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Blast! Sovol SV06 went sideways.
- Thread starter DavidR8
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I honestly don't know. It's been dead reliable till now. I've probably printed 20kgs of filament without a hiccup. I'm quite disappointed.
I'd already invested in a Klipper upgrade for it and that's what's giving me grief.
I think I'll get a Bambu A1.
I'll throw the original Marlin board back on the Sovol and sell it to recoup a few bucks.
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I made the move from Prusa to Bambu, it was the like skies opening up and sunshine beaming in. Go for it - I think there is big sale right now. Buy direct from Bambu.ca, they have domestic stock and are great to deal with, got it in a day or two irrc. I went with the X1 Carbon and filament server, more money, but the speed, reliability and capabilities the multi spool brings, no regrets.
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Interesting, can you expand on that. I'm a 3D printing novice (used Prusa paid $100 on Kijiji). It does have a lot of hours on the clock but has been completely reliable, it just works all the time I have printed perhaps 10 rolls of mostly PTA and PETG. What am I missing out on?
I had a lot of trouble with my Prusa so am biased and was glad to leave them. Their design is from the ed3 open source design, but they modified the heat break design and deviated dimensions from the ED3 slightly. This was the flaw that totally messed me up - endless jams and failed prints. Of course they were useless and I had to find the cause myself, which was brutal. I suspect this must have only been for a batch of printers, else everyone be screaming whereas most seem happy with them. Worse was their attitude, after having to figure it all out myself, I sent essentially an engineering report detailing my findings so they could perhaps put up alerts to help others struggling, and got a response along the lines of have you tried restarting it? All detailed here: https://www.metallum.shop/the-poor-experience-with-my-prusa-3d-printer/
My bias and annoyance at Prusa aside, I did get it working fairly well. Even then, the Bambu was a huge upgrade. Granted, Prusa may have improved since model, an i3 MK3S, but in moving to X1C combo, these are the game changers for me:
- It just works, every time.
- carbon rod design is lighter so the printer is far faster, that matters to me a lot more than I thought it would
- printer is on the network with desktop software so I can print right from the computer in another part of the house
- software is a lot nicer. Same basic idea, but lots more features like having multiple build plates on the go. Hard to list all the little things, but a lot nicer.
- built in camera so I can see what is going on (one whatever device), notices when finished, if a spool runs out etc
- Does time lapse photography, kind of fun to add to videos
- The filament server works flawlessly (and opens up new, pretty neat, possibilities like a layer on the top of support material that easily breaks off (massive win there) or multi coloured prints, I've used that for panel labels)
- Filament server is enclosed with spots for desiccant (lets you control humidity)
- Printer is fully enclosed (best for heat control and fume/odor control)
- Have stock in Canada
- Easy to order direct, and so far, great to deal with
- easily swap in a special hardened nozzles/hotend for abrasive materials
- hotends/nozzles are easy to change and are an assembly. Night and day from changing a ED3 hot end/nozzle
- Built in nozzle cleaner, head zips and a little brush cleans the the nozzle.
My bias and annoyance at Prusa aside, I did get it working fairly well. Even then, the Bambu was a huge upgrade. Granted, Prusa may have improved since model, an i3 MK3S, but in moving to X1C combo, these are the game changers for me:
- It just works, every time.
- carbon rod design is lighter so the printer is far faster, that matters to me a lot more than I thought it would
- printer is on the network with desktop software so I can print right from the computer in another part of the house
- software is a lot nicer. Same basic idea, but lots more features like having multiple build plates on the go. Hard to list all the little things, but a lot nicer.
- built in camera so I can see what is going on (one whatever device), notices when finished, if a spool runs out etc
- Does time lapse photography, kind of fun to add to videos
- The filament server works flawlessly (and opens up new, pretty neat, possibilities like a layer on the top of support material that easily breaks off (massive win there) or multi coloured prints, I've used that for panel labels)
- Filament server is enclosed with spots for desiccant (lets you control humidity)
- Printer is fully enclosed (best for heat control and fume/odor control)
- Have stock in Canada
- Easy to order direct, and so far, great to deal with
- easily swap in a special hardened nozzles/hotend for abrasive materials
- hotends/nozzles are easy to change and are an assembly. Night and day from changing a ED3 hot end/nozzle
- Built in nozzle cleaner, head zips and a little brush cleans the the nozzle.
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