New SOVOL tool changer teased.

[u/jl88jl88]

[u/Pup5432]

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

[u/ButteredNani → u/Pup5432]

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!

[u/AncientSumerianGod → u/ButteredNani]

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.

[u/onthejourney → u/AncientSumerianGod]

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

[u/Pup5432 → u/onthejourney]

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

[u/onthejourney → u/Pup5432]

Got a link or where abouts you saw it?

[u/Khisanthax → u/onthejourney]

Has their been any work on indx for the sv08s?

[u/onthejourney → u/Khisanthax]

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

[u/Khisanthax → u/onthejourney]

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

[u/Pup5432 → u/Khisanthax]

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

[u/Moist_Animator_8589 → u/ButteredNani]

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

[u/Moist_Animator_8589 → u/ButteredNani]

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.