Somewhere for the smoke to go
Cutting produces real smoke, not a wisp. Plan a duct run to outside air, or a filter unit rated for the job. Decide where the hole in the wall goes before the box arrives.
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The R1 is the first standalone laser engraver and cutter Bambu Lab has made — a CO₂ machine, not a module that bolts onto a printer. The date is locked. Almost nothing else about it is. This page tracks what has actually been confirmed, separates it from what the internet is guessing, and lists what you would want ready before one arrives.
22 September 2026 — the launch date came from the teaser published on 14 September. The 10am US Eastern start time is reported rather than officially confirmed, so treat the last hour as soft.
That store link is a referral link. If you buy through it, I may receive a referral credit at no extra cost to you, and you may get a first-order discount. It does not change what this page says.
Every specification below that sits in the right-hand column is unpublished as of today. Anything you read quoting a wattage, a bed size or a price right now is a guess wearing a confident font.
A CO₂ machine doesn't move a laser diode around on a gantry. It fires a fixed glass tube at the back of the case and then walks the beam to the work with mirrors. That single design difference is behind most of what owning one involves — the alignment, the cooling, the tube being a consumable rather than a component.
The H2D ships with an optional diode laser module — engraving and cutting bolted onto a printer, and effectively the market test for all of this.
A teaser page appears showing a beam cutting a logo out of light timber, with a September window and no specifications.
A seven-second animation lights a CO₂ tube and ends on the launch date. The page picks up the line "Big job. Light work."
Launch. Expect the full specification sheet, pricing per region, and whatever pre-order or add-on bundle structure they've built.
A CO₂ laser is a different animal to a diode module on a printer, and to a 3D printer generally. None of this depends on the specifications, so you can deal with it now while everyone else refreshes the store page.
Cutting produces real smoke, not a wisp. Plan a duct run to outside air, or a filter unit rated for the job. Decide where the hole in the wall goes before the box arrives.
Glass CO₂ tubes want coolant in the roughly 18–22°C band. If the machine doesn't include active cooling, a chiller is not optional here in January.
CO₂ runs at about 10.6 µm. Glasses bought for a 455 nm blue diode do not protect you from it. Buy eyewear rated for the actual wavelength.
Never cut PVC or vinyl. It releases chlorine gas that wrecks your lungs and corrodes the machine from the inside. Know what your mystery offcuts actually are.
Flame-ups happen on cuts. Keep the machine attended, keep a blanket and an extinguisher within arm's reach, and clear the bed of scrap between jobs.
A CO₂ tube is a wear item with a rated lifetime in hours, and mirrors and lenses need cleaning and eventual replacement. Price the second year, not just the first.
Launch stock on a first-of-its-kind machine tends to move fast, and the Australian store runs its own pricing, GST and shipping. If you already know you're in, have an account created and an address saved before the clock hits zero — the checkout is where launches are lost.
Set up at the Australian storeReferral link. Using it may get you a first-order discount and credits me a referral.
No. This is an independent site with no affiliation to Bambu Lab. For official information, go to bambulab.com. Everything here is drawn from public reporting and Bambu Lab's own teasers, with sources named where it matters.
If you want a laser this month and already own a compatible printer, the existing diode module is a known quantity you can buy today. If you specifically want a dedicated CO₂ cutter, waiting a couple of days to see real specifications costs you nothing.
Different wavelengths suit different materials. CO₂ generally cuts thicker organics — timber, acrylic, leather, card — more cleanly and faster, and it handles clear acrylic, which blue diodes largely can't. It also brings a tube, mirrors and usually water cooling into your life.
It's a store referral link. Buying through it may give you a discount on a first order and gives me a referral credit, at no extra cost to you. This page is free to run because of it. Nothing on this page is softened to sell a machine nobody has seen yet — hence the column of unknowns above. The link is here if you'd like to use it.
Yes. When the specifications are published, the unknown column moves across and the page turns into a plain-English read of the actual machine: power, bed, extraction, cooling, price in Australian dollars, and how it stacks against what else is on the market here.
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