My Thoughts On The Sovol SV04 IDEX 3D Printer 

What size or PN bearings did you use?

You don't need to know CAD to mirror something, you can do it straight in most slicers. I suppose this mode might be handy if you want to produce a lot of parts in both right and left mirrored version (ex. fan ducts, miniature boots etc). You can just stack half the bed full with only one sided figures, and let the printer handle the mirrored version automatically. But I do agree, that the mirrored mode is only of very niche and limited usefulness.

It should reduce vibration.

Same here I realy need a working profile for Superslicer/Prusaslicer my 2 material prints just dont work well because of the slicer.

Good election. I ve got mine 3 months ago

Ouch. Would not be too surprised.

@@HoffmanTactical I was really hoping you'd say something to effect of "oh no you just have to do X Y and Z and that takes care of the issue." It's the most expensive printer I own and it's just sitting on the floor. It's a shame because the hardware is pretty good for the price point

Probably. Overall I would not get this machine again due to the bugs.

@@HoffmanTactical Cheers for the advice. No alternatives in the price range of around £250/$350 currently that I have been able to find, so not sure what to go for, looking forward to the new ratrig, but I need something more affordable in the short term.

I believe the patent you are referring to is the one from stratasys. They didn't have a patent on a heated build chamber, rather on the separation of motion control parts outside of said heated build chamber. The motion control parts overheating generally puts an upper limit to the temperature the chamber can reach, but then we are talking about temps only really required for 'high end' materials such as PEEK or ULTEM. Still, the separation of heated build chamber and motion control components does make manufacturing more expensive. Additionally heating an entire chamber is costly in terms of heating components required and electricity. Lastly, the high temp materials that require such chambers are very expensive to use and quite niche. Most low end printers print solely PLA, maybe some PETG and TPU or in an extreme case ABS. The lowcost printer market simply doesn't benefit from the high end materials, and thus I don't see how this would provide a breakthrough for lower cost printers. I do however think that the expiration of this patent might provide a similar jump in the high end printer market as for example the Bambulab X1C did, i.e. making previously expensive technology much more affordable and within reach of more people, but in the high end market. This price segment makes much more sense in terms of return on investment and profit margin, and would also create more separation between these printers and lower cost siblings.

This! I want more heated chamber options. I think we will get there, but fear of safety issues on consumer machines is stifling the market.

An AR lower is about 240 grams. But you want to print lots of stuff and learn. I'd start with a couple rolls of a good filament like PLA Pro.

@@HoffmanTactical Awesome thank you, I actually just bought some e-sun pla. I intend to just make little trinkets and whatnot in order to learn how to use my ender 3. I appreciate your help! keep up the good work!

I should.

Well, this is the one I was sent ;)

27 min for me

Pretty good. Found a number of issues and fixed them.

Yup. In dual mode.

LOL.

Yup.

Already did. LOL ;)

@@HoffmanTactical Did you get one of these new fast machines? I hope you’re making a video with it, would like to see your take on it😁👍