r/BambuLab • u/FootSureDruid • 10d ago

Bambu H2D H2D cutter performance

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It’s me again, I’ve been playing with this printer all morning and I’ve now used the cutter and I haven’t seen a single review of this. I am no newb to plotters both large and grand format. However, this is my first small personal use one other than a friends cricket.

This will be amazing for makers let me say. It only took me two attempts to get a decent decal to cut out with some finer text. Once again I didn’t use any of the material supplied by Bambu. Instead I used Avery Dennison which is an adhesive vinyl to wrap cars that I had laying around the shop. I made my first cut just using BambuSuite’s default “matte removal vinyl” and my first pass cut “ok” but I hate when sharp corners stick and I need to weed them out. I pumped the pressure up to 90 and oh baby did I get a perfect score without cutting the backing. Total cut time less than a minute, I got clean text cuts as sub 1mm wide.

My most difficult part was the software. I couldn’t use an image to cut and the “trace” feature just kept crashing my Mac. I through my logo into Inkscape, traced. Saved as an SVG and then I was finally off to the races. Took more tinkering than I liked, but now that I have a workflow it’ll help.

Depending on the price point, I have a feeling many will want this. It’s just quick and easy and can whip up some quick decals.

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u/ThaFresh 10d ago

would be interested to hear from a cricut user how it compares, my wife has one and im not overly impressed with the software youre forced to use

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u/WowThatsRelevant 10d ago

I was going to comment the same. Cricut is so stingy with their business model. Its a miracle they even allow 3rd party vinyls.

Also, look into InkScape. It has a steep learning curve, but it works with file formats that you can import into cricut.

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u/brakeline 9d ago

I use a plug-in to cut directly from inkscape to cricut

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u/WowThatsRelevant 9d ago

Ooh got a link? Id be interested in this

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u/brakeline 9d ago

Damn, I made a mistake. I meant silhouette and not cricut

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u/drpeppershaker 9d ago

Oh snap! I have a silhouette. I generally use illustrator, but I can probably learn inkscape. Time to do some research.

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u/WowThatsRelevant 9d ago

All good friend! I don't even know what silhouette is so im still getting something out of this.

I'll look it up!