Sovol SV08 debuts Apr 18 and <$600 US
This looks right in my price range for my next upgrade. I want a core xy, I've been on bed slingers, so this looks good.
Important information needs no excessive words. See the picture. 👇 So, about the early bird price for SV08... ❓ 👉https://landing.sovol3d.com/8XS
Give credit where credit is due: Sovol donates (pays?) $2 per sold 3d-printer to the voron project and publishes their design as open source.
I'm watching Nero3d's unboxing stream, he's saying that Sovol offered donations but the Voron team declined it. Says he's on the Voron team, but idk if that's true or not
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I didn't know about the donation part, that's awesome!
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The next layer has a good video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PlFH9bzdwQs
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This will be cheaper than any voron 2.4 kit + 3D printed parts and also fully assembled? Sounds great!
Looks like they're quoting a one hour build. Having built a 2.4, let me assure you a Voron build is way over one hour. I haven't dug through the BOM, but this seems like a pretty solid price point. It also gets some things right that the bamboo didn't implement (like quad z motors should the need for them arise).
It's "mostly assembled" in a flatpack. Gantry is one piece, verticals are one piece, base is assembled w/wiring complete, top is assembled. No enclosure panels yet, says they're supposed to be available "soon after launch". Just a ton of screws to put in. The frame is custom, purpose built, not the normal 2020 extrusions used in a "real" Voron build.
Voron is not designed to be cheap. So I guess they have done quite a bit of cost optimization in the design.
We don’t know yet if these optimizations are cutting any big corners, but I guess yes.
For example: at this price point you will likely not get a thick aluminum build plate with AC heater, you will not get a high quality hotend, etc…
I only got about 40-ish minutes into Nero3D's "livestream" (it's 3 hours long), but so far one of his complaints is that it's a proprietary "Bambu type" quick change hotend, and not something that takes existing nozzles
Neat! I've been looking for an CoreXY for sub 1k. Also open source and fast - very exciting! I'll wait for the reviews to see if it holds up to the promises.
Oooh.... now the question is... build a voron, or wait for the Sv08 to become available....
Are you in it to tinker with the printer and go through the build or are you in it to print things? For the former, go Voron. For the later, this seems like a good option. My 2.4 build was easily 40+ hours including figuring out what to print, assembly, wiring, etc. That said, if you want to fiddle Voron is great. There are tons and tons of user mods, an active community (discord and Voron design forums), etc. You'll learn a ton building a printer from a ton of loose parts.
Amazing how that Saturday I set aside to build a Voron2 turned into a weeklong adventure. Then the mods, troubleshooting of mods, ERCF, and building of a Trident consumed so much more time. I guess that is just Voron Life.
This might actually be something i want if it's more reliable than my...meh ender 5 plus, that's pretty modded by now.
I need something that just works and is a bit smarter than mine.
Damn, that's a crazy low price for a coreXY with a 42.000cm^3 build volume
I don't know anything about 3D printing, but I make stuff all the time. (
As background, I have done casual woodworking for ~20 years, lots of DIY, lots of tinkering with small swappable parts for making home items, I recently started using epoxies and resins to a solid effect. I'm excellent as t learning software, which is really my primary skill everything cognitive relies upon.
Would this be a good entry level device? If no, what do you recommend?
Would this be a good entry level device?
Kind of impossible to say right now, it's not released yet. On paper it seems like a good deal, almost too good at that price point. I wouldn't buy one until I've seen some reviews.
Too soon. It needs reviews. If you're looking to just get started, find a smaller, cheaper printer that's a at least 6 months old and has good reviews. Most printer companies send out review units to a bunch of youtubers, so reviews should be easy for a reputable company. Don't get a great value special from alibaba.
It's a different skillset than woodworking. It's very close to manufacturing/process-engineering. (Which I am IRL.) A smaller printer has fewer quirks and any mistakes are going to waste less material. It's also cheaper, so you don't spend a lot of money on something if you decide you don't like it.
Most printer companies send out review units to a bunch of youtubers
Unfortunately this also means that it's not easy to know which reviews you can trust. Even if some youtuber isn't paid in cash for a positive review, it's still in their interest to make the manufacturer happy so they keep getting free stuff in the future. Neither does it help that most reviews have affiliate links, so they have an additional financial incentive to convince you to buy the product.
I don’t think I would recommend a printer like this as an entry point.
Go with a Prusa (any of them are good, choose the right size for you). Or if you don’t care that much about open source, check out the bambulab P1P or the other ones from them. They are very good at multi color printing.
Thank you!
Hopefully this will be good. It could be the new starter printer of choice if the capabilities actually compare to the vorons.
I've already decided to do a welded frame diy for my next printer but I'll be waiting to see if I can recommend this one to friends.