DUNE DOCK - Plate Holder for Bambu Lab X2D

DUNE DOCK is a build plate holder made to live right next to your Bambu Lab X2D. A tongue slides into the recess at the bottom of the printer’s side panel, the body sits flush against the side, and your plates stand upright exactly where you print. Printer and holder read as one piece.

How it docks

• The tongue (100.4 x 19.5 x 36 mm) fills the side recess of the X2D (4 in wide, 0.8 in high, 1.5 in deep) with 0.6 mm of clearance on each side.

• The ceiling of the recess holds the tongue down, so the dock can’t tip outward, even with 15 plates in it.

• The sloped sides continue the line of the recess, and the dune-shaped top falls away from the printer.

• Every slot leans 4 degrees away from the printer. Plates never touch the side panel and never touch each other.

• Nothing is glued, screwed or modified on the printer. Slide it in, slide it out.

Airflow kept open

The tongue is an open comb: open at the top and at the back, with a channel that leads into the open centre valley. If your printer uses that recess to breathe, the air still flows.

Works on its own too

The tongue doubles as a front foot, so DUNE DOCK also stands on any desk or shelf.

Three sizes

• 6 plates: 140 x 106 mm (70 mm out from the printer)

• 10 plates: 140 x 138 mm (102 mm out from the printer)

• 15 plates: 140 x 178 mm (142 mm out from the printer)

• All 36 mm tall. Slots 2 mm wide at 8 mm pitch, for Bambu plates (about 0.75 mm) and any plate up to about 1.6 mm thick.

• Plate numbers are engraved on the side. In the 2-colour file they are a flush inlay in a second colour.

What’s in the files

Each 3MF has 4 plates, all ready to print:

1. Fit test (40 min, 26 g). Print this first. It is only the tongue and the face of the body, so you can check the fit in your printer’s recess in minutes.

2. DUNE DOCK for 6 plates (2h21, 95 g)

3. DUNE DOCK for 10 plates (3h11, 129 g)

4. DUNE DOCK for 15 plates (4h17, 173 g)

One file is single colour. The other is 2 colours for dual nozzle printers (graphite body, light numbers).

Fit and compatibility

• Measured on and printed for the Bambu Lab X2D. If another printer has the same side recess, the fit test tells you in 40 minutes.

• Fits any printer with a 256 mm class bed. The largest part is 140 x 178 mm.

Printing tips

• PLA or PETG, 0.2 mm layers, 2 walls, 15% infill.

• No supports, no brim. Print it as placed in the 3MF (flat bottom down).

• Use “Print plate” for one plate at a time, not “Print all”.

Files

• DUNE_DOCK_6_plates_body.stl, DUNE_DOCK_10_plates_body.stl, DUNE_DOCK_15_plates_body.stl: the holder, numbers engraved (single colour).

• DUNE_DOCK_6/10/15_plates_numbers_colour2.stl: the number inlays. For two colours, load the body, then add the numbers file as a part of the same object (PrusaSlicer or Orca: right click > Add part > Load) and give it the second colour. Both files share the same origin.

• DUNE_DOCK_fit_test.stl: print this first to check the fit.

• DUNE_DOCK_X2D_1colour_0.4_v3_airflow.3mf and DUNE_DOCK_X2D_2colour_dual-nozzle_0.4_v3_airflow.3mf: Bambu Studio projects for the X2D, 4 plates each.

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