I’m experiencing poor print quality using PLA. I’ve made all the adjustments with Orca Slicer, but the results aren’t optimal. What do you do in these cases? What do you suggest? Best regards MP [Qualità di stampa]

I’d start with belt tension. How was this oriented on the plate? [image] The green line is smooth(ish) with most of the issue being shifting perpendicular to that axis.

I think I’m experiencing the same thing with my max and pla: printer and filament calibrated, but one side (always the side facing the Z1 rail) has this type of mechanical looking effect. I’ve checked the belts with a pro belt tensioner, and I’ve gone over the entire mechanical assembly to ensure ev…

Good morning, yesterday I received an SV08 Max [WhatsApp Image 2026-04-23 at 16.03.51] , Unfortunately, I am experiencing serious printing issues with PLA: even the Benchy file included in the machine’s memory prints very poorly. Compared to the videos and reviews I have seen online, the print…

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Hi, okay, thanks. I’ve just tried disconnecting the filament from the external feeder, and it seems to work much better. Basically, when the filament goes directly from the spool to the print head, the situation improves noticeably. Has anyone else already experienced this behavior?

Sorry, I can’t help you, I don’t own such a printer.

I tensioned it very accurately as you suggested (I got reliable with the tuner app), both sides, and I tried to make sure it’s not rubbing flanges of the idler as it moves around the bed. But I’m still getting this artifact. I keep checking the belt pathways and don’t see any places the belt is grin…

I don’t own one either but if you’ll check older posts in this forum you’ll find many complaints and a couple solutions for buffer (feeder/pusher) issues. I don’t recall any surface finish issues. Did you rerun input shaper tune after tensioning the belts? I run it at Z=25, Z=75, and Z=150. Large v…

[WhatsApp Image 2026-04-23 at 16.34.04] [WhatsApp Image 2026-04-23 at 16.33.51] I checked the motion of the carriages and pulleys: the gantry seems to move smoothly and without any binding. I also verified all fastenings, realigned and tensioned the belts multiple times following the official p…

I decided to purchase this printer after watching numerous reviews online. None of them showed issues like the ones I am experiencing; on the contrary, the print quality in the videos looked very good. I fully understand that we cannot expect the same quality as a 300×300 printer, but in this case …

Surface quality with PLA material

Sovol SV08 MAX

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Yes, brand new, and this is more or less the type of quality I’m seeing after all the calibrations and lots of hours.

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Surface quality with PLA material

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