Artillery Sidewinder X2 3D Printer, SW-X2 Newest Model 95% Pre-Assembled Ultra-Quiet Rapid Heating Dual Z System Filament Runout Detection Resume Printing 300x300x400mm

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The motherboard itself looks very small in the spacious 3D printer base. However, this helps with the cooling, which is handled by a single 80mm 24V fan. The best variant would be the Copperhead Heat Break from Slice Engineering because it’s well built and won’t cause issues like the really cheap variants. Unfortunately, they don’t have compatible variants right now so you can try the alternatives provided by Trianglelab (smooth) or Mellow (DCrazy). To find the right printing temperature for the material used, a so-called temperature tower is useful. With such an object you can print a recurring geometry with different temperatures to test the right temperature. To such a tower always belongs the appropriate script that changes the print temperature from a certain height. With the Resume Print feature, you don’t have to worry about the 3D print being ruined by such an interruption. The Sidewinder X2 will continue printing at exactly the same point where it was interrupted. Especially for large 3D prints this feature is very handy and can save a lot of time, material, power costs and nerves in case of doubt.

Eliminating an aluminum plate between the heating element and the build surface minimizes the weight of the build platform. This is important for such large printer and contributes to better print quality (less mass/inertia). With Bowden extruders, which are normally positioned on the X-axis, the filament sensor is usually located directly in front of the extruder. With a direct drive extruder, this would unnecessarily increase the weight of the printhead. The print head of a direct drive extruder must be as light as possible to avoid vibrations and to enable a higher print speed. The wiring of the control compartment is very well done. I was surprised to discover how clever is the wire management. It uses dedicated pass-throughs and cuts in the base aluminum profiles. The connections are safe, using quality isolated connectors and many components are over-secured with a plastic gun. The control compartment has plenty of space for additional upgrades, The Sidewinder X2 resumes the printing process without any problems after a power failure and triggers an alarm if the filament runs out.Now that we did the benchmark prints, we can continue with the beauty shots. I just got a new roll of Devil Design Silk Gold PLA which is one of my favorite silk filaments and printed the Technotiti bust. I’m really happy with how this one turned out.

Printer Calibration: Step-by-Step to Perfect Results How to Calibrate the Printing Temperature of the Sidewinder X2 The print bed of the Artillery Sidewinder X2 has an impressive area of 310 x 310 mm. This means that even very large objects can be printed in one piece. The surface is made of textured glass that provides very good print bed adhesion for many filaments. However, with some filaments, some adhesive like Magigoo has to help. The slower the printing speed, the better the result. However, this will make printing take longer. The faster the print head moves, the less accurate it will be and printing errors may occur due to vibration. It is therefore important to find the right balance between too fast and too slow. Via the menu, you can also easily set the Z-Offset (the Z-Offset globally sets the zero position of the print bed).The Sidewinder X2 has a BL-Touch clone and can automatically level its print bed. However, the leveling is not 100% automatic – you will still need to level it manually from time to time. Due to the direct drive extruder, the retraction of 2 mm is quite low and the retraction speed of 25 mm/s as well. Especially the settings for retraction can differ greatly between different 3D printers. Therefore it is important to calibrate this setting individually. Fortunately, the hotend uses a smooth heat break making the disassembly relatively easy, even for a beginner. You just need to unscrew the two grub screws from the extruder, and the hotend will slide out easily. If you want to benefit from better temperatures and less maintenance, then upgrading to a bi-metal or titanium heat break will be my recommended solution. I switched the filament again and printed this awesome Swamp Thing model from Eastman. There really isn’t any flaw to this model, and even the Z seam is nicely masked by the awesome detail the Sidewinder X2 is able to produce. For this box ( link to model), good print bed adhesion is important because the individual moving parts of the front have quite delicate first layers and no brims or rafts can be used.

Mainboard: The Sidewinder X1 has an 8-bit mainboard, the X2 uses a self-developed 32-bit mainboard. The new mainboard allows for better operation and various upgrades. The connections have been designed to be as stable as possible. The ribbon cables are fixed with stable clips just before the connectors, so that the movements of the ribbon cables do not reach the connectors. This prevents unwanted damage to the connectors. Automatic Print Bed Leveling

Installing 'Oh My Fish' Shell

Calibrating retraction is essential to avoid printing errors such as stringing. Stringing occurs when the 3D printer moves from one place to another without extruding filament. Therefore, calibration objects for retraction usually consist of thin columns.

One of the more popular upgrades done to the Sidewinder X1 was replacing the 8-bit board with a 32-bit variant. Well, in this case, Artillery did the upgrade for us, and installed a Ruby board inside the Sidewinder X1. The low noise comes from the fact that it has ultra-quiet stepper motor drivers and the power supply has no fans. This eliminates two of the biggest noise producers in classic 3D printers. printers in the mid-range price segment must not only offer very good print quality but also the necessary features to justify their price. And that is exactly what the Sidewinder X2 does with various functions that not only guarantee a reproducible good print quality but also simplify operation and handling. Direct Drive Extruder Best Cura Settings & Profile for the Sidewinder X2 – Tested! Printing Temperature Calibration on the Sidewinder X2 You only need to perform manual leveling at the very beginning of assembly to compensate for extreme inclinations. After that, it is sufficient to perform the automatic print bed leveling from time to time.

Klipper with Artillery Sidewinder X2

All the power connectors have ferules, and the Artillery Gluegun Guy did his job in covering the rest of the connectors. I also like the wire management.