New Kiri:Moto code drop that allows full control of
your LAN mode Bambu printers that’s entirely local
and open source.
Mad props to @stewart for this and all his work on Kiri:Moto!
Stewart skewers Bambu. Nice!
this thumbnail amused me, but apparently it’s been really triggering for some who rage against ai generated images.
The woman with stumps for arms on the right, somehow magically holding up a sign, was a little disturbing once I noticed…
Could it be the alien looking hand on the large guy in the pinstriped suit or the industrial smoke stack smoke spewing from the machines. It’s definitely not created by a human cartoonist but it’d never exist if that were the only option.
I find it amusing that spell check is not one of the AI’s greatest attributes!
I don’t (yet) have a 3D printer. I wanted to buy the A1 successor to Bambu.
Do I understand correctly, even after the controversial firmware update, you can operate the 3D printer LAN only with “Kiri:Moto” (block the Internet completely for the printer)?
Kiri:Moto has somehow hacked Bambu?
@Meadows4 did you watch the video?
No, this is not a “hack”.
No, this is specifically for not-yet-upgraded firmware.
If you haven’t already bought a printer yet, why would you buy a Bambu, knowing that they are trying to keep you from having control over your own printer, especially if (as you indicate here) you want that control?
My English not that good.
because of price and because also for dummies.
impressive
That is not a bad reason for considering Bambu.
But they want to lock you in so that they can keep charging money for maintenance and upgrades etc… So you will pay extra in the end.
I do not know the printer market very well, but I think there are alternatives that are still good value and easy to use, and leave you ‘free’.
can anyone else give a tip for a dummy safe 3-printer that is also cheap?
To be clear, Bambu also is not “dummy safe” in the sense of “don’t have to learn how to use it.” For example, I’ve seen pictures of Bambu printers with molten blobs of plastic that have have covered the hot end and mangled it.
In the range you are discussing, as I see it, you can make a choice between reasonably cheap and getting better (say, latest revisions of Ender 3, Sovol, etc.) or high quality and a bit higher cost (say, Prusa MINI+) or an ecosystem designed to control you to try to get more money from you over time (Bambu).
Fast-moving hardware has a limited life-span not just in terms of durability and easy part access, but also in terms of relevance and performance. For 3D printers, that seems to be around 3-4 years. I’ll take maybe a slightly contrarian view-point and say that looking at today only, I would prefer to pick up a P1S+AMS combo over the alternatives because if I can keep it on firmware 1.07, then I know I have complete control and decent part access at least until I will want to replace it.
Bambu’s significant lead is eroding quickly. There are quite viable alternatives coming out weekly. What they lack is the track record of the P1, the supply chain, install base, and the software + profile support. So unless you love tinkering and taking a bunch of risk on the newest contender, it’s still Bambu. Prusa does make good hardware, but the UX and overall experience still feels wonky and a little dated (new offerings TBD). So they’ve mostly been better for farms and experienced hobbyists than new-to-printing home users.
I feel like I have the luxury of saying this, though, in no small part because I have written my own entire software stack to talk to and control these printers. My small P1 print farm is firewalled from the internet. I have agency now that I didn’t have when Bambu made their announcement. Had I written this then, I would have likely landed in a different place.
Still, my next batch of printers will not be Bambu. Better, free-er, more interesting stuff is coming. Or I might just go back to designing / building them again. My 6 year old GB2’s are still kickin and have a larger print area than most stuff on the market.
The good news is that this work can be replicated for any other slicer. We can keep the existing P1, A1 (confirmed today), and maybe X1 install base usable without shackles, reduced functionality, or fear of bricking for a few more years.
morning caffeinated brain takes issue with 1am zombie brain because zombie brain had forgotten that initial unboxing and setup of bambu requires brief cloud connectivity before the printer can be severed and freed. the day is young, the list could grow.