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Jun 1
Bambu Lab picked the Apple model.
Closed ecosystem. Cloud-dependent. Their way or the highway.
A maker who literally called Bambu's CEO just wrote the most important piece in 3D printing right now - and it changed how I see the whole debate.
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Jun 1
Makers are unsatisfied by nature.
They'll improve their tools with or without your permission.
Bambu Lab doesn't need to open source anything. They just need to:
- Let users customize their own printers
- Let users modify their slicers without losing cloud access
That's it.
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Jun 1
Keep the source closed. Keep the polish.
But work with the community instead of against it.
That's the Pebble way - and it's the only path where Bambu Lab and its users both win.
Full read by Joshua Wise on @All3DP:
all3dp.com/4/bambu-lab-shoul…
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May 30
Bambu's Vortek can't run soft TPU. 50 μm accuracy after every swap.
Creality's KliTek™ was built for flexibles. Hits 25 μm.
Here's the full breakdown: 🧵
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May 30
Side by side:
Waste reduction: Vortek 58% - KliTek™ 80%
Accuracy: Vortek 50 μm - KliTek™ 25 μm
Soft TPU: Vortek ✗ - KliTek™ ✓
Flow rate: Vortek standard - KliTek™ 15 mm³/s
Better specs across the board.
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May 30
Bambu shipped Vortek in March 2026. Real machines. Real results. People are printing with it right now.
KliTek™ is Q3 2026. Zero prints in the wild.
Better specs mean nothing if execution fails.
So here's the question - would you wait for KliTek™, or stick with what's already proven?
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May 30
Creality just announced something wild for Q3 2026.
KliTek™ multi-channel nozzle system:
- 5-second nozzle switches
- 80% less filament waste
- 25 μm repositioning accuracy
- Soft TPU at 15 mm³/s (7x faster than standard)
- 80A 95A hardness in a single print
Multi-material printing is about to look very different.
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May 25
Here's what actually happens:
- A hologram is projected into a vial of liquid resin
- Light energy accumulates at precise points
- The liquid solidifies into a full 3D object - in seconds
No rotation. No layers. Just light becoming matter.
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May 25
They printed a life-sized human ear.
In gelatin-based resin.
Using a laser weaker than most cheap pointers.
Millimeter-scale objects take seconds. Centimeter-scale - a few minutes.
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May 25
Why does an unauditable networking blob matter?
Prusa believes the Chinese government is invested in 3D printing because these machines sit in the exact offices and workshops where new ideas are created.
Your printer knows what you're building.
Without auditable code, you can't know what it's sending — or to whom.
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May 25
This isn't just about one company or one license violation.
Prusa Research is reportedly the last Western desktop 3D printer manufacturer still standing after Chinese state subsidies gutted the competition.
Every file you print on a Bambu printer routes through Bambu's servers by default.
They can see everything you ever print.
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May 25
Open source built the entire 3D printing industry.
Now the companies that benefited most from it are locking it down, hiding their network code, and suing the developers who touch it.
Josef Prusa spoke up.
Then someone tried to take his platform offline.
Make of that what you will.
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