Lotmaxx SHARK V2 Review - Best Multi-function 3D Printer?
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The Lotmaxx SHARK V2 is a Dual-Colour 3D Printer and Laser Engraver. In this review I run a variety of different tests on the printer to evaluate its performance. I also walk you through the printer unboxing and full assembly. I hope you enjoy the review, and if you have any further questions please leave a comment on the video.
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00:00 Intro
00:33 What do I look for in a 3D printer?
00:57 What does the SHARK V2 offer?
01:46 Unboxing
02:49 Gantry Assembly
03:18 Second Extruder Assembly
03:50 Bowden Tube Assembly
04:01 Wiring Assembly
04:17 Display Assembly
04:32 Printer Assembled
05:36 The 3.5" Touchscreen Display
06:04 Manual Bed Levelling
06:32 Auto Bed Levelling
06:57 First Print - Crocodile (Orange PLA)
07:15 Filament Sponsor - PolyMaker
07:40 Noise Test
08:14 Second Print - Dog (Purple PolyTerra PLA)
08:31 Bi-Colour 3D Print - Dragon (Purple & Grey PolyTerra PLA)
09:30 Slicing Software
09:59 Benchy
10:09 Moai (Purple PolyTerra PLA)
10:24 Large Moai (Grey PolyTerra PLA)
11:04 Herringbone Gear (Purple PolyTerra PLA)
11:22 Baby Groot (My Bad)
11:40 Baby Groot (Grey PolyTerra PLA)
11:50 Fast Prints
12:31 Can we print in PETG?
13:31 Print-in-Place Pliers (Black PolyLite PETG)
13:48 Laser Engraver
14:14 Laser Engraver Assembly
14:42 Laser Engraving Software
15:26 Laser Focal Point Calibration
15:56 Laser Engraving Time-lapse
16:42 Laser Engraving Result
16:55 My Final Thoughts
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Awesome detailed review, thank you! Got the printer delivered, getting ready for setup.
Great video. I really enjoyed it. Please consider making a follow up video in six months or so and let us know how well it holds up over time.
Lasers and 3d printing, Cool as hell
Cool machine, great review. I want one now.
Except for the add ons it looked a lot like the the Creality Ender 3 v2. I like it though. Especially the touch cell phone like screen.
excellent review
excellent review!
now this video help me a lot ! thanks.
WOW! That's quite the machine 😊
Sir, what is the link to ordering build plate you mentioned in your video?
awesome review!
thank you, much appreciated!
@@thehardwareguy i recently made another video telling everyone how great your tutorials are!! hahah th-cam.com/video/cALwxH5vJuo/w-d-xo.html
Have you tried TPU on this printer? I normally pint PLA, PETG & TPU on my Ender 5 converted to direct drive. Looks like a real nice printer the Shark Thanks
What is the sm-x-10.06 switch in the package used for?
Can this laser engrave on dimensional objects as well as flat objects?
Thank you.
Amazing🔥❤👍
Do you have time for the shark V3?
Great Video, I just wanted to mention something about the voltage issue. If you order this from Amazon, there is a Note in the description about the voltage setting. Not sure if this was there before you ordered, if you even ordered it from Amazon, but wanted to do a PSA on it.
[ NOTE】:For safety reasons, the factory default voltage setting is 230V. For users in the U.S. Please switch it to 115V in advance, otherwise the machine will not turn on.
The user manual that comes with the printer explains this clearly too. Usually the printer is set to the correct voltage based on your location. But always double check.
So I just got the V3 and for whatever reason the filament won't come out any advance??
can anyone helkp me with this problem. So when ever i go to print something with 100 speed and 100 extrusion like when ever it starts to go kinda fast it acts like its running into a wall and then it says filliment has ran out when i can see the filliment is being threaded through and its not the second one either because i see the red light on so can anyone help
try the ArcWelding post process, I have it set up for my Prusa Mk3a and Prusaslicer automatically applies the post process... makes the printer quieter and reduces the clunks which means you can crank the prusa speed up to 150%+!
Never heard of that, I'll look into it!
@@thehardwareguy it plots curves as an arc instead of a bunch of facets
I opened my printer for the firs time the day before yesterday. The look and feel is exactly what I have seen on all the reviews I have watched.
My issues started when I tried to start printing. Some of these are most definitely due to my lack of knowledge, but there are many that I could not find a clear explanation.
