Here’s what we can say about the mystery machine.

We've finally gotten a look at Bambu Lab's next big thing. And it's unambiguously a toolchanger, sharpening our view that such multi-tool enabled printing really is a new norm in desktop printing – multi-material capable printers, right out of the box. So far they've shown 9 tools on a dock that can shifts up out of view it seems. From this shrouded detail-thin teaser, what do you think?

Company releases video teaser showing nine-tool printer, revealing the name and a date we can expect to see more.

A Bambu Lab november 4-én mutatja be kilenc nyomtatófejjel és beépített szerszámcserélővel felszerelt új, forradalmi H3C modelljét.

Bambu Lab H3C akan meluncur 4 November dengan inovasi sembilan toolhead independen yang siap merevolusi standar pencetakan 3D profesional.

Dieser DIY-Mod für den Bambu Lab A1 webt Garn direkt in 3D-Drucke ein, einen Pullover strickt er Ihnen allerdings nicht. Forschende der TU Delft wollen Ihrem Bambu Lab A1 das Stricken beibringen. Dafür haben sie FilaLoom entwickelt, einen Open-Source-Aufsatz zum Selberbauen. Per Toolchanger-System wechselt er zwischen dem Extrudieren von Kunststoff und dem Einbetten von Garn in den Druck. Das Ergebnis reicht von weichen, stoffartigen Oberflächen über gewebte Strukturen bis hin zu seilzuggetriebenen beweglichen Teilen. Die STL-Dateien des Mods, die Bauanleitung und Grasshopper-Skripte zum Erzeugen von eigenem G-Code gibt es kostenlos. Damit können Sie auch Ihrem A1 eine kleine Handarbeits-Identitätskrise verpassen.

Bambu Lab's upcoming H3C 3D printer features a nine-toolhead system and is expected to be officially unveiled on November 4.

Snapmaker hat die 20 Gewinner der ersten Runde seines Innovation Fund bekanntgegeben. Der mit 150.000 US-Dollar ausgestattete Fonds unterstützt Software, Hardware und Arbeitsabläufe rund um den Toolchanger-Drucker U1. Für Besitzer des Geräts bedeutet das neue Werkzeuge aus der Community, etwa für Slicer, Firmware und Materialzufuhr. Insgesamt gingen 67 Projekte ein. Ein technisches Komitee bewertete sie, […] Der Beitrag Snapmaker U1: Innovation Fund fördert 20 Community-Projekte für den Toolchanger erschien zuerst auf 3Druck.com - The Independent AM Magazine.

3D printing is still one of the most futuristic technologies you can currently buy. And the market just got a bit bigger, with Snapmaker bringing its four toolhead 3D printer to Australia via JB Hi-Fi and Harvey Norman. The Snapmaker U1 is a toolchanger, which takes a different approach to multi-colour printing than most of the 3D printers on the market. Most multi-colour systems feed every filament through a single shared nozzle. Each colour change means unloading one filament, loading the next and purging the leftovers. The U1 skips all that. It has four independent toolheads, and each colour or material stays loaded in its own one. When a print calls for a different colour, the printer swaps the entire toolhead. Snapmaker calls this SnapSwap, and says a typical change takes about five seconds in its lab testing. That approach should cut down on waste, too. Snapmaker claims the U1 produces up to 85 per cent less filament waste than shared-nozzle systems. Four toolheads also means four different materials. You can mix rigid and flexible filaments in a single print, or load water-soluble supports for more complex designs. The build volume is 270 x 270 x 270mm. Snapmaker has also added automatic calibration across all four toolheads, automated filament loading and print monitoring, to make toolchanging less intimidating for newcomers. Snapmaker's Head of Global Go-to-Market, Sheila She, said the U1 was built to make this style of printing easier for everyone. > "We designed the U1 to make multi-colour and multi-material printing faster, cleaner, and easier to use, while reducing the material waste commonly associated with filament changes." The U1 already has plenty of fans. It became Kickstarter's most-funded 3D printer campaign last year, raising US$20.6 million from 20,680 backers. ## Snapmaker U1 specs Specification| Snapmaker U1 ---|--- Technology| FDM toolchanger, CoreXY Toolheads| 4 independent toolheads Tool change time| Approx. 5 seconds (SnapSwap) Build volume| 270 x 270 x 270mm Max speed| 500mm/s Max acceleration| 20,000mm/s² Max hotend flow| 32mm³/s Nozzle| 0.4mm stainless steel (0.2mm, 0.6mm and 0.8mm hardened steel hotends sold separately) Max nozzle temperature| 300°C Heated bed| Flexible steel sheet with textured PEI, up to 100°C Filament diameter| 1.75mm Supported filaments| PLA, PETG, TPU (90A and harder), PVA, PCTG; PET, ABS, ASA, PA and PC with optional Top Cover; carbon fibre and glass fibre composites with Top Cover and hardened steel nozzle Filament waste| Up to 85% less than shared-nozzle systems (Snapmaker testing) Calibration| Automatic mesh bed levelling, toolhead offset calibration, flow compensation, pressure advance, input shaping Detection| Filament runout, air printing, power loss recovery, toolhead swap errors, build plate presence and obstruction Filament handling| Auto-feed, Backup Mode, RFID recognition (Snapmaker filament only) Camera| 2MP built-in chamber camera Screen| 3.5-inch touchscreen (320 x 480) Connectivity| 2.4GHz Wi-Fi, USB flash drive Storage| 26GB eMMC Software| Snapmaker Orca, OrcaSlicer, Snapmaker App (iOS and Android); Klipper firmware Frame| Welded all-metal frame, carbon fibre X-axis Power| 1150W (220 to 240V) Dimensions| 584 x 499 x 730mm Weight| 18.2kg In the box| Printer, 4 toolheads with hotends, 4 spools of SnapSpeed PLA, 4 filament holders, 2 filament feeders, waste collector, textured PEI sheet RRP| $1,399 ## Pricing and availability The Snapmaker U1 is available now in Australia for an RRP of $1,399. It went on sale on 15 October 2026 at JB Hi-Fi and Harvey Norman. * * * ### Latest printers & scanners deals

Let the toolchanger showdown begin! All3DP Senior Editor Matt pits the Snapmaker U1, Flashforge Creator 5, Bambu Lab H2C, Prusa XL, and Prusa CORE One+ Gen2 with INDX against each other to find out which prints fastest, wastes the least filament, and which machine deserves your money. His full comparison review coming soon to All3DP. And before you comment on our lab: We've just moved into a new office. We're working on it. Don't judge.

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Make multi-color 3D prints easy with U1. SnapSwap™ swaps in 5 seconds for 5X speed and 5X less waste, with Snapmaker Orca & app control. Buy on Snapmaker Store.

Five independent print heads, a 1.1-meter-wide build area, and support for both 1.75- and 2.85-mm filament put Fabbrix’s latest Elemento firmly at the industrial end of the toolchanger spectrum.