printing cost has five parts, and your slicer only ever shows you the first one.

1 Sep 2026  •  5 mins read

Multi-color printing without an AMS: layer by layer

Change color layer by layer on a single-extruder printer. How to set the swaps up in Bambu Studio, and how much filament it saves over an AMS.

1 Sep 2026  •  5 mins read

Bambu Studio: pause a print at a specific layer

Add a pause at a chosen layer to drop in a nut, swap color by hand or embed a part. How to set it up, and how it differs from a filament change.

1 Sep 2026  •  7 mins read

Nylon (PA) filament print settings and temperature

Nylon pulls moisture out of the air and will not print wet. Drying times, nozzle and bed temperatures, why you need a hardened nozzle, and bed adhesion.

1 Sep 2026  •  6 mins read

Temperature tower in Orca Slicer and Bambu Studio

The way to find a filament's nozzle temperature is to try several in one print. Orca Slicer has the test built in; Bambu Studio needs a hand.