The one that is most annoying and frustrating is when I try to do a print, the first layer does not seem to stick to the printer bed. This is something that I could not explain because I did an auto leveling process. (my printer does not offer a manual leveling process.) After the auto-leveling process, I then used the paper to adjust the head height as I found online.
I then did the pre-heating. I found it possible to adjust the heat of head 1 but could not pre-heat head 2.
When I tried to print the crocodile, the first layer of the body went well, but then it creates 4 separate feet, one of the feet does not seem to stick to the bed, meaning that on the second pass of the print, the loose foot stuck to the printer head and destroyed the rest of the print.
I also have an issue with the being clogged after such a failure. Now the filament is not passing through.
Any idea and advice would be very much appreciated.
Thanks
Lawrence
PS: Also I paid for the extra laser engraver for the printer, this was not included. I have mailed support but as yet no reply.
Hi Lawrence, sounds like your first layer height needs to be a little closer to the bed. Seems odd that your firmware version does not have manual levelling option, is your firmware up to date?. You can still manually level the bed even without the software feature though, just move the extruder/bed around by hand to all 5 positions and level like I showed in the video. In regard to pre-heating, the printer only has one nozzle which is used for both extruders. Did you resolve your issues with the printer?
do you have to unplug the laser module from the printer each time you want to 3d print. Or can the laser module stay plugged in the entire time?
When the laser is plugged in, the printer boots up into "laser" mode. To boot back into "print" mode, the laser must be unplugged
I have the same printer buuuut, I have a lot of issue such as ghosting, lack of accuracy and speed that I can't boost, without having bad quality of part printed
Wish I had a 3d printer
Tutorial please. I can’t get mine to print
Do they make a model with filament and runout and power outage protection?
Yes, my review sample machine had both of those features!
What would you recommend for my first 3D printer?
I know I’m late but personally I would recommend the creality ender 3 pro
i wish i got this instead of the ender 3 v2
Hey, just wanted to ask if you're still happy with the printer? I'm close to buying it but would like to know if any issues came up after using it for a while. Thx :)
Yes, mine is still a trooper! as mentioned in the video the only thing I recommend changing is the print sheet👍🏻
@@thehardwareguy Awesome, can't wait to get mine :)
Hi, my name is Felipe, I apologize for my English, I am not British. I am about to buy this machine and I was surprised by the results of its tests. But I still have a question. Does this machine only accept the manufacturer's own slicing software or can I use the most popular ones?
Hi Felipe, yes you should be able to use any slicer, but you will have to play round with the settings to achieve the best print quality! Whereas the manufacturers software is already optimised. You can copy the print settings over as a starting point, I have successfully used Prusa Slicer with this printer 👍🏻
@@thehardwareguy Thank you so much!
The pla is not sticking to the plate for mine, I’ve been trying to fix it for a while but nothing is working
are you definitely levelling correctly?
Can this engrave on metal? All the reviews I've seen just use wood.
No metals, only wood, paper, and leather
Thanks for the review, if I can suggest something: please normalize your audio levels while editing. The difference in volume throughout the video makes me have to turn my volume knob too many times :P
Thanks for the feedback, I also noticed this after uploading. It appears that I forgot to Normalise, apologies!
Just out of interest what do people charge per hour for printing, top vid 👍🏴
Well I take the Price of a roll of filament and divide it by 1000 for a 1kg roll to get the price per gram. Then I multiply by the grams of the finished print to get the net price of the filament. Then I multiply by the time in hours printing. and if there was any time spent designing the part I add that by the rate I charge per hour. Then I add my markup. eg. ((R480/1000) x grams of finished part) x print time + (time spent designing in hours x rate/h) x % markup. I hope this helps.
@@AndrewduToit thanks, I was just curious because some say they charge £10 per hour and one guy said £2 per print hour+setting up+what filement that's as long as a stl file is supplied, if they have to design then extra £15 per hour. Just sounds to cheap.
@@ricardo-iw9sq Yes, that sounds too cheap but it also depends how available the item you are printing is. See if they are asking you to print it, it's probably because they could not find the item anywhere and so they will pay almost anything for that item. The old demand and supply thing.
Do u need a laptop to print?
You need a computer to slice 3D models and generate GCODE, but the models are then loaded to an SD card and plugged into the printer
@@thehardwareguy thank you
Doesn't look like the V2 comes standard with Auto leveling.
looks like another ender 3 clone. just has a dual extruder.
How do you figure, because it has the same frame layout? Everything else about the Shark is different.
I would go with a Ender 3 v2 over this, Lotmaxx abandons their customers and their firmware is closed source.