I had the following problems. After the Z-align, both sides were not even. Switch off and level both Z-axis by hand. I wanted to set Z-offset but Z wasn't 0. Heat up first, then home the printer, then check if Z=0, then Z-offset. I wanted to level the 5x5 points but the printer only makes 5 points. Reason the sensor was too high in relation to the nozzle. Turn down the small screw at the top next to the nozzle and press down on the sensor. Then you can start over again. Then I probably still had fingerprints on the bed...
I hope you do produce your follow up on this printer. It does look a little too good to be true, so your more in-depth review will be valuable. Thanks!
As always an excellent review, thank you! But as an European I have to say something fot the comparison to the Prusa MK3 printers: 1. Yes, this printer has everything, a Prusa has for much less money. How can that be? Well, first of all I don‘t think, that Sovol runs a 24/7 support. That costs a lot of money. And Sovol doesn’t have to pay their laborers in European standards. When we buy lowcost Chinese printers or what ever, we shouldn’t complain about chinese standards, because we accept them. This is why I bought a Prusa, and because I didn’t have the money laying around, I bought a used MK3S. 2. Prusa developed their hardware under Open Source conditions. Sovol is allowed to use the development. It‘s fine, but maybe we all should at least credit this, and not only emphasize the big price gab. Don’t get me wrong, I understand everybody with low budget, to buy a chinese printer. But please calculate all factors of a product! To be honest, this concept of a printer is rather old now. And maybe I‘ll buy a chinese printer soon myself. The Bambu Lab P1P is innovative and in a price range, I can afford. And this is something I like to ask Joseph Prusa, why there‘s only an unaffordable XL and not an innovative Prusa MK4 for the „normal“ customers. Ok, I‘m looking forward your upcoming videos! Greetings from Germany or as Stefan always says: Guten Tag, everybody!
I agree with all of your comments. But for a hobbiest who prints a couple of times a month or even once a week the availability for low cost options is quite nice.
@@MakeWithTech I agree with that too. I just wanted to mention, that we are responsible for what’s happening in the world. But we are all not perfect. In my hometown, we have a makers-lab. For an inexpensive monthly fee you may use some printers, cutters and computers. A great way to share hardware and knowledge. Is there something similar in communities of the US?
I really appreciate what Prusa Research does for the community, but they have also greatly benefited from making their hardware open source. The 3D printing community exists in the size that it currently does, in large part due to Chinese companies being able to copy open designs and sell them for a low price. And by community I mean everything - number of users, number and size of 3D printing YT channels, the millions of downloadable models, the whole ecosystem. None of that would be possible if the only printers people could buy were $1k+.
I had to open this just to post this…. No, the SV05 is. I got it a few days back and after ironing out a couple glitches (not goin into that here, lol) I have to say, it’s the best 3d printer for beginners. The build was so simple, wiring terminated into plugs, put on the gantry, plug it all in! My second printer, first one with auto bed leveling! My god, why would anyone sell one without it these days! I’ve printed nearly a roll of PLA so far and? My prints are beyond beautiful and I’ve managed to push the speed on a certain part to the degree that I’m printing them at 1.5 hrs vs two and fifteen. Incredible printer!!! Review it!!!
Thank you so much. You are a great man and i appreciate your videos. Well explained, well thought out and always with a positive attitude. I wish the world had more like you. You rock
Was $239....now $259 and will go up to $299 soon. They are testing the market. I bet $199-$239 were the sweet spot as I wanted to buy it and now I don't. Yes I'm cheap. We will have to wait and see what they choose for a final price.
Hello, I'm going to start in 3D. Which of these two printers would you recommend, the ender3 S1Pro or the Sovol SV06plus? Thank you and I really enjoy watching and learning from your videos. Best wishes
6:07 my easythread k9 has it works the same . And that for 65 euro On temu . It also goth 4 Buttons for leveling the bed. I also use Cura and Tweak it for the mini printer. I also upgraded the spoolholder. And printed a ghost boot benchi. Iam blowen away by the detailed information it printed. Even the skull came out super. And the woodwork is not normal. Its 2 cm big . Not normal for that price.
