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Sovol SV06 All Metal Hotend Planetary Direct Drive 3D Printer
$189
$249
24% off
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I purchased this SV06 after reading a recommendation on Reddit [reddit.com] and I haven't been disappointed. I have had a lot of successful prints and very few failed ones (although I haven't tried to print anything big that would take over 8 hours). I wouldn't say that it's been perfect but it has still been easy to tweak and get working right as a beginner. I just did a 5015 fan mode for the hot end [printables.com] this morning and did a couple of small prints and a bed level test [printables.com] and it seems to help things print just a little more smoothly. I also added a Raspberry PI and loaded OctoPrint [octoprint.org] (pretty easy with the Raspberry PI imager [raspberrypi.com]) so that I could print to the device wirelessly without having to swap out the microSD card each time I wanted to print something new
If you do buy this printer, check out this guys page for some setup tips, tweaks, and troubleshooting: https://sv06.blakadder.
It's not the best deal ever for it, but it's still a good deal.
My Prusas have been workhorses. I built both but did not enjoy it. In hindsight, I probably would have spent extra to pay for assembled, BUT I think Prusa has been left behind a bit. Mainly with cost.
To me, Sovol has been the best value right up there with Bambu. If my P1S had not been down for so long with an annoying error, I'd rank it higher because Bambu really changed the game.
With all that said, I'm in for one of these. Almost as cheap as the lowest price, especially with my 5% back from Amazon card. With the return options and speed of shipping, this is going to be a great option when other printers are down, or even to keep going non-stop.
This or SV06+ are the best value and bang for your buck, especially when on sale. Easy setup and beginner friendly. I also had a problem with one, but I was sent parts twice. Communication was a bit slow, but I got it back up and running.
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My Prusas have been workhorses. I built both but did not enjoy it. In hindsight, I probably would have spent extra to pay for assembled, BUT I think Prusa has been left behind a bit. Mainly with cost.
To me, Sovol has been the best value right up there with Bambu. If my P1S had not been down for so long with an annoying error, I'd rank it higher because Bambu really changed the game.
With all that said, I'm in for one of these. Almost as cheap as the lowest price, especially with my 5% back from Amazon card. With the return options and speed of shipping, this is going to be a great option when other printers are down, or even to keep going non-stop.
This or SV06+ are the best value and bang for your buck, especially when on sale. Easy setup and beginner friendly. I also had a problem with one, but I was sent parts twice. Communication was a bit slow, but I got it back up and running.
I call the ender 3 tinker trash and somehow I can't print with and I need to take a chill pill?
I don't think you need to be so personally offended that I insulted a 3D printer.
The ender 3 is junk. You have to constantly tinker with it ever few prints. That isn't some revolutionary thought on them either. I would never recommend them to anyone.
Take a chill pill.
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I call the ender 3 tinker trash and somehow I can't print with and I need to take a chill pill?
I don't think you need to be so personally offended that I insulted a 3D printer.
The ender 3 is junk. You have to constantly tinker with it ever few prints. That isn't some revolutionary thought on them either. I would never recommend them to anyone.
Take a chill pill.
I have printed close to 200lbs of PLA on my ender. I'm not sure why you need to defend it like it's your child so badly.
The majority of owners will agree it requires tinkering and leveling on a regular basis.
It's trash.
Take a chill pill.
My Prusas have been workhorses. I built both but did not enjoy it. In hindsight, I probably would have spent extra to pay for assembled, BUT I think Prusa has been left behind a bit. Mainly with cost.
To me, Sovol has been the best value right up there with Bambu. If my P1S had not been down for so long with an annoying error, I'd rank it higher because Bambu really changed the game.
With all that said, I'm in for one of these. Almost as cheap as the lowest price, especially with my 5% back from Amazon card. With the return options and speed of shipping, this is going to be a great option when other printers are down, or even to keep going non-stop.
This or SV06+ are the best value and bang for your buck, especially when on sale. Easy setup and beginner friendly. I also had a problem with one, but I was sent parts twice. Communication was a bit slow, but I got it back up and running.
I use a Vyper now with Klipper but haven't got around to resonance calibrating to get input shaping to work. That's all I really want. A fast ass printer because I have four Anycubic Resins to do all the high detail stuff. I just want to print terrain and models as well as some functional shit (like the DIY 3d scanning rig) with it.
Haven't got the Vyper fast yet as I barely know what I'm doing. Going to buy that adafruit accelerometer to do the input shaping calibration today.
I have printed close to 200lbs of PLA on my ender. I'm not sure why you need to defend it like it's your child so badly.
The majority of owners will agree it requires tinkering and leveling on a regular basis.
It's trash.
Take a chill pill.
I didn't say it's not a tinkerer's machine. I said it's not trash.
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"...I would say that the part cooling and hot end fans are insufficient, but a simple 5015 blower upgrade with printed parts will take care of that...."
Other mentions of motherboard overheating, and nozzle Temps dropping.
I don't know the merit of these complaints, but reading up on them before you buy is smart. Many times putting in a mod right off the bat gives smooth sailing.
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