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PLA Temperature Test – First Attempt = Failure

In my previous ‘Overhang Test’ on the Artillery Sidewinder X1 I noticed the print was ‘stringy’. I tried adding retraction and this didn’t work so I wondered if this was something to do with print temperature and the best way of checking this is to come up with another test. In this video I create […]

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3D Printing Overhang Angle Test with Artillery Sidewinder X1 3D Printer

In this test I wanted to check how much of an angle of overhang I could print successfully on my Artillery Sidewinder X1 3D printer. I have produced my own model specifically to test the overhang and created it in Blender. The first part of the video shows how I construct the 3D model and […]

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3D Printing ICE Filaments Gentle Grey PLA filament

I already have light grey and black filament so I wanted something in between, something like a mid to dark grey. I’ve been impressed with ICE Filaments colours so far and opted for the ICE Filaments ‘Gentle Grey’ PLA filament. I am very impressed with the colour and I am impressed with the print quality […]

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Sunlu Silver Silk PLA and Artillery Test Cube

I wanted some silver PLA to add to my collection and I was very impressed with the example pictures of this particular Sunlu Silver Silk filament. As a way of testing the output and checking for consistency I print the Artillery test cube to how it will come out in relation to other brand and […]

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Artillery Test Cube in Multicomp Pro ‘Flesh’ Colour

I am increasing my collection of 3D printing filament and with each reel I buy I am printing a test cube. This allows me to test for printing consistency with the same model on the same printer, and also enables me to see how the filament comes out when printing a a 3D object. In […]

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Testing ICE Obstinate Orange filament on Artillery Sidewinder X1

As I continue my journey with the Artillery Sidewinder X1 printer I am buying additional filament and the best way I find to test the filament and see how it will come out is by printing an Artillery test cube. This way I have other filaments to compare against, and by using the same printer […]

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Testing ICE Precious Pink filament on Artillery Sidewinder X1

As I continue my journey with the Artillery Sidewinder X1 printer I am buying additional filament and the best way I find to test the filament and see how it will come out is by printing an Artillery test cube. This way I have other filaments to compare against, and by using the same printer […]

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Testing ICE Romantic Red filament on Artillery Sidewinder X1

As I continue my journey with the Artillery Sidewinder X1 printer I am buying additional filament and the best way I find to test the filament and see how it will come out is by printing an Artillery test cube. This way I have other filaments to compare against, and by using the same printer […]

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Printing Flexible TPU on the Artillery Sidewinder X1 3D Printer

Whilst ordering filament for my brand new Artillery Sidewinder X1 3D printer I became aware of flexible TPU which sounded like a novel and fun idea. The filament I chose was transparent. I have no idea what type of models I will print using this particular filament but I thought it would be an interesting […]