Hi there… Almost from begining I’m stragling with this ugly layers on my prints… Now I have sovol 0.6 nozzle… PETG fillament. Same fillament, on the other printers - everything is perfect. I was trying differend speed, presure calibration, flow calibration… nothing helped… [image]

Read this: [image] Suddenly poor print quality on two SV08's - solved with extruder idler gear Sovol SV08 Since about 2 weeks I observe a great difference in print quality on both my sv08 printers. Despite using new petg filament from my trusted supplier the print contai…

Thanks Lion for sharing, I checked that post, but it’s not matching my problem. I mean my pin is on place and doing well. I noticed that this screw wasn’t tight at all (screenshot), so I tight it a little bit, and the behaviour totaly changed. Can it be the issue? If yes, is it any tutorial how ti…

Yes that is the tension screw. It adjust how tight the filament is grabbed the the gears. This is a basic video with a bowden setup, but the principle is the same. [Everything about Extruder Pre-Tension!]

Sovol’s are pretty much always on the tight side, so I would screw it in all the way…not tight…than back it off 1/2 or 3/4 a turn…and adjust from there…JMO

[image] johnny: PETG can be stringy. While you’ve done pressure advance, ensure your retraction distance and speed are reasonable for PETG (often shorter and slower retractions work well, e.g., 1-4mm distance, 25-40mm/s speed for direct drive, might be higher for Bowden). Incorrect retraction ca…

SV08 Ugly layers

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