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Durability, reliability, etc? Eyeing one of these to get something that just works on a budget.

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[–] bighi 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

It’s the worst printer I’ve ever tried.

When it works, it prints wonderfully. Much better than my Ender 3 v2 and even my Ender 3 S1 Pro.

BUT… about 85% of my prints failed horribly.

[–] fhein 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Have you created a request for support post somewhere? Unless you were unlucky and got a broken printer it's probably fixable.

The 3d printer buying guide I usually refer to lists this as "cons" for the SV06:

  • The bearings come non lubed. You need to grease them. White lithium grease or even sewing machine oil should do the trick.
  • The carriage holding the X axis sometimes is not straight from factory which requires loosening some bolts, aligning it, and tightening them back up.
  • While it does have a direct extruder, the more flexible filaments (i.e. ""Ninjaflex"") do not play well with it.

Was thinking that maybe point 1 or 2 could be causing your issues and would be worth checking. Though IMO they sound more like they would affect print quality rather than make prints fail completely

[–] bighi 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

The problems seems to be the extruder. It jams very easily.

I spent an entire week trying to fix it in many ways, with no success. I saw a lot of other people having the same problem on Reddit, so I returned my printer.

[–] fhein 1 points 1 year ago

If returning was an option, I suppose that in some way also solved the problem :)