As the top player in the tool changer market . Snapmaker…. Its time to build a filament managment system. Bambu, Anycubic , Creality ,and even the Diy section is getting one via BTT. Snapmaker made the best 3n1 solution, the first to the IDEX which no one has beaten, the best quick swap dual extru…

I figured I’d make a custom build plate with the Sidecar name since it will be in all of the videos. I can make a new thread.

[image] Sidecar: I figured I’d make a custom build plate with the Sidecar name since it will be in all of the videos. That’s neat, I just wondered how! PEI?

This is indeed the current key focus of the Snapmaker team. However, based on the large amount of user feedback and scenarios we’ve collected, we are also planning the configuration for the next-generation product.

If you start a new thread, let me know and I’ll pin it for 2 weeks!!

“Next-generation product”? That means leaving everyone backing the original U1 out in the cold, which definitely opens the door for a third-party solution.

I may not have been clear—it’s a minor optimization version. The details aren’t clear yet.

I’d be interested to know more when details are available, as if it’s something similar to Sidecar I don’t want to keep dumping dev time into this project TBH.

I’ll help keep an eye out for any plans regarding a filament box similar to this. However, from what I previously understood, they were optimizing details of the machine itself, such as assembly processes, door gaps, noise, etc. A filament box would be considered a separate new product. If there’s a…

[image] Sidecar: I’d be interested to know more when details are available, as if it’s something similar to Sidecar I don’t want to keep dumping dev time into this project TBH. Please don’t hold your breath on that, who knows when something might come along, and in the mean time we have nothi…

Yea I sort of misread the context of that comment in that it was replying to someone else saying they need to focus on getting the current stuff optimized, (I haven’t used forums in years lol), I thought they were actively working on an add-on MMU for the existing U1, but Simon explained it better i…

Snapmaker Automatic Material Managment (S.A.M.M)

U1 Toolchanger

CrazyIvan March 14, 2026, 7:05pm 40

Just highlighting in this thread that Sidecar has started his “official” thread here: Sidecar 16 color MMU for U1

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