So for some reason this thread was forwarded to me and I guess that I will add me 2 cents.
Yes, the SV06 series of printers are low end, I paid $110 USD for mine at the Sovol eBay outlet. I had been returned by someone, who like many new users, didn’t do their research on the printer. These printers aren’t great, but they are good and will give you a high quality print if you take some basic steps.
Start with going to the Sovol SV06 wiki and hit the link at the top of the page for the high speed firmware:
SV06 wiki
The next step is to take apart the printer and lubricate the bearings with something like Super Lube 21030 or some other light weight lubricant. This will reduce the noise off of the printer to a whisper. Then, grab a square and loosen and then retighten all of the bolts so that your printer is squared.
After that comes the bed leveling. Heat you bed to 60c and your nozzle to 120c. Once they are heated up, go into you screen menu and go to the “Bed Leveling” section. Start with “Leveling Home”. Once your toolhead is homed, go down to the bottom of the “Bed Leveling” menu and choose “Store Settings”. Then go back up and choose “Z Auto Align”. Your X axis gantry will go all of the way to the top of the frame and give a little grinding sound. Then it will go back to the just above the bed position. Once again, save the settings and go back up the menu to “Level Bed”. Choose this option and let the printer do it’s thing. When it is finished, once again, hit “Store Settings” to save the bed mesh.
Next grab a piece of paper, stick it under the nozzle and from the bed leveling menu, choose “Probe Z Offset” and use the knob on the display to raise or lower your nozzle until it just grabs the piece of paper. There should be a little resistance when pushing and pulling the paper.
If your having a problem with your nozzle dragging on the bed, then try adjusting your Z offset to raise the nozzle before trying the above steps, then reprobe it after you complete the above steps.
Then go back into your menu and go to Advanced Options and go to “Tune PID”, (or something like that, not in front of my printer right now). The temperatures will be what every your planning to print at. For example, I print PETG at 270c for the nozzle and 80c for the bed. In this case, PID tune 270 for the nozzle and 80 for the bed. This will take a couple of minutes. Once again, go to the bottom of the menu and choose “Store Settings” to save the PID tuning.
Next, in the firmware package that you downloaded is a copy of Orca Slicer that Sovol setup to match the firmware. Install Orca for which ever platform that your using, (Windows or Mac), and then start it up. Drop whatever you want to print onto the platter and hit the “Slice Plate” button at the top right hand corner. Once your slicing is complete, hit the “Export G-Code” button and save the file to someplace that you can find it. Then copy the g-code file to a SD chip and insert the chip into the slot on your printer. From the menu, choose “Print from Media” and then choose the file you want to print.
Now things get tricky. You need to watch how your first layer is going down and adjust your Z offset as necessary. Being able to get this part down will come down to experience. A good starting point would be here:
Teaching Tech - first layer
Go into your menu while printing, choose “Tune” and then choose “Adjust Z offset”. Then slowly raise or lower you nozzle as needed.
Feel free to ask if you have any questions on this.
zog