Because of Sovol’s history, like the buffer on the Max, I feel it necessary to warn community members of risks before they pre-order.
Slow uptake on the Kickstarter is the ONLY, truly effective, way to notify Sovol we are tired of doing all their R&D for them. As they add undocumented software and hardware to their “OPEN SOURCE” product line said crowd sourced R&D becomes nearly impossible.
I’m hopeful Sovol proves me wrong and that concurrent with the release of the M1d they will put their actual Klipper fork on a public repo. That they will release pinouts and specification for ALL the control boards.
I love my Sovol printers but I’m continuously frustrated by the unwillingness to adopt community fixes as “official”. The fact they are shipping printers today with a 3+ year old broken PLR system. Shipping printers with extruders with a carryover design flaw from 2+ years ago makes me skeptical as to the level of performance we can expect from the M1d.
Am I excited to see a new printer from Sovol, ABSOTULY yes.
Am I going to preorder one… err… No