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[mostly solved] Sovol SV-08: First Benchy, where do I go from here? (i.imgur.com)
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I was lucky to spend 4 beautiful years with a Creality Ender 3 v2 that I modded to the brim and never failed to deliver quality prints. I never had to adjust, calibrate or tweak anything regarding print quality.

I upgraded today to a Sovol SV-08 because despite its qualities, the Ender 3 is too small and slow for my current needs.

However, the print quality is definitely not there (yet). Overhang quality is bad but I think I may be able to tweak it with filament temp and/or cooling. There's a bit of ringing but I can live with it. My main issues are the large holes in the hull.

Filament: Overture black PETG, 240°C, 24min print.

What should I try?

Thanks

Edit: most issues were solved by doing the following adjustments:

  • PETG temperature increased to 245
  • volumetric flow reduced from 17mm^3/s to 10mm^3/s
  • manually adjusting z-offset with the paper sheet method like on my old Ender3

There are still minor issues like overhang drooping and adhesion needs a bit more work but quality is now almost on par with my previous printer.

Thanks to everyone !

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[–] NaibofTabr@infosec.pub 11 points 2 weeks ago

I highly recommend Teaching Tech's 3D Printer Calibration site. Some of it will not apply to your SV08 and some of it you will have to adjust to work with your printer, but it is a great overall step-by-step process with tools to generate various test models for tuning specific aspects of print quality.