RE: Biqu Panda Breath retrofit?
I just saw that Biqu has a chamber heater for the P1 series printers. Being they the Core One is taller, and the left side panel could easily be swapped with a non-recessed sheet metal panel, do you think this could be a fairly simple $110 chamber heater upgrade for our printers? I assume that it's stand alone, as integrating and controlling it from the Bambu firmware seems like something they'd be locked out of, but who knows. Either way, a left side stand alone temperature controlled air filter/heater sounds like exactly what the core one needs. I would love the ability to filter/recirculate chamber air as well. Even if we continue to respect Prusa's 55c chamber limit, it would be added value.
-J
RE: Biqu Panda Breath retrofit?
I had an eye on this for a while, but its continuously delayed. So i went with the Creality one instead for now(see the modification section here). The bique would be neater since i could control it remotely, and externally maybe in the future, but it also seems a bit more bulky to integrate. My heater works great btw, the time to heat up the chamber from 7-55 degrees is ALOT shorter.
RE: RE: Biqu Panda Breath retrofit?
I had an eye on this for a while, but its continuously delayed. So i went with the Creality one instead for now(see the modification section here). The bique would be neater since i could control it remotely, and externally maybe in the future, but it also seems a bit more bulky to integrate. My heater works great btw, the time to heat up the chamber from 7-55 degrees is ALOT shorter.
I've been tempted to do something like this. I might try your mod. I've been using a hairdryer. Works well enough but have to be in front of the printer. What would be awesome is something that could be controlled automatically via the GPIO board (or even better a direct Buddy Board connection). Kind of surprised Prusa didn't do something like this yet. It wouldn't be hard for them and can score some points. Pretty much every CoreXY (except Prusa) have active chamber heaters.
RE: RE: Biqu Panda Breath retrofit?
I've stated elsewhere why individually controlled chamber heat makes such a big difference. I don't use (or need) a multiplexer (MMU/AMS) so every time I need to print something I'm at the printer to turn it on and load filament anyway. Being able to turn on the bed and chamber heat before loading filament and walking back to the PC to finalize design and slicing means that everything is hot and stabilized by the time I send the job. This workflow would even allow the complete bypass of the heat absorption step because it can all be done ahead of time. When the time to heat up the chamber and bed can be shared with ~10-15 minutes that I'm already spending at the PC anyway, the overall flow works much better.
-J
RE: RE: Biqu Panda Breath retrofit?
Check out the Creality 3D Printer Heater, PTC Chamber Heater 400W - 45-70°C https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0FL7RX9CG?ref=ppx_yo2ov_dt_b_fed_asin_title&th=1, it 80 Bucks and available from Amazon now.
RE: RE: Biqu Panda Breath retrofit?
Check out the Creality 3D Printer Heater, PTC Chamber Heater 400W - 45-70°C https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0FL7RX9CG?ref=ppx_yo2ov_dt_b_fed_asin_title&th=1, it 80 Bucks and available from Amazon now.
There is a whole thread on this here: Chamber heater from Creality, make it simple
RE: RE: Biqu Panda Breath retrofit?
find Panda Breath somehow more interesting with its web interface. I’ve seen that it’s only compatible with Bambulab and Snapmaker U1. The printer has to be connected via the web interface. I don’t think this will work with Prusa, or has anyone gained experience with that?
RE: RE: Biqu Panda Breath retrofit?
The PandaBreath doesn't require any connection to a printer. It has a button to turn it on and off. It has an iPhone app. to set the temp. and turn it on and off, if you want, but its not required. With a Bambu printer, it can turn on and off based on the hotbed temp, but I never could could get mine to connect to the printer, which is not a big deal. I just wish it had a mode to start when plugged in, so I can control it with other automation, but that doesn't exist, that I know of.
RE: RE: Biqu Panda Breath retrofit?
Check out the Creality 3D Printer Heater, PTC Chamber Heater 400W - 45-70°C https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0FL7RX9CG?ref=ppx_yo2ov_dt_b_fed_asin_title&th=1, it 80 Bucks and available from Amazon now.
There is a whole thread on this here: Chamber heater from Creality, make it simple
Yeah the heater and design works great so far, my only issue is that I cant remote start it. I hoped it would work with a remote controlled wall plug, but it doesnt work annoyingly (since the printer sits in the garage building). If the bique would be able to start at low temperatures it would be a great option and possible upgrade. It would of course be possible to first preheat the heater with the print bed, until it reaches enough temp to be able to start, but that would be annoying aswell, but possible. Or hopefully they fix the firmware so it can start in colder temps, the easiest fix.
RE: RE: Biqu Panda Breath retrofit?
I wish you could just plug it in and it would start. There are these boxes you can buy to control a shop vacuum based on when your circular saw starts, for example. You can plug a 3D printer in it, and then it would start and stop the heater based on the power draw of the 3D printer. It would work great, but the heater doesn't work that way.