This printer is good but, you need to upgrade a few things if you want a great printer, first change the power supply for a meanwell 350 power supply, change the part cooling fan for 5015 fan you have to print a new fan duct and mount for it, upgrade the firmware to TH3D Firmware it is much better and you prints will be far better and finally change the motherboard and bed probe to a TH3D Board and EZABL Probe this board use's a real stm chip not a clone like the stock one which does cause bad print's as well as other things and the bed probe is very inconsistence so change it for the TH3D EZABL Probe. So in fact this printer needs a lot of upgrades to be reliable its great for the person that like's and can do 3d printer upgrades because with all the upgrades it still a ton cheaper than a 3d printer that has it already done for you, its another ender 3 v2 style printer buy it and them upgrade the hell out of it i think its better than the creailty one's for the money.
Excellent review! The best review I have found for this printer. I am going to go ahead and order this from Amazon. It is at 269.00 today. Shame I missed to 230.00 buy but it still seems an amazing deal even at 40.00 more. I will mention your fine review in an email to the manufacturer... shalom
Great video as always 👍 I think this printer is so tempting. There are many boxes there are ticked in my book. I have seen others YT's that have said that the sliced Gcods is not that good. A blank Cura adapted to this printer, is making a better print I've seen. Good teaser video. I'm looking forward to seeing the followup video. Thanks for sharing your expirence with all of us 👍 😀
Isn't it Benchy as in benchmark and not Benji as in the dog??? Lol just messing with you, great video though, thanks for the review. My sv06 will be here in a few days. Can't wait!
Wait really?! I have never owned a 3-D printer and I am really clueless but I was going to get an ender, but somebody recommended this brand so here I am watching. I know your comment was only posted yesterday, but is the Soval a lot better than Creality ?
A good video. The SV06 seems a good alternative to a mk3s (at least as a second printer, as it lacks MMU-support). It looks even more like the mk3s upgraded to a Prusa bear. There are some questions I have: - Is the distance between x-rods the same as on the mk3s? There are a lot very nice upgrade extruders for the mk3s, like the Bondtech BMG, the Zorbiter 2.0 etc. Also you can get a Revo hotend for thoose. While of course these upgrades might cost more than the printer itself, as the rest of the printer seems to be quite rigid, it might be worth it. Of course you need to make a cable adapter for other printheads. But would be nice to use them without further hardware modification. - As nowerdays Klipper is state of the art for a good reason: Have you tried Klipper with this printer? Actually using an old thin-client such an upgrade might be only cost about
Hi, I have a bresser raptor and the first 2 prints got out perfectly. Now the prints are sliding! Any chance to get some help in this case? And cura 5.0 dose not finde my printer. The 4.3 dose get it but prints slided
I did not. I will cover pid tuning, steps calibration, high temp printer and cura configuration in the next video. Probably a month from now as I have a backlog of stuff to review.
@@MakeWithTech I didn't think so. My ender-3 looked even worse than that. After a PID tune is was totally smooth. I do not know how but my Max was 250 and my Min was also 250. Temp was moving so much the print would not even start. I changed it to 0 Min and 265 for Max. After that It stayed at 245 for the entire print.
The old rub the purge line with your finger trick. That is an important secret of getting good prints. I make some bed leveling adjustments as my printer prints the the skirt of my main print, too - rubbing the first lines it prints.
Thanks for this. My first printer was a voxelab aquila, and it fried itself during my last print. I've been looking at this printer and your review helped with my decision.
They have an inductive sensor, all they had to do was add another driver and support g34, and you got proper z-stepper alignment. It's a lot more reliable and faster than forcing the gantry to the top
@@MakeWithTech it looks like they put in some thought into this machine, and Sovol has boards that can support an additional axis. They can charge another $10 per unit offer "true bed leveling" It will differentiate them from even what prusa can do.
