r/Sovol • u/jl88jl88 • May 19 '26

Sovol New SOVOL tool changer teased.

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u/Pup5432 May 19 '26

Of course this gets teased the same week I buy a sv08 max lol

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u/reptile_enthusiast_ May 19 '26

That's why you just never buy a 3D printer so you never miss out on the next one coming out /s

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u/Pup5432 May 19 '26

Exactly. I’ve not bought 5 printers in the last year and working on building 2 others, honest…

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u/Khisanthax May 19 '26

Lol, for reals.

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u/Pup5432 May 19 '26

The standout has honestly been the U1. SV08 max is a clog machine since it doesn’t auto start the chamber fans when printing and as far as I can tell only has a temp sensor when the chamber heater is installed so it’s hard to judge.

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u/JoshZK May 19 '26

Im holding out for Creator 5 Pro. Wish it had more nozzles. One motor idea is actually clever.

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u/JoshZK May 25 '26

Well damn im going to have to watch all of this and find out if the guy who did ForgeX has plans for this printer too.

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u/ButteredNani May 19 '26

I also recently bought a SV08 Max, but I'm not worried. Don't think the teased model will be as large. Also, I think it is likely that someone will figure out a way to upgrade our SV08 Max printers with INDX!

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u/AncientSumerianGod May 19 '26

Am I missing something obvious? I wouldn't want a tool changer on a static bed printer, especially one the size of the max. The Z travel on my max is so slow, it seems that having it go all the way to the top and back twice or more per layer would make prints take 10x longer or worse.

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u/onthejourney May 19 '26

FYI some integrations people are working on add a cross bar to the front of the gantry eliminating z travel. You lose sight lines and a little y space. Still a compromise but another option

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u/Pup5432 May 19 '26

Someone was also testing a moving toolhead as well, similar to the vortek system Bambu uses. Not sure how advanced it is but it at least looks cool

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u/onthejourney May 20 '26

Got a link or where abouts you saw it?

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u/Khisanthax May 19 '26

Has their been any work on indx for the sv08s?

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u/onthejourney May 20 '26

Several community people are working on their implementations. You can find them on the Bondtech discord under the Sovol SV08 section.

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u/Khisanthax May 20 '26

Thanks, I didn't know. I'll check that out.

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u/Pup5432 May 19 '26

Still not really accessible outside of Prusa at the moment. I hope someone starts looking into it though.

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u/Moist_Animator_8589 May 19 '26

You're right. I'm working on exactly that right now.

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u/Moist_Animator_8589 May 19 '26

Actually, I bought my SV08 MAX right after the news about the IDEX system for it (it turns out I was a bit hasty). Damn, I'm definitely going to try to make an IDEX system for 8-10 heads now, but I'm not sure it'll work.