Tests the mass-made Voron 2.4 tribute: 350x350x345 mm bed, 700 mm/s top speed, a 13:25 speed Benchy, vanilla Klipper with no cloud needed. Cons: it takes an afternoon to build, the PEI bed needed glue stick for fast prints, and the stock profile over-extruded.
“It’s the perfect printer for makers who want to sample Voron quality without spending days or weeks to scratch build a machine.”
ModBot · 2024年6月23日
After months with a unit Sovol sent, calls it a large, competitively priced CoreXY that needs some initial refinement: not turnkey and not quite a budget Voron, but welcome for anyone wanting a large format printer without breaking the bank.
Maker's Muse · 2024年5月14日
Impressed by build quality and the 599 dollar price, with a few questionable design choices that may affect longevity; the stock nozzle rules out abrasive carbon-fiber nylon, so he sticks to PLA. Sovol sent the machine free for review (disclosed).
Aurora Tech · 2024年5月1日
Pleasantly surprised by speed and accuracy, the best Sovol he has tested; minor issues with the magnetic bed, homing speed and Wi-Fi setup. Not for complete beginners, but a far cheaper and easier route than building a Voron. Sovol sent the unit and sponsored the video (disclosed).
Sovol is a Chinese 3D printer maker founded in 2018 that sells low-cost printers and publishes their designs. Its SV08 is a lower-cost derivative of the open-source Voron 2.4, released with its structure, electronics and firmware files, and most current models run Klipper. Its buyers are mainly hobbyists who like to tinker.
Sovol is among the most open brands: its printers are standard Klipper machines on open designs, with published files and no cloud. The trade-off is less hand-holding: Tom's Hardware found its larger printer needs experience to tune.
固件和自定义固件 ●●●●●
Sovol publishes firmware source on GitHub; for the SV08 under GPL-3.0 together with structure files and motherboard designs. Newer repositories, such as the SV08 Max, carry no licence file. Sovol says damage caused by modified or third-party firmware voids its one-year warranty and that it does not help with modifying the source.
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本地控制与集成 ●●●●●
The SV08 family runs Klipper with the Mainsail interface on the local network, so other software can use Moonraker's documented API. Tom's Hardware drove the SV08 from Mainsail, listed 'doesn't require the cloud', and found 'vanilla Klipper' on the SV08 Max. We found no Sovol cloud service or account requirement.
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第三方耗材、切片软件和零件 ●●●●●
Built on open designs and Klipper, so any filament can be used; Sovol supplies OrcaSlicer profiles, and Tom's Hardware notes the SV08 also works with Cura or PrusaSlicer using Voron settings and takes Bambu-style nozzles. Hotends and extruders are Sovol parts, sold in its store.
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维修和备件 ●●●●●
Sovol's store sells parts per model (hotends, extruders, fans, eMMC modules, heated beds), and the SV08's full CAD and motherboard files are public, so parts can be identified or made.
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社区和文档 ●●●●●
Strong overlap with the Voron community, which Sovol supports with a donation programme, public GitHub repositories and a wiki; Sovol does not give technical help for modifying the source.
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优点
Standard Klipper with Mainsail on the local network, no account or cloud.
SV08 structure, electronics and firmware files are published.
Spare parts sold per model, and open designs make parts easy to source.
Low prices for Voron-style machines.
缺点
Damage caused by modified or third-party firmware voids the one-year warranty.
Sovol does not help with modifying its source code.
Tom's Hardware found the SV08's default slicer profiles very conservative and says the SV08 Max needs an experienced hand to tune.
Newer repositories (SV08 Max, Zero) have no licence file.
实绩
七月 2026: Sovol launched the M1D, an open-source IDEX printer with a tool changer, on Kickstarter, where it passed $2.8 million in pledges.
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三月 2024: Sovol released the SV08, a lower-cost derivative of the Voron 2.4, and published its structure, hardware and firmware files on GitHub under GPL-3.0. Sovol says it set up a donation programme with the Voron Design team.
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