@David A. Leedom voron does it with 4 independent z motors. If you have 2 independent z motors, you can get close at least use the probe to level out the x gantry. True leveling is adjusting the bed relative to the probe before doing a mesh
Love your youtube channel! I have a lot of experience 3D printing. I ordered the SV06 and SV06 Plus and eventually a second SV06 because they were direct drive extruders (like to use flexible materials) and they were what appeared to be Prusa MkIII clones with some improvements and a lot more affordable. It all looked good on paper but here is my real experience: 1. None of my 3 Sovol printers will actually print TPU. They all clog and quit printing part way through a print. No matter what temperatures I use they clog. This is unacceptable because these printers are specified to print TPU. 2. I have had layer to layer alignment issues all the time and there is no explanations as to why this suddenly occurs. Checked belt tensions etc. 3. Have had to replace 2 main boards due to an SD card holder that fails mechanically and wont eject the TF card any longer., Seems they are using a component that is poor quality. 4. Each of my 3 printers seem to go out of calibration often and the Z offset is suddenly wrong and it digs a big groove in my PEI build plate. Each time I do a full Z alignment, offset and bed level the nominal z offset changes. this is annoying and ruins a lot of build plates. In the end I have to recalibrate Z and bed level before every print. 5. When updating firmware it sometimes blue screens my printer rendering it unusable. Very difficult to bring the printer back and have to reload firmware multiple times to make it function. 5. The micro SD card slot is behind the upright and is super annoying to plug in and out. Also, connecting to this printer from a slicer or klipper never seems to work. The computer never sees the printer. 6. Long delays in getting support answers etc. Long delays in buying parts from Sovol because it seems they don't have U.S .distribution. In the end even if I have a factory file I send to the printer that is set up for i3 printers I get 1 good print out of 5 tries. I just don't think this printer is ready for prime time. I realize these reviews are initial impressions and they are very helpful but sorry to say this but this has been my longer term experience. I have worked hard to calibrate and make sure I limit variables that effect print quality and still I get a lot of garbage prints. Thanks, Nikko
This is a very useful comment for the viewers of this channel. First, you are correct. My reviews are initial impressions. Even when I have had a device for a long time, since I have so many different printers, I rarely push a device the way a dedicated user would. However, it is also important to position machines correctly. I see the Sovol SV06 as a good device for people new to the hobby that will use it to print PLA maybe a couple times a week. For these users, it is a better value than an Ender 3 V2 and easier to use.
I have had a very similar problem with filament becoming resistant due to a loop forming. It's not so obvious whether or not the loop has been removed and I just wondered what the best technique is to rewind.
Great, I've been waiting for something like this. Looking forward to see how your in depth reports come out. I feel direct drive is the best way to go and with all th ge other features this may be the one. As far as your web site goes I'm going to check it out as it sound great for me as I want to get into 3d printing for my hobby of model trains. Thanks 😀
I am very happy with my SV06. It is far better than my Prusa which I never managed to get to print a decent print. With the SV06 it was as close to plug and play as possible. Just FYI, on this printer, I print the Hatchbox at 196, with the first layer at 64 and no fan. I am also able to print at 400 speed if I need to.
Great vid, Im torn between a ender 3 S1, the Sv06 or saving a ton and buying a P1P Recommendations please? I have a cr10s and mk3s I care most about print quality
@@yycfoamwars6557 I didn’t know a p1p was the Bambu brand. I’m so new to 3d printing I don’t think I’ve reached newbie stage yet. I just got my svo6 and I already want another one. They take forever to print.! FIVE ROLLS what did you do?
Swappimg out the board for one with 5 drivers so dual independent Z axis can be implemented for G34 would bring it more in line with the Prusa, I run G34 on all my printers except the original Ender 2 as it only has one leadscrew, I cant imagine life without it as it gives you a level playing field to get the tramming done.
I have just received my SV06 from Sovol direct to UK. Ordered 16th Dec and arrived Jan 5th. I must say that this printer is very well put together and seems to be very good quality. Only took 20mins to assemble with just 9 bolts. Printed a test cube and dimensions were spot on, benchy was also excellent. The only downside is the pei sheet adhesion which seems to be poor.
Great video but I don't see much value in this printer. This looks and acts like an even cheaper Chinese Prusa clone. At least the ones available on Aliexpress are close enough to real thing to use most of the Prusa configuration settings without much effort.
I always wanted a 3d printer 2 weeks ago bought a new $400 very popular model. Setup was easy. Then they hype begun. The whole process is pretty disjointed , documentation woeful, end products mediocre, time to have to tinker to get something is time expensive. Models are somewhat junk, toys ? What a waste of time. Time to get a print? 18 hours for pencil holder, please... just as i suspected... they are still in the realm for 🤓 nerds.
