Hydra AMS - Enhanced Bambu Lab AMS by humebeam

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Print Profile(12)

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P1P

P1S

X1 Carbon

X1E

PLA 0.2mm layer, 3 walls, 15% infill

20.8 h

3 plates

4.8(65)

eSun PLA+ optimised. 18.5hr, 597g, 0.4 nozzle, 0.2mm layer, 20% infill

19.3 h

4 plates

4.6(12)

PETG Profile 0.2mm layer, 4 walls, 30% infill

21.5 h

4 plates

4.5(16)

ASA Profile 0.2mm layer, 4 walls, 30% infill

19.7 h

4 plates

4.7(7)

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Boost

581

1041

161

1.6 k

1.8 k

Released

Description

Buy Hydra AMS

You can now buy the Hydra AMS printed parts and required bolts from MatterHackers at a very affordable price, free US shipping is included.

Buy Hydra AMS at MatterHackers

Hydra AMS has a strict non-commercial license, it can only be sold with licensing through Hume Beam Engineering Solutions.

About

Download the files then follow the assembly guide a bit down on this page.

Optional but recommended files to print:

Hydra AMS - Silica Dry Boxes / Serial Number Tags
Hydra AMS - Improved Rear Rollers
PTFE Load Buttons to both save the funnels and improve ergonomics.
Adjustable Spool Holder for Silica Gel / Spool Weight - Compatible with both Hydra AMS and Bambu Lab AMS.

If you download the individual 3MF files in the files section, they are design files only and can be easily printed on any printer / slicer. If you get a warning that they do not come from Bambu Lab just ignore the warning, they were exported directly from my design software.

Thanks to the testers for all the support and especially GuyH who has been instrumental.

Leave feedback in the comments, cheers!

Reviews on YouTube

Nero 3D

MandicReally (Hydra starts around minute 5.40)

Support

All my designs and mods are free to use and remix. They have a non-commercial license. If you enjoy this or any of my other designs you can send me a small donation using the link below. Thanks :)

https://www.paypal.me/humebeamengineering

If you prefer Crypto/BTC you can send me a message.

If you send a donation be sure to mention Hydra AMS in the comments box and you will be added to the list below.

Official Supporters

If you have donated $5 or more you will be added to this list as an official thank you from me and you will also be assigned a serial number, the list will be updated as often as possible.

You can request a custom serial number if you send a $20 donation or more but please be aware it may take a couple of days before your custom silica box is uploaded as I need to make these manually.

If you've bought Hydra from one of the authorized resellers you can also request a serial number by submitting a proof of purchase.

