Tag: Snapmaker

X-Wing with Snapmaker U1

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After getting my new Snapmaker U1 and printing my first item I was looking for another project to print and found this:

https://galacticarmory.net/collections/3d-files/products/x-wing-vehicle-kit-card-3d-print-files

a cool Star Wars X-Wing fighter. You can see the result above.

The model was great but when I pulled it into the Snapmaker Orca slicer it wasn’t set up with the right colours. This meant that my first attempt was all in white. Once I had worked out the colour mapping I ended up with the desired result but I am still not happy with the process and need to spend more time with the Snapmaker Orca slicer to understand how it work and to make remapping colours easier.

However, I am super happy with the result and am now looking for my next project.

I have my Snapmaker U1

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My new Snapmaker U1 recently arrived. This allows multi colour printing of up to 4 different colours at once. You can see the test figure i was able to make.

The printer is high quality and easy to assemble.

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Device Calibration (1/3)

Homing Anomaly

Error Code: 0002-0528-0000-0011

Check if timing belts are tensioned properly, X

and Y axes move smoothly, and there are no

obstructions at the X and Y homing positions.

Retry after troubleshooting. If issue persists,

contact technical support.

I did get the above error when initially setting it up but the following help article:

https://wiki.snapmaker.com/en/snapmaker_u1/troubleshooting/U1_homing_failure

helped. I basically loosened the print head, moved it through its range or travels a few times, tightened teh screws back up a little less tightly and it all worked.

There are plenty of review out there on YouTube if you want to go and take a look but so far everything I have printed has worked flawlessly and I am very happy. Given that the printer has an open top, where an eventual cover that I have also bought, it is louder than I expected. The cover should solve the problem when it arrive but it is nothing I can’t deal with in the mean time.

So far so good then with the U1 and I’ll report back my progress as I grow mor familiar.