The major assets of this 3D printer are its Direct Drive extruder, and its silence during printing (it is one of the quietest 3D printers I have tried so far).

To push the Artillery Sidewinder X1, we printed an extremely large low polygon Pikachu measuring nearly 400mm tall. I initially had a problem getting the part to adhere to the base (not uncommon) but as soon as I started using decorators tape (I am using FrogTape) that disappeared- now sticks firmly. You can keep using the default one until it wears out and then replace it with a better counterpart.Artillery was among the first to create a 3D printer that not only replicated Creality’s designs but actually improved on them in many ways. The Artillery Sidewinder X1 comes well packaged with charcoal foam surrounding all sides of the printer components.

I thought of making this thread when I originally got my printer as I saw several others starting to pick them up as well, but here we are. It should be noted that the bed heater in the Sidewinder X1 has 4 large dead zones around the level knobs. After checking for issues, i noticed that the layer shift is caused by the X motor pulley which was not tightened good enough from the factory.Compared to the 2040 aluminum extrusion used in every other competitive printer, the 2060 extrusion is 50% wider and 50% heavier, making the Sidewinder X1 significantly more challenging to move around. Flexible beds on affordable 3D printers tend to be placed on warped aluminum heated beds which is bad for print adhesion. The Artillery Sidewinder X1 can be used with Ultimaker Cura, an incredibly fast and easy-to-use slicer that guarantees optimal performance when used with FDM 3D printers. Happy that i managed to fix the issues, I wanted to do a big print, and started the Thanos Bust from MyMiniFactory in Devil Design Gray PLA with 0.