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How do you like your 08Max? I've been looking into getting a large format printer for automotive parts and it's one of the most cost effective ones I can find on the market. Would like to know how it does for accuracy, eg how much fiddling do you need to get parts within a mm tolerance. And not sure on sovol's firmware and parts availability.
I'd have to add my own enclosure heater but I'm already building a design to add that to my x1c so that's not a big issue.
I've been pretty happy with it. PLA is pretty spot on, and I need to scale ABS by 100.4% for large parts to cover shrinkage but I do that with other printers, too.
Is it as dimensionally accurate as the Voron V0.2 above it in that picture? No. But is it really close? Yes. If your tollerences are a mm, you'll be fine. I'd only worry if the tolerences were less thsn say .2-.4 mm. Just remember some materials shrink as they cool, no matter what printer you use, so calibration is key for them.
Given you're thinking chamber heater, you probably already know how to handle that, though.
Good to know. Yeah I already cal my printer for XYZ scaling semi regularly when I'm doing really critical stuff and anything I'm doing over 200mm I already plan for tolerances and match-drilling holes out. Sounds like I'm moving this to my Christmas wishlist.
Also, it's loud by default. I immediately switched the two fans underneath for noctuas, which helper a ton. Now the only thing I hear is the loud "quacking" of the auxiliary feeder, for which there are software mods to silence that I just haven't done yet.
Ah i don't even care about it being loud, I got a garage my printer lives in when I'm doing ASA and ABS anyway. Sounds good thanks!