ARTILLERY ART-A-014 Sidewinder X2 3D Printer Instruction Manual
- June 6, 2024
- ARTILLERY
Table of Contents
Artillery Sidewinder X2
Artillery 3D Printer
rev. 20210728
Installation Manual
READ THIS MANUAL COMPLETELY BEFORE ASSEMBLING AND POWERING UP YOUR PRINTER!
HAZARDS AND WARNINGS
The Artillery Sidewinder X2 3D Printer has motorized and heated parts. When
the printer is in operation, always be aware of possible hazards.
ELECTRIC SHOCK HAZARD
Never open the electronics bay of the printer while the printer is powered on.
Before removing the access panel, always power down the printer and unplug the
AC power cord.
BURN HAZARD
Never touch the extruder nozzle, the heater block, or the heated bed without
first turning off the hot end and heated bed and allowing it to completely
cool down. The hotel and heated bed can take up to twenty minutes to
completely cool down. Also, never touch recently extruded filaments. The
filament can stick to your skin and cause a burn.
FIRE HAZARD
Never leave flammable materials or liquids on or near the printer when powered
on or in operation. Liquid acetone and vapors are extremely flammable.
PINCH HAZARD
When the printer is in operation, be careful never to put your fingers in the
moving parts, including the belts, pulleys, gears, wheels, or lead screws.
STATIC CHARGE
Make sure to ground yourself before touching the printer, especially the
electronics. Electrostatic charges can damage electronic components. To ground
yourself, touch a grounded source.
AGE WARNING
For users under the age of 18, adult supervision is recommended. Beware of
choking hazards around children.
LEGAL
PRODUCT WARRANTY
The Artillery Sidewinder X2 3D Printer is covered by a limited warranty. For
terms and conditions, see https://desk.zoho.com/
portal/Lenovo/en/kb/articles/Lenovo-limited-warranty
OVERALL PROVISIONS
All information in this user manual (“Manual”) is subject to change at any
time without notice and is provided for convenience purposes only. Shenzhen
Yuntuchuangzhi Technology Co., Ltd. and our respective affiliates and
suppliers (“Artillery”) reserves the right to modify or revise this Manual in
its sole discretion and at any time and makes no commitment to provide any
such changes, updates, enhancements, or other additions to this Manual in a
timely manner or at all. You agree to be bound by any modifications and/or
revisions. Contact the Artillery Support Team for up-to-date information.
INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY
The design of this Manual and all text, graphics, information, content, and
other material are protected by copyright and other laws. The contents are
copyright 2021 Artillery. All rights reserved. Certain trademarks, trade
names, and logos (the “Marks”) used in this Manual are registered and
unregistered trademarks, trade names of Artillery and its affiliates. Nothing
contained in this Manual grants or should be constructed as granting, by
implication, estoppel, or otherwise, any license or right to use without the
written permission of Artillery. Any unauthorized use of any information,
materials, or Marks may violate copyright laws, trademark laws, laws of
privacy and publicity, and/or other laws and regulations.
DISCLAIMERS
Artillery does not warrant the accuracy or completeness of the information, products, or services provided by or through this Manual and assumes no responsibility for any typographical, technical, or other inaccuracies in this Manual, which is provided “as is” and without any express or implied warranties of any kind, including warranties of merchantability, fitness for a particular purpose, or non-infringement of intellectual property. In connection with your use of this Manual, Artillery shall not be liable to you for any damages whatsoever, be they direct, economic, commercial, special, consequential, incidental, exemplary, or indirect damages, even if Artillery has been advised of the possibility of such damages, including without limitation, loss of business revenue or earnings, lost data or lost profits. Artillery assumes no responsibility, nor will be liable, for any damages to, or any viruses or malware that may infect, your computer, telecommunication equipment, or other property caused by or arising from your downloading of any information or materials related to this Manual. The foregoing exclusions do not apply to the extent prohibited by law please refer to your local laws for any such prohibitions.
LETTER FROM ARTILLERY
Dear Customer,
Thank you for choosing Artillery Sidewinder X2 3D Printer.
This guide will step you through the assembly and the first run of the
printer. If you have any problems during assembly, please contact our customer
service or visit our official Facebook group at:
https://www.facebook.com/groups/artilleryswx2/
For a detailed warranty policy, please visit
https://desk.zoho.com/portal/evnovo/kb/articles/evnovo-limitedwarranty
For support, please send an email to
support@artillery3d.com
or visit our ticketing page at https://desk.zoho.com/portal/evnovo/newticket
Or you can visit our Facebook group at https://www.facebook.com/artillery3d
Regards,
Artillery Shenzhen Yuntu Chuangzhi Technology Co., Ltd.
Last update date: 28 July 2021
This manual is updated to the date of printing, please refer to the electronic
version if in doubt.
ACCESSORY CHECKLIST
ASSEMBLY
STEP 1
Align the XZ gantry to the base, make sure the connector is perfectly aligned
to the female connector on the base.
STEP 2
The M5 screws used to fasten the XZ gantry to the base are pre-inserted into
the extrusion, use the Allen key provided to tighten the screws.
