which has all the safety features enabled as far as I can tell, but again, the wiring on all of this, even though it’s not safety critical, is still quite bad. Artillery or Evnovo have fixed issues on the X1 models before and I really hope they fix the rest of them, too, but until they do, this is a printer I’m going to have to advise you to stay away from unless you’re know what you´re doing and are really committed to fixing its flaws. Not because the bed is hard to level (quite the contrary, the bed is rock solid) but because i am used to auto leveling and it makes my life a lot easier.

The inclusion of ribbon cables to connect the various electrical components did not only improve the appearance of the Sidewinder X1 but also made it safer. The Artillery Sidewinder X1 has a large build volume of 300mm (l) x 300mm (w) x 400mm (h), which allows it to print a large number of different objects. As previously mentioned, the heatbed runs on mains power allowing quick heating and higher temperature.Before starting your first print, you need to check the level of the tray, you can do this with a sheet of A4 paper, I’m not going to detail this procedure, you can easily find tutorials on the Internet, or read my other reviews in which I explain this procedure, nothing too complicated ! Tom's 3D is published by New Media Thomas Sanladerer and covers new developments in consumer and professional 3D printing. Now, what’s interesting is that it looks like the X1 at some point used a different type of sleeving that actually bent more smoothly, you can even see that in the background of some of their YouTube videos.

After 4 previous attempts to purchase a 3D printer, this was the first that came with Quality Control check labels on it, which was a great comfort. To test dimensional accuracy and print consistency, we printed a 20mm calibration cube 20 times to see if there are any differences between the different cubes. I’ll try to post some photos tomorrow, responding here so I don’t forget, as I’m well into the Xmas liquor tonight already. Here is another print, this time with orange PLA filament from Sunlu, at 200° with a layer height of 0. In comparison, the Creality Cr10 V3 must print at 40mm/s due to its direct drive extruder and light frame.includes a Creality CR-10 profile, which is very similar to this Artillery X1, I will use it as a basic profile. However, since then, several new brands have emerged, bringing competition to the affordable 3D printer market. Users simply load their sliced 3D models into a USB stick and insert it into the front of the Sidewinder X1. The higher flow-rates allow faster printing since the hot-end can deliver higher flows of liquid filament to the printing operation. Officially there is no V2, V3 or V4, but unofficially there have been some (often minor) improvements for the Artillery X1.

I had the opportunity 2 years ago to test this machine in Beta version before its release, since then this machine has undergone some improvements, it is now available in Version 4, Gearbest having contacted me to test this version, so this is the opportunity to see the improvements and test this new Artillery X1 V4 ! With that said, we decided to put the Artillery Sidewinder X1 through a gruelling set of test prints, go through all its groups and forums to get support and more.If there was anything to gripe about I would say that the Z axis belt at the top was (is) pretty loose, and while this is supposed to keep the left and right steppers bound together, it definitely isn’t doing a ton. The whole assembly and calibration business can be dealt with in less than 20 minutes if performed by an experienced user. When printing with TPU, we found that the Sidewinder X1 could print with the flexible filament at 30mm/s with no issues. More importantly, using Artillery Sidewinder X1 for printing is very simple, because the two recovery functions prevent any defects and faults caused by power outages and filament jitter.