Best Filament for the Snapmaker Artisan

What the Snapmaker Artisan prints well

Recommended materials for this printer:

That volume is the reason to pick this machine for filament work. A 400 mm cube with a laser-proof, dust-proof enclosure handles helmet shells, long brackets and full-size enclosures in one piece. The enclosure is included, not an accessory, so ABS and ASA at 240 to 255 C with the inner bed zone at 100 to 110 C are within normal operation. There is no chamber heater, though, so the air is passively warm. Note the zone-heated bed when you plan a large print: a part that spreads past the 260 mm inner zone sits over an 80 C outer region, and ABS will lift at those corners. Keep high-shrink materials inside the inner zone.

Snapmaker Artisan specs that affect filament

The nozzle spec is where plans go wrong. Snapmaker lists the standard nozzle material as brass with hardened steel as an option, so the nylon-CF and nylon-GF grades on the supported list need a hardened nozzle you buy separately. Maximum recommended print speed is 180 mm/s, which is modest next to a 500 mm/s CoreXY, so this is a machine for large careful parts rather than fast throughput. Dual extrusion earns its keep on soluble work: PVA or HIPS supports and breakaway interfaces against PLA, printed in one pass with the second nozzle. Dry nylon at 70 to 80 C for 8 hours or more, and keep PVA sealed between jobs or it will string on every interface.

Filament notes for the Snapmaker Artisan

• The 400 x 400 x 400 mm volume drops to 350 x 400 x 400 mm when both nozzles of the dual-extrusion module are used in one print.
• The bed is zone-heated: 110 C over a 260 x 260 mm inner zone and 80 C outside it, so keep ABS, ASA and other high-shrink materials inside the inner zone.
• The enclosure is included, which makes ABS and ASA normal operation at 240 to 255 C, but it is passive and there is no chamber heater.
• The standard nozzle is 0.4 mm brass, so the nylon-CF and nylon-GF grades on Snapmaker's supported list need the optional hardened steel nozzle first.
• TPU is supported only at 90A Shore or harder; softer flexible filament is outside the specification for this extruder.
• Dual extrusion is a two-material setup rather than a spool changer, so PVA, HIPS and breakaway supports against PLA are its best use.
• Maximum recommended print speed is 180 mm/s, so plan large-part jobs in hours rather than expecting CoreXY throughput.