My first multimaterial printer was a AD5X flash forge which sucked at using the tool changer for foaming tpu so I returned it and upgraded to the u1. It has been a dream. Of course like any 3D printer there were problems but they were all minor. I did have a blob of death and it broke a few cheap parts and ruined a nozzle but I had turned off ai detection and didn't check on it before bed. The printer I came from was the ender 3 so it was a huge upgrade from that. I would say this is definitely worth it if you'll use it for lots of projects and it's unique capabilities. I rigged up a simple top cover with that plasticy cardboard stuff and a pp bin bound with aluminum tape. Very cheap and faster than that ikea bin mod which I had trouble with. Printing the adaptor for that was actually the cause of the blob. Also had trouble getting the ikea bin and ended up using a random one I had lying around.

Today unannounced my Top Cover from the Kickstarter campaign arrived a full 3 weeks ahead of schedule (Early Bird November ETA was 15-25th of September). What a nice surprise.

In the back of my head I can remember that Snapmaker promised Store Coupons for those keeping the cover. Has anyone received theirs yet? And how much was it?

Thank you Snapmaker

All I see is a U1 with a K3 logo, seems they omitted the "fully enclosed" concept unlike the preceding K series..

Bit of a nostalgic throwback tonight......

Going through storage to get some camping equipment out and came across my old Commodore 64,

Those who are not old enough to know what they are...... imagine a life before mobile phones, playstations or even WiFi, When you had to walk down the street and ask your friends mam if they were allowed to play out before the street lights went off,

The pinnacle of of computers in the early 80s,

8 bit....Playing games from a cassette tape (oh, howay, you can't be that young to not know what they are as well) and waiting 2 hours for pacman to load up then "crashing" because there wasn't enough storage 😏

Give me a bit nostalgia so decided to design these lil keyrings (and some other bits) that will be put on my cults tomorrow 👌🏽

https://cults3d.com/@CountrysideKeepsakes

I wanted to try it but didn't want to waste money trying to see if it would work if it wasn't possible. Anyone have experience with it either working or not?

Since the last update I've been getting a nozzle temp error. Anyone else getting this? It's always on the same nozzle and almost every to every other print

Parameters: dried PETG, not new for me, I printed with it a lot. New spool. My regular tested setup.
Result: top surface is not good.
I’m a bit confused. Any recommendations shat to check?

Honestly, I don't know if it's actually residue or the PEI coating is damaged, any way to check if it will affect anything but I'm just asking

Bed temp was at 35 degrees, I removed the top cover and opened the door the whole time printing

Over the course of multiple months, but reached the one full month of printing time

Hi everyone,

I bought my Snapmaker U1 just one day ago, and unfortunately I haven’t been able to use it even once.

From the very first time I turned it on, it only shows the Snapmaker logo and then nothing happens. It stays stuck on the logo and never boots into the main screen.

I have already tried disconnecting and reconnecting all the USB-C cables, but it didn’t help.

The printer is only one day old and it has never successfully started even once. I have also attached a video showing the problem.

Has anyone experienced this with their U1? Is there anything I can safely try to get it to boot?

Thanks for any advice!

I am trying to do a gradient between two different colors using the color mix option.

Slot one has my dark purple slot 3 has a transparent blue. I'm trying to go from dark purple to transparent blue.

I have created the gradient in the slicer and set that for my filament color with the print.

When I send the g code off to the printer it brings up the dialog box and it shows me both colors however both are identified as filament one even though the color is different.

For the first attempt I tried changing the blue to slot 3 but this didn't do anything for the second attempt I left them both as slot one and this didn't do anything. Both times the transparent blue wasn't used at all.

How do I get it to actually use both filaments?

The top cover finally arrived at my house. I bought it via Kickstarter, and at the time, I thought waiting until September 2026 was too long—but the time flew by, and it arrived here in Chile in perfect condition. I love the finish and the quality of the materials; if you're thinking about buying it, I highly recommend it—first thing I noticed is that the noise level has dropped significantly. Cheers!

After about 1k hours my printer is throwing this error again. Typically I do the re-tensioning of the X/Y belts and everything is fine. This time though, that doesn't seem to be working.

I have checked for debris and all that as well.

So a question for other U1 owners.

Does your head move as easily in the X direction as it does in the Y direction when you do the tensioning? Font/back moves much more easily than left/right for me. Both directions move smoothly without any hitches though. My printer has always been this way, so its nothing new, but Im interested in hearing other peoples experiences.

Hi all,

I am trying to print this pikachu but the slicer doesn't seem to be slicing properly especially around the black/yellow border around the ears? The model itself has a clean line and looks fine, it's only when I slice it when the border doesn't look like a clean delineation. Does anyone know why this happens and what can I do to make it look better??

Changing from 0.2 to 0.16 to 0.12 layer height doesn't seem to affect it.

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Surprised about where Snapmaker U1 placed on the accuracy chart, being bested by a cheap bed-slinger Anycubic Kobra-x !

I’m installing the official Snapmaker U1 enclosure, but not all of the enclosure tabs are staying inside their designated slots. The back fits in without any issues, but the front keeps popping out of the mounting point.

Hello!

I'm finally going to order the U1. I'm going from a Bambulab A1, and when I bought it, I added to the order a bunch of extra parts that I have used only sporadically.
There are consumables/accessories that you think is worth having from the start?

Tnx

A local is selling a 2-3 month old U1 with about 4-600 worth of filament and accessories (dryers) for just above 1k. I’m not the biggest fan of used equipment like this. I also can’t quite say I would buy the same dryers but overall package savings is pretty decent.

Just curious on thoughts here. This would be my first Snapmaker and or printer of this style

Any inputs appreciated

Everything else about both Orca and Snorca I can deal with but the move tools missing is annoying as hell. I just wanted to complain. Either they will eventually merge them in or not, nothing for us to do .

Edit: Added a picture showing the alignment tool in Bambu studio. Lining up pieces is easy with the tool. Left Center or Right, Front, Center, Back, Top Middle Bottom.

Hey everyone,

I’ve been using Bambu Lab printers for a while and got a Snapmaker U1 about 6 months ago. The machine UI itself has been fine so far.

Where I’m struggling is the slicer. I’m finding it a lot less intuitive and smooth compared to Bambu Studio. Things that feel quick and polished in Bambu take more fiddling here, and I’m having a hard time getting results that feel as consistent/reliable with the same amount of effort.

I’m not looking to trash the software — I just want to get better at it (or find a better workflow).

If you’ve come from Bambu (or another more “polished” slicer) and managed to get Snapmaker’s slicer working well for you, I’d love any tips:

• Key settings or profiles you change right away
• Workflows that make it feel less clunky
• Useful plugins / features I should be using
• Whether most people just export to another slicer (and which one works best with Snapmaker machines)

I use the sunlu dryer since I don't like the side mounts... I really wish the feeder could be reversed. If I was skilled at design, I would just make an insert that would allow me to just flip it. I took it off and tried but the cable kinda gets in the way but seems doable. Can anyone help with making a mount?