Hume Beam #0001, Hume Beam #9999, Sven Hausherr #1313, Aaron Gray #1337, FireBall #1725, Trevor Mungovan #2425, Jamie Placzek #4759, 57y10 #8764, Katherine Jones #0666, Bernhard Birkfellner #3101, Guy H #0002, Kevin Pereira #0003, Phill Tran #0004, Bernard Ruf #0005, Justin Altemeier #0006, Remigiusz Kowal #0007, Jerome Grimminck #0008, Anthony Cascone #0009
Thomas Finzel #0010, Seldon3dPrinting #0011, Dwizzle Roasting #0012, VipCold #0013, Bearded Bucket #0014, Hannes Schäfer #0015, Joseph Korang #0016, Brian Welty #0017, Elmar Wesle #0018, Paul M #0019
Pippo pewte.ch #0020, Hampus Björk #0021, Martin Watley #0022, Riccardo Sacchetti #0023, James Majors #0024, Raia Gennaro #0025, Christopher Walters #0026, Andrew Shrapnel #0027, Kevin Kent #0028, Aron Gustafson #0029
Szabó Tibor #0030, Nikhil Ramkarran #0031, Dorothy Rafferty #0032, Charles Ho Fung #0033, Anup Chavda #0034, Dorian Picard #0035, Mark Berg #0036, John Vinson #0037, Robert Martin #0038, Karl Liljeström #0039
Kurt Althaus #0040, Martin Ziegler #0041, Miguel Contreras #0042, Todd Ferguson #0043, Joseph VonDohlen Jr #0044, Jacob Wine #0045, H. Schittko #0046, Rex Catron #0047, Meatbingo #0048, Barry Kwan #0049
GnollProblem #0050, Sean Griffiths #0051, Yannick Lory #0052, Bonnie Gulliver #0053, Aki S #0054, Jeremy Rauch #0055, Jim Fano #0056, Jeffery Stephens #0057, Kimberly Booth #0058, Mikael Olsson #0059
Michael Fetting #0060, James Beck #0061, Christian Bätz #0062, Eric Ridge #0063, Christopher Ondrovic #0064, Stefan Wollmuth #0065, Anthony Soprano #0066, Andreas Riebe #0067, ServTheNet #0068, Alan Kilgore #0069
Gene Buckle #0070, Phil Harvey #0071, Neal Baggett #0072, Vincent Robel #0073, Zachery Hansen #0074, Matthew Shaw #0075, Scott Marcy #0076, Steven Lionel #0077, John Cardwell #0078, Chris Martin #0079
Łukasz Szuman #0080, Ron Allison #0081, Bella Art de Nicole #0082, 7iron #0083, JKP Enterprises #0084, Klaus Löhr #0085, Harley Hong #0086, SSI Racing #0087, Chris McLeod #0088, Steven Mohr #0089
Worked Wood #0090, David Adam #0091, Michal Kowalski #0092, Custom Computer Concepts #0093, Kenneth Ostromek #0094, Stigh Aarstein #0095, Patrick Lavoie #0096, Jeremy Hopke #0097, Erik Johansen #0098, Djundi Karjad #0099
Jason Litman #0100, Robert Jorgenson #0101, Edward Cartier #0102, Robert Pence #0103, Andres Arrieta #0104, SpriteForge.com #0105, HRtechnik llc #0106, Swen Krauter #0107, Michael Bush #0108, Jordan Newman #0109
Jared Stymiest #0110, Andreas Klotz #0111, Jordan Joiner #0112, Fred Logue #0113, Gregory Carlton Bouten #0114, Nicholas Daniel #0115, Eric James #0116, Rutger Bogaerds #0117, AtomicFilament #0118, Kevin Clack #0119
Letusgo2Hell #0120, Gaspard Grosjean #0121, Poppy's Popcorn Co. Inc. #0122, Tony Herrero #0123, William Aprea #0124, Troy DeJesus #0125, Justin Schuhmann #0126, Belenos #0127, Jack Mettler #0128, Barracuda72 #0129
Oz_Rob #0130, Ben Silber #0131, fatgeek #0132, Bernt Ahlbäck #0133, Joshua Warren #0134, Thomas Heuer #0135, Thomas Schulz #0136, William Hamilton #0137, Todd Schisler #0138, Phillip Perry #0139
guruguys #0140, Johannes Cornelissen #0141, Jan Schermer #0142, John Kaminski #0143, SaintHate #0144, Josiah Netherton #0145, Steve Beverley #0146, Boran Li #0147, Jeff ONeil #0148, Joseph Palicke #0149
Massimiliano Mancin #0150, Patrick Pennza #0151, Donald Lafferty #0152, Big Brook Pond Engineering #0153, Robert Schwinn #0154, Jacob Perez #0155, MIcheal Jeffrey #0156, Brett Corr #0157, Chris Reed #0158, Boris Ott #0159
John M Murphy Jr #0160, Jose Serrano #0161, Peter Lewis #0162, Christopher Phillips #0163, Tyler Wickline #0164, Integrated Overland #0165, fixumdude #0166, Nic Alkema #0167, Torsten Steckenreiter #0168, Francisco Peebles #0169
Jens Michlo #0170, Jon Libby #0171, Eric Sutherland #0172, Andrew Poth #0173, Mercury Cubed #0174, Louis Watermeyer #0175, Michael Müller #0176, kirikugo #0177, Markus Lohmann #0178, Stefan Zuegg #0179
Thomas Kotowski #0180, James Hunt #0181, Marc Schauber #0182, Kenneth Ostromek #0183, Jakub Kanhäuser #0184, Ants-3D #0185, Ronny Stiffel #0186, John Cooley #0187, Christian Noack #0188, Christian Menz #0189
David Bernabeu #0190, Christopher Mallery #0191, Ralf Ehleiter #0192, Andrew Wickham #0193, David Rouleau #0194, Bruce Milyko #0195, Sean Stoube #0196, Peter Biegel #0197, Dominik Popp #0198, @3dprintkings #0199
samwiseg0 #0200, Susan Alvarez #0201, Thomas Jameson #0202, Benjamin Achtenberg #0203, Stephen McComas #0204, Volker Alkemper #0205, Daniel Pomierski #0206, Hagen Weigel #0207, Lex Hanna #0208, Dannel Albert #0209
Jeremy Birdwell #0210, Jeremy Birdwell #0211, Jeremy Birdwell #0212, Jeremy Birdwell #0213

