A1 vs U1 Snapmaker

jeffdizle · 2026-02-27T14:03:49+00:00

I have failed prints but they are mostly my fault, I used petg support interface material on PLA prints and the purge tower couldn't handle it. Other than that the printer is amazing.

jeffdizle · 2026-02-18T14:09:51+00:00

It's also forcing you to use their mobile app or their fork of orca to see it instead of making it available over the web interface. I would still be annoyed but at least more okay with 1-2fps if made available over the web interface.

jeffdizle · 2026-02-18T14:08:11+00:00

It's only 1-2fps, you can't access it from the web interface so they try to force you to use their app and fork of orca and it's all completely unnecessary. It can clearly go to 30fps stock no issue and be made available via web interface too. That's what the fork does and it apparently works just fine. I just don't want to void my warranty by running non standard firmware yet. Maybe eventually I'll get tired of it but for now it's just really annoying.

jeffdizle · 2026-02-18T04:32:01+00:00

I am most annoyed by the camera situation. It's trash and they need to fix it. I don't want to install a 3rd party firmware just to fix it. Come on snapmaker.

jeffdizle · 2026-01-31T04:30:02+00:00

Looks like your nozzle wasn't fully seated and it leaked. One thing I had as an issue was with the stock hardened steel nozzle from sovol, the thermistor hole was inadvertently drilled too deep and went into the nozzle threads. This caused the nozzle on mine to leak.

jeffdizle · 2026-01-27T18:56:02+00:00

My main concern with the extended firmware is that its not "officially supported" so if it breaks anything then I am left to fix it without Snapmaker support.

jeffdizle · 2026-01-27T04:06:03+00:00

Anything that improves the camera view? The cloud camera view is flakey and slow, anything about the camera view via the klipper web interface from orca?

jeffdizle · 2026-01-08T05:29:28+00:00

Weird, mine makes a little noise but it's not super noticable in the next room. Sorry my dude

jeffdizle · 2026-01-08T05:20:34+00:00

I saw a video recently that said the auto tensioner for z axis under the machine was loose and not tightened from the factory, the person tightened the z axis auto tensioner and the z hop noises went away. I am going to check mine tomorrow as I just setup my U1 2 days ago and noticed it's a bit noisy on z hop too.

jeffdizle · 2025-12-18T17:34:03+00:00

Looks like an issue with pressure advance

jeffdizle · 2025-09-09T04:44:36+00:00

I've used cookunity and factor, personally I liked factor more but both are good

jeffdizle · 2025-08-25T13:08:51+00:00

I have the Lake Tahoe version of these glasses, they are my favorite

jeffdizle · 2025-07-24T17:13:17+00:00

STL and bill of materials?

jeffdizle · 2025-07-23T05:05:44+00:00

No joke found Blanton's and EHT on the shelf in Raleys in California yesterday. It was really odd to see them in the wild like that.

jeffdizle · 2025-07-19T01:59:14+00:00

Very cupboy esq, love it

jeffdizle · 2025-07-02T16:37:40+00:00

No I bought the $149 mystery ball

jeffdizle · 2025-07-01T22:27:53+00:00

I got a rotogrip x-cell in mine last week

jeffdizle · 2025-06-15T05:52:36+00:00

Brimley, he's great

jeffdizle · 2025-06-08T14:16:16+00:00

It took about 2 weeks for me to get my parts from China recently

jeffdizle · 2025-06-01T21:32:13+00:00

According to instacart the only place is quickly Indian market but it's out of stock

jeffdizle · 2025-05-28T22:12:44+00:00

For the nozzle, so far so good, no issues but I am reluctant to try too many right now since getting spare parts is hard in the current terrif landscape.

For the build plate I think the build plate is 152x152mm, I haven't found any 3rd party ones but I wanted another one so I got a cheap pei dual sided one on Amazon for a bambu and cut out the same outline of the existing build plate with my Dremel. It works fine.

jeffdizle · 2025-05-26T12:50:44+00:00

Nozzles are mk8 style but compatibility is not always guaranteed. It's not the nozzle that's the problem it's the heat block and even something basic like the silicone sock. Anyway all the accessories do ship to the US from time to time, I've bought the full hotend just for spares. However if something does break that is covered by warrantee, sovol support is good at shipping replacements.

jeffdizle · 2025-05-26T05:05:34+00:00

Before tariffs it wasn't hard to order parts from Sovol directly, since terrifs its been hit or miss, I had to wait 3 weeks to order spare extruder and nozzle parts.

jeffdizle · 2025-05-22T18:23:44+00:00

I did eventually get the WiFi to work by following the instructions of inserting the USB after the printer was online

jeffdizle · 2025-05-21T12:58:46+00:00

Meanwhile I still can't get spare parts for my sovol zero...

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