An blunt advice for #3DPrinting:
If you want to diy, look into #Voron designs, RatRig, ProForge 300 and others.
HOWEVER if you just want a printer that works, from a company that won't fuck you over, buy a #Prusa. Period. Their attempts at OSI-non-compliant licenses are a piss in the ocean compared to what #BambuLab, #Creality, #FlashForge, #Elegoo, #Anycubic and even #Sovol have been done or are still doing (to be fair, with Sovol it's mostly trashy customer support).
@geerlingguy I'm 69 years old and was an attorney for 40 years, many of which were spent in litigation. One thing I've learned:
You fool me once, you dumbbell.
You fool me twice, me dumbbell.
That, and https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Scorpion_and_the_Frog
Built a custom exhaust flange to vent 3D printer fumes out a windowβdesigned in FreeCAD using parametric modeling and printed on a Sovol SV06 βACEβ. Includes model, slicer settings, and lessons learned (including what not to forget π).
Full write-up: https://salemdata.net/johnpress/?p=612
Model is open sourced.
#3DPrinting #FreeCAD #ParametricDesign #Sovol #Voron #Maker #DIY #OpenSource #OrcaSlicer
Bambu Lab X2D venku?! Sovol Ε‘okuje a Creality mΔnΓ pravidla | Novinky 4/2026
With my new Sovol SV06 βACEβ, I learned the hard way what the Y-belt tension dial does π
Too loose β ~20 mm layer shift mid-print.
I used Gates Carbon Drive to tune belt βtwangβ frequency, then built a stress test suite to validate motion stability:
https://salemdata.net/repo/jlpoole/motion-diagnostics-suite
#3DPrinting #Sovol #SV06 #Klipper #Calibration #FDM #3DPrinter #Maker #Diagnostics #OpenSource
Exploring the Debian (Bullseye) system inside my new Sovol SV06 ACE 3D printer.
SSH access works and the default account has root privileges.
Looks like a Rockchip RK3308 board running Klipper + Mainsail.
Before printing anything I'm making a full OS backup and inventory of what's installed.
Anyone else poking around inside the SV06 ACE at the system level?
#3DPrinting #Klipper #Sovol #SV06 #Linux #OpenSource #Maker #Voron
INDX has an Open Source Slimline Tool changer in Development.
https://youtu.be/941lrKT-fIY?si=XGuuV6pe6NaxXrG6
#OpenSource #3dPrinting #ToolChanger #MultiMaterial #Voron #INDX #Bondtech #Prusa #Sovol #SV08
Hey @clayton,
Re: https://claytonerrington.com/blog/2026-w03/,
Are you still thinking about getting a #3DPrinter? What brands are looking good to you? I've got some recommendations and contra-recommendations. I'm a big fan of #Prusa because of their (mostly?) #OpenSource stance on things, although I've been decently happy with my #SOVOL printer, which was both inexpensive, and also mostly open.
I'd recommend staying away from #BambuLabs, as they're trying to become the #Apple of #3DPrinting, and I absolutely mean that as an insult. XD
Re: Laptops really being "portable computers," I recall [referring to] the Classic all-in-on Macs as laptops, so I guess that should work both ways! ;)
We met family members for the holidays who recently began #3Dprinting, and we discussed #3Dmodeling. They use a nice Bambu Lab printer; it operates in a walled garden with cloud services in China which would be a deal breaker for me.
Long story short: I discovered #CadQuery for parametric design, and soon noticed that the market for 3D printers is saturated... I ordered a cheap refurbished #SOVOL SV06 which mostly runs OSS. It arrived today, on new year's eve!
There is lots to learn.
Genista
Natanox πΊπ¦π΅πΈ
John Poole
Schmaker
Justin D Kruger (he/him)
R.L. Dane 
π΅ 
Thomas