Push the aluminum extrusions against the inside of the slot when tightening
the screws.
STEP 3
Assemble the spool holder as shown in the picture, then slide it into the
slots on the top of the top beam. Then use the knob supplied to fix it in
place.
STEP 4
Connect the Z stepper motors and filament runout sensor.
STEP 5
Loosen the 6 screws holding the carriages on both sides then tighten them
ONLY when wheels on Z carriages are not properly seated on the aluminum
extrusions.
STEP 6
Adjust the bed carriage and hot-end carriage by turning the eccentric nuts
with the wrench supplied.
LEVELING THE BUILD PLATE
The Sidewinder X2 comes with Auto Bed Leveling Sensor, it will perform a self- test when you power on the printer, if it doesn’t, please do not proceed and check on the cables to make sure they’re correctly seated.
- Home the printer;
- Heat up the bed and the hotend to 70 ° C and 240 ° C respectively;
- Go to Tools -> Level;
- Slide a piece of A4 paper between the nozzle and the build plate;
- Move the hot end to all 4 corners to repeat step 6;
- Turn the leveling knob under the bed closest to the nozzle until the piece of paper slides, with just a bit of drag;
- From the menu, go to Tools -> More and click on Auto-Level;
- The printer will initialize the auto bed leveling procedure, wait till it finishes;
- Click EEPROM Save;
- Do the following only if the nozzle is scratching on the build plate or the nozzle too far from the build plate;
- Heat up the bed and the hotend to 70 ° C and 240 ° C respectively;
- Go to Tools -> More -> Z=0;
- The nozzle will move to the center and at 0 height;
- Slide the A4 paper between the nozzle and bed again, use +0.025 and – 0.025 button to adjust the nozzle distance from the build plate until the piece of paper slides, with just a bit of drag;
- Click EEPROM Save once you’re happy with the drag on the A4 paper;
- Repeat Step 2 to Step 9.
- To enable compensation for auto-leveling, add M420 S1 Z10 after G28 in starting Gcode.
PREPARING SLICING SOFTWARE
This printer works with most slicing software like Slic3r, Cura, Simplify3D,
etc. But we will go into detail about Cura software and tell you how to set it
up so that you can make your first print. First, please download the software
from their official site.
After installation and starting the software, you should see the following
screen, continue until you see Add a printer page:
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In the Add, a non-networked printer, scroll down to Artillery and choose Artillery Sidewinder X1, and type in Artillery Sidewinder X2 in Printer name. Then click on the Next button.
Set X (Width), Y (Depth) as 300, Z (Height) as 400. Make sure the Heated Bed is checked, then copy and replace the content of the Start G-code. txt and End G-code.txt on the memory card to the respective fields.
Change Compatible material diameter to 1.75
Drag and drop the STL file (or another supported format) to the slicer or load the model file with File -> Open File(s)…
From the Profile dropdown, choose the preferred profile.
Click on the Slice button.
You can click on Save to Removable Drive (if the memory card is detected) or the Save to file button to save the sliced file to the memory card.
Save the file to the memory card for printing.
Insert the USB Drive/memory card into the printer then click on PRINT.
Choose the file you want to print.
Click on Confirm and the print should start.
SPECIFICATIONS
PRINTING
Print Technology:
Build Volume:
Layer Resolution:
Filament:
Nozzle Diameter:
Print File Type:
Material Compatibility:| Fused Deposition Modeling
300x300x400 mm (11.8×11.8×15.7 in)
100-300 microns
1.75 mm (0.069 in)
0.4 mm (0.015 in)
Gcode
PLA, PETG, TPE
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SIZE & WEIGHT
Product Dimensions:
Shipping Box:
Printer Weight:
Shipping Weight:| 550x470x730 mm (21.7×18.5×28.7 in)
668x508x310 mm (26.3×20.0x12.2 in)
12.9 kg (28.4 lbs)
16 kg (35.3lbs)
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ELECTRICAL
Power Requirements:
Connectivity:| 110V/220V, 350W
Memory Card, USB Stick, USB
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MECHANICAL
Construction:
Build Surface:
Stepper Motors:
XY Positioning Precision:
Z Positioning Precision:| Aluminum, ABS
Glass + Aluminum plate
1.8° step angle with 1/256 micro-stepping
10 microns
100 microns
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CONTACT
Support|
desk.zoho.com/portal/evnovo/en/newticket
At Artillery, we take pride in offering expert, responsive, friendly customer
support to customers around the world. If you need help resolving an issue
with your Artillery 3D printer, visit the web address above to submit a
ticket.
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Sales| ytcz@artillery3d.com
To learn about other Artillery products, please email the address above.
Feedback| ytcz@artillery3d.com
For general questions, or to tell us what’s on your mind, send an email to the
address above we love to hear from you.
Shenzhen Yuntu Chuangzhi Technology Co., Ltd.
Address: Rm 1601-02, Bldg 11, Cloud Park 2nd Phase,
2018 Xuegang Lu, Bantian Sub-district, Longgang District,
Shenzhen 518129, China
Email: ytcz@artillery3d.com
Website: www.artillery3d.com