just ordered one of these yesterday. this is a fantastic detailed video! i've been out of the 3d printing world for a few years and getting back into it. looking forward to it! thanks for the video!
Really looking forward to this critter. It can be tweaked in the software, was able to see the webcam right from the start and has a print volume that's useful for more than just a Benchy, none of that 200mm crap like we're still stuck in 2015.
Comgrow looks like they are raising the bar with this build (no pun intended). The linear rails are of nice build quality, athletically pleasing and, I like that they are covered but wonder how difficult they would be to service and perform periodic maintenance? I am also a fan of the cable chains, makes for a much cleaner build and added service lifespan. Good catch on the insulation damage to the bed cable btw! Thank you for your time and sharing of this video Mr igor.
I only wish they shipped it with an aluminium bed. That plastic bed seems to be warped in every review I've seen so far. Might be a nice first upgrade. I also would like to have the ability to adjust the bed. I know bedslingers with a fixed bed are the new thing but lots of them don't have perfect beds so adjusting would be a nice thing to have.
Hi Igor, how are you doing? Man, that was a super inclined bed… like 2mm falling to one side! I swear I can see it visually on the video when you show the printer from the front. Doesn’t the bed have any type of adjusting screws? To me, more than 0.5mm is a deal breaker in terms of alignment, even it the bed mesh compensates and it “prints ok”. Cheers from Spain 🎉
No adjusting screws only regular screws. We could always place a thin washer in the lower corner. But I think that mechanical Z tilt align could be better too. If we could set the height of those limiter screws on the top..but then we again have too much mechanical settings..
6:22 - quite contrary, for this type of printer it is one of the best method. Unless you're really sure the bed is perfectly perpendicular to Z axis (which is kinda rare in i3-style printers). The thing is, you need X (a Y) axis perpendicular to Z axis as the first requirement (bed paralel to X and Y axis is secondary requirement, not primary). Otherwise you easily end up with parallelepiped instead of cube. So making X-gantry perpendicular to Z axis (_without_ using bed) and then adjusting bed being parallel to X-gantry is for i3-style printer the best method.
Great review! I love that it's using standard klipper rather than something locked down like Creality's K1 (Even rooted there's stuff hidden away) I do wonder how it fits in the product stack because Sovol and Comgrow are merging, Sovol has a few printers in that 300x300 size already.
...though as someone who was burnt on the abysmally unreliable print head on the SV01 (lost count of the times I had to disassemble the damn thing because of clogging), any infusion of new tech into their engineering is a good thing.
Screws for holding heating parts always make me think. People who is printing since mk8 desing avaliable can understand me. Adding good thermal paste to heatin element can give %20 percent increase in flow capacity.. in my opinion
If you buy a comgrow, you need to be an expert. You can see how many issue he has to dial in out of the box, including making his own strain relief. This is not for a casual printing consumer.
just ordered one of these yesterday. this is a fantastic detailed video! i've been out of the 3d printing world for a few years and getting back into it. looking forward to it! thanks for the video!
Really looking forward to this critter.
It can be tweaked in the software, was able to see the webcam right from the start and has a print volume that's useful for more than just a Benchy, none of that 200mm crap like we're still stuck in 2015.
Igor, excellent video as always.
Comgrow looks like they are raising the bar with this build (no pun intended). The linear rails are of nice build quality, athletically pleasing and, I like that they are covered but wonder how difficult they would be to service and perform periodic maintenance? I am also a fan of the cable chains, makes for a much cleaner build and added service lifespan. Good catch on the insulation damage to the bed cable btw! Thank you for your time and sharing of this video Mr igor.
I only wish they shipped it with an aluminium bed. That plastic bed seems to be warped in every review I've seen so far.
Might be a nice first upgrade. I also would like to have the ability to adjust the bed. I know bedslingers with a fixed bed are the new thing but lots of them don't have perfect beds so adjusting would be a nice thing to have.
Hi Igor, how are you doing? Man, that was a super inclined bed… like 2mm falling to one side! I swear I can see it visually on the video when you show the printer from the front. Doesn’t the bed have any type of adjusting screws? To me, more than 0.5mm is a deal breaker in terms of alignment, even it the bed mesh compensates and it “prints ok”. Cheers from Spain 🎉
No adjusting screws only regular screws. We could always place a thin washer in the lower corner. But I think that mechanical Z tilt align could be better too. If we could set the height of those limiter screws on the top..but then we again have too much mechanical settings..
6:22 - quite contrary, for this type of printer it is one of the best method. Unless you're really sure the bed is perfectly perpendicular to Z axis (which is kinda rare in i3-style printers).
The thing is, you need X (a Y) axis perpendicular to Z axis as the first requirement (bed paralel to X and Y axis is secondary requirement, not primary). Otherwise you easily end up with parallelepiped instead of cube.
So making X-gantry perpendicular to Z axis (_without_ using bed) and then adjusting bed being parallel to X-gantry is for i3-style printer the best method.
Great review! I love that it's using standard klipper rather than something locked down like Creality's K1 (Even rooted there's stuff hidden away)
I do wonder how it fits in the product stack because Sovol and Comgrow are merging, Sovol has a few printers in that 300x300 size already.
...though as someone who was burnt on the abysmally unreliable print head on the SV01 (lost count of the times I had to disassemble the damn thing because of clogging), any infusion of new tech into their engineering is a good thing.
thanks for the review!
Screws for holding heating parts always make me think. People who is printing since mk8 desing avaliable can understand me.
Adding good thermal paste to heatin element can give %20 percent increase in flow capacity.. in my opinion
Can you please check if it has two drivers for Z?
One driver for Z
@@MyTechFun thank you.
@@MyTechFun 2 steppers with sync belt? One driver is not a problem, the pilot voltage can be rised and have a bit more torque to the motors.
@@mrmechanono sync belt, othervise it couldn't do that mechanical Z tilt aligning.
If you buy a comgrow, you need to be an expert. You can see how many issue he has to dial in out of the box, including making his own strain relief. This is not for a casual printing consumer.
Agreed…the best thing the manufacturer could do is to not ship warped beds with the amount of required tinkering.