Unlock Flawless Big Prints: Orca Slicer Filament Calibration Guide (Sovol SV08, engineering PLA)

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⚠ Disclaimer: I followed the official Orca Slicer documentation and best practices to the best of my knowledge and successfully calibrated the filament in the vide. However, I cannot assume responsibility for any damage that may occur to your printer or other belongings if you follow my guide. Always consult the online documentation and ensure you understand the purpose and process of each step before proceeding.

🎬 Chapters:
00:00 What we are printing
02:01 Filament calibration:
02:42 Temperature
03:30 Flow rate
05:22 Linear Advance
06:51 Retraction
08:18 Max Vol Speed
10:16 Slicer settings
13:10 Print Attempt 1
15:11 Problems...
16:59 Fixes
18:50 Success

[TheSevenCircle]

I dont have a Sovol, but Ill be using this as a guideline.
Im having some stringing problems with eSun PLA+ filament and some adhesion problems on the anycubic printer.

thanks for the help :)

[rohart]

I am a new 3d printer and I really appreciate your thorough explanations. I don't know how many times I have seen new printers claiming the printer is junk because they haven't learned how to tune their slicer for the filament they are using. I now see why people buy certain brands of printers and also purchase the companies filaments. They then have filament profiles more closely tuned. You have made it possible to use off brand filaments with a little bit of tuning. Thank you for your videos. You're a good teacher.

[hNes]

Excellent tuning video. I'll be referring to all your SV08 videos once I finally get mine delivered. Very valuable resource.

[kxmap]

wow...some serious work here with alll the various parameters needing attention...great stuff sharing your process!!

[PlaydohYoutube]

You do an unbelievable job making complex tests and calibrations so easy to understand. My Sovol SV08 arrives this week and I will be using this video as a guide. Great work!

[MrRossi]

You do an impressive job!
Are you a teacher?

Thank you very, very much! 😊

[nickdylewski]

Hello GerGo,

Thanks for showcasing the T300. This is my first 3 d printer and you explain things really well. Thank you

[Weeble_Warbles]

Just found your channel today. I love these types of videos! Excellent explanation on how to use the calibration settings and then showing us how and why your print failed and what you did to solve the problems you were running into and why. What a great learning experience! Thank you so much! Awesome channel!

[kalashin]

Very well done! This is how a "project" video should be. Its always important, to see the problems you ran into! The "warping issue" you got, was the first thing i thought about, when i saw the model in ur hands. Well done! Keep this up!

[karlmee]

Thank you so much for making this video. Every file i sliced was turning out to be really bad and have holes in it. Once I followed all these steps and tuned my profile, I'm getting flawless prints :) . I was so confused at first since all the pre sliced files were perfect, so I tried 3 different rolls of fillament all with the same results, at first I though my filament was out for too long and had moisture. Turns out the slicer profile just needed tuning

[LibertyEver]

Old Engineer Comment: This should be a good lesson for engineering students and young engineers. Engineers tend to be conservative. How strong do you want the base flange? 100% solid! As strong as it can be. 100% infill is seldom a good idea and I can't think of any time it's a good idea on a large thick part, for the reason you showed - even PLA will warp off the bed. Most of the strength comes from the outer layers anyway. The infill is there to prevent crushing or "oil can" collapse. 25% infill is plenty for such a thick part. If it needed to be extremely crush proof or dense, I might go 50%. Engineers need to understand additive manufacturing so hopefully they learned, either from interacting with you on the project or by watching this excellent video.

A similar issue for inexperienced engineers is tolerances. They want very high tolerances, not realizing that doubling the tolerance might double the manufacturing cost. A $100 prototype part that might be usable with a +/- 0.1 mm tolerance might be specified by an inexperienced engineer as requiring +/- 0.01 mm tolerance, not realizing that this would make it a $1000 prototype part with a longer lead time.

[opiniono-]

Hi Gergo, if you want a thick bottom, instead of a 100% infill modifier you can just increase the thickness of the bottom.
Great channel by the way. Nice to see more and more channels from Hungary that actually can be enjoyed wordwide.

[allenroof]

Best tuning video I've seen. Thank You. This helped me greatly.

[marshallwebber]

Thank you. This type of video is what is convincing me to buy an SV08

[DHP]

Don't worry about the sides not keeping all the heat in for ABS as long as there is something to keep a draft of air from blowing across the print . Looks like a great deal for the price.Keep the great videos coming.

[thedprofessor]

Great content, thanks for taking the time to show the process. I'm waiting for my SV08 to be delivered, but I think it's at least a few weeks or more away from shipping.

[Destigive]

With filament holder had the same issue and did the same i did before with sv07+. Removing bearings from inside of holder. 2 minutes job, don't have to worry of filament tangling around somewhere and have 2 spare bearings to use it somewhere else ;)

[ronwalker]

Just found you, don't know what's taken me this long. I am looking to add an SV08 to my collection. Always wanted to build a coreXY but never got started, this looks like an easier option. Thank you too for the preamble on fine-tuning, very helpful explanations.

[vukicevic]

Thank you for this! Very helpful. One thing I noticed for the retraction test -- you set increments of 0.05mm, but then multiply 3 by 0.005 (5 microns instead of 50 microns) to get 0.015; I believe the correct value should be 0.05 * 3, to end up with 0.15.

[ritesha]

That's exactly what I needed, I need to do a big print soon. Thank you