u/wssHilde

Hi! I'm getting a secondhand SV08 on saturday. This is my first personal printer. I have a little experience with Bambu A1s, but no experience with enclosed printers.

I'm planning on making a DIY enclosure for the SV08. I want an enclosure for three reasons: 1. noise reduction, 2. prevent the cat from getting in, 3. prevent dust/animal hair from getting in (I know hoovering helps but there's only so much you can do if you have two dogs and a cat).

However, I don't plan on printing ASA or other high temp materials. I mainly just wanna print PLA (I ordered Sunlu PLA matte and Sunlu PLA 2.0). I've heard printing PLA with an enclosure can be problematic cause it would get too hot.

I see people say they just open the door or the top cover with a hinge when printing PLA, but then I'm worried our cat could get in again.

As I see it I have three options for the enclosure:

1. Put some vent holes in the enclosure, maybe by adding the hat. I could put a filter behind it to prevent dust and stuff from getting in.

2. Add an exhaust fan.

3. Make the enclosure out of more thermally conductive material. I planned on using acrylic glass for the door, top and maybe the sides, and a printed cover for the other sides. But acrylic glass is a pretty good isolator, so I could swap this out for another material.

These options might also have issues. For 1 and 2, noise reduction is lessened so noise could be an issue again. For 1 and 3, I don't know if it would help enough in terms of cooling to print PLA.

I've also heard contradictory things about how much of a problem printing PLA with an enclosure actually is. Is it even that much of an issue? Am I overthinking it? If it's only for very long prints, I could just temporarily move the printer to the shed where the cat doesn't go or something.

Does anyone have material ideas for the third option? I'm thinking maybe normal glass, but that's obviously a pain in the ass to work with. Polystyrene is also more conductive than acrylic glass, but not by that much. Maybe aluminium plates?

If anyone has any input, please let me know! Thank you!

Hi, I'm wondering if this store called "Sovol Official Store" on ebay is actually the official Sovol store. I'm not very experienced with ebay, and I can't find a link to this store on Sovol's own website, so I'm kinda wary of it actually being the official store. They're also selling Creality products on their page, which makes me even more skeptical. Could someone here confirm it is the official store or not?

Link to the store: https://www.ebay.de/str/sovolofficial

EDIT:

I emailed Sovol and they answered, confirming the ebay store is an official Sovol store:

"Yes, the store you found on eBay is indeed an official SOVOL store.

However, please note that we have different teams responsible for different sales platforms. As our Shopify team does not have access to order details or customer information from other platforms, we are unable to assist with inquiries related to eBay orders directly.

For any questions regarding warranty, order status, or after-sales support for purchases made on eBay, please contact the eBay seller directly through the eBay platform. They will be able to provide you with the specific assistance you need."