Get a Silica Dry Box with your serial number here:

Hydra AMS - Silica Dry Boxes / Serial Number Tags

Thanks again!

If you want to remain anonymous, leave a note with your donation. If I've missed your donation let me know.

About - Continued

Hydra AMS is an enhanced drop-in main body replacement for the Bambu Lab AMS, a multi filament companion to the Bambu Lab X1, X1C and P1P printers. The Bambu Lab AMS internals are used, you just need to move over the parts; the four feeder motors, the rear motor, the front and rear rollers, the RFID boards and the main board as well as the PTFE tubing and cables.

The name Hydra is inspired by the mythological creature which grew two new heads as one was cut off, similar to how the AMS's tend to duplicate if you don't keep a firm grip of your wallet. I have other designs with names from Greek mythology (Icarus / Hercules) so I thought it was fitting.

Hydra prints completely without supports and no extra parts are required for assembly, it uses dovetail joints for assembly and utilizes the standard AMS outer casing as well as maintains RFID compatibility. 4 x 20 mm cap head M3 bolts is recommended to ensure the three parts interlock and won't slide apart.

The main changes / improvements over the standard AMS are:

Increased spool widths, up to 75 mm, meaning most 1 Kg spools will fit.
Increased spool diameters, up to 202.5 mm diameter spools fit.
Adjustable spool rollers in four positions for 120 mm to 205 mm diameter spools. Large diameter spools (> 201 mm) require a printed TPU lid spacer if you want to close the lid, just like the normal AMS.
AMS feeder / motor mechanism angled five degrees backwards to allow printing of full spools.
PTFE Load Buttons to both save the funnels and improve ergonomics (optional, it's a separate download)

BOM - Bill of Materials

You can print Hydra AMS in just about any filament you like. However, if you plan on keeping the AMS on top of the printer it's best to print it in ABS or ASA as the heat from the printer can soften the printed Hydra parts if they are printed in PLA for example. Around 600 g of filament is required at the recommended print settings.

I've printed most of the test builds in Prusament ASA, PLA and eSUN PLA and ABS+, both brands and filament types work great.

Filament

Fasteners

You need some M3 hex bolts (socket head), I recommend 20 mm but just about anything between 15 and 25 mm should work. If you don't have any at home it's best to grab the kit below, it will have everything you need for this build and many more.

1100 pcs M3 Hex Socket Head Cap Kit

Optional

I highly recommend these Nano Coated Helical Extruder Gears from FYSETC, I use them for all my Bambu printers, they're inexpensive and offer a number of improvements of the stock gears:

Although not required these PEO/PEI/PEY bed sheets are great, I have most options myself, it gives a quite cool look on the first layer. There are a few shops offering different plates:

The Hex Tools are superb for any 3D printer, I've had mine for years. They are particulary useful for the Hydra assembly.