Bought one have upgraded the glass bed to carborundum glass. Seems to release items nicely. Still has the problem with the sd card. The rollers on mine were adjusted perfectly.
I was afraid to buy a budget printer, but found the Sunlu S8 to be the one we the least surprises. This video really help me get ready for what to expect and things to look for. Thank you for that whole "making sure my glass will be ok", else I would have started a print without checking, saved my life! In mine the X limit switch paddle was off and had to adjust the z limit switch position to make sure I cleared the bed after homing.
I bought 2 a few months ago to assist load on my aging cr10 and ender3's phenomenal cheap printer. Both my initial prints were helmets running 3 days and 4 days straight
Thank you for this video! I just received my S8 yesterday and was feeling anxious when I first opened the box! This video will help tremendously when I fully unbox and set mines up! Really appreciate this! :)
Hello I’m sorry to bother you but since you bought one of these printers, could you give me the dimensions of the printer as a whole? I’m seeing if it would fit on my table. Thank you so much.
@@ryanbaker6793 no probs, Length is 24", but a couple notes. Feet are only 18" so it will fit on a surface at least 18". However, the table will push past the frame at the rear, so you'll need extra space at least a few inched to give the cable harness clear space, Width is 18", but again, with the spoll holder you'll need about 24" on width too
@@MrMotor11 Ok thank you so much. Do you like the printer. I read a few bad reviews on Amazon and I’m a little worried about getting it. Would you recommend this printer?
@@ryanbaker6793 I've printed a few things and mostly satisfied with it. I've hit the usual problem with a crappy SD card causing it the have little pauses which makes little stubbles on the print. PTEG is always a pain it seems to get dialed in so I don't think the printer itself is at fault for any of these things
Just got one yesterday and the 8GB SD card that came with it did not have that nozzle pause problem, thankfully! Thank you for this video. I'm a beginner and this aided me greatly!
Hi I noticed you said you have the Sunlu s8 3d printer. I saw some bad reviews on Amazon. Do you like this printer? Is it reliable? Will it brake down after 3 months of using it? Sorry to be a bother but I was thinking about getting one. I just wanted to get some info from someone who has one. Thank you so much!
I would have liked to give you 2 thumbs up but I can only like once! Because of your video I bought this unit (arrived today) and I followed your instructions to the T (except it took me 7 times to level the bed (noob). Great job!!! TY!!!
Hi I noticed you said you have the Sunlu s8 3d printer. I saw some bad reviews on Amazon. Do you like this printer? Is it reliable? Will it brake down after 3 months of using it? Sorry to be a bother but I was thinking about getting one. I just wanted to get some info from someone who has one. Thank you so much!
I bought 2 of these printers and am setting them up now. Printer #1 is rocking and pushing out a little Shamrock Test Print from the SD card that came with the printer. No issues so far. It's looking very high quality. I'm super excited to get them going and start some awesome projects.
Hi I noticed you said you have the Sunlu s8 3d printer. I saw some bad reviews on Amazon. Do you like this printer? Is it reliable? Will it brake down after 3 months of using it? Sorry to be a bother but I was thinking about getting one. I just wanted to get some info from someone who has one. Thank you so much!
@@ryanbaker6793 Bottom Line Up Front (These are GREAT printers!! Don't let a bad review scare you off.) I bought 4 of these printers and have been very satisfied with them. I initially bought two of them back in March 2020 for the sole purpose of 3D printing a Life-Size R2-D2 Droid. I think they were priced about $349USD back then. After owning the first two for about 3 months, I bought two additional printers from Sunlu because they were on sale for about $249USD and I loved the first two so much. Totally worth the money spent! The Sunlu S8 is by far the easiest printer to get started with as a beginner and the bed is big enough to do some great projects. Go to my Instagram page @daves_droid_workshop and check out the 3D printed R2-D2 and my Iron Man helmet, and Republic Commando Helmets. These are great printers. You can unbox it and get started printing within about 30 minutes. If you have any specific questions about them feel free to hit me up with an e-mail and I will answer any questions you have.
Hello, I just purchased the S8 printer and was wondering what you recommend for slicing software and profile settings? Any help would be greatly appreciated.
This has to be the best packaging job I have seen of any 3d printer, I salute the persons responsible for this. What a great printer this is and so so easy to assemble, although I m not a fan of the specs and safety blurb on the front panel, maybe they could print this onto some film so that when you are more familiar with the unit you can remove them. I already have a printer of this dimension so I won't be purchasing this one, however, if they release one with a larger build volume and some better quality extruder/hotend components I would be very interested. Just one question does the bed continue heating when filament runout is detected?
Its possibly one of China´s greatest inventions. Meahwile Monoprice are having difficulties trying to convince their customers their Voxel printer can make more than a cube.
Hi I noticed you said you have the Sunlu s8 3d printer. I saw some bad reviews on Amazon. Do you like this printer? Is it reliable? Will it brake down after 3 months of using it? Sorry to be a bother but I was thinking about getting one. I just wanted to get some info from someone who has one. Thank you so much!
@@ryanbaker6793 hey, I have one, so far it has proven to do well for its price. The only problem I've experienced is some jamming problems with the filament, but I am sure it is just in need of a replacement nozzle (which they provide a spare of with the printer) so that is not a worry of mine. The prints seem to be vary good quality, and the size allows for larger prints. Overall it's a great printer, only rivaled by the ender pro. Sunlu makes very high quality filament too, so even if you choose another printer, id suggest checking that out
Just ordered the updated Pro version. Perfectly what I wanted: a large format direct drive using a traditional extruder easily converted to direct drive with a stock bracket for an Ender that replaces the hotend roller head and adds a bracket to move the extruder to be above it and feed straight down ($15 from Amazon). Gives me a large bed with dual Z that I can use TPU on with an improved head on the extruder to prevent filament escape by replacing it for a small gap between the gears and the receiving PTFE tubing. Since I use Octo4a on a Tracfone Blue View 2, I don't care about the screen and appreciate the full size USB input. Will see how I like the flex magnetic bed, and can order a PEI coated magnetic bed if I'd like that better since I love it on my Kobra. Great price at $199 delivered.
My new S8 Pro arrived today, set up easily and perfectly. Since someone had mentioned the gantry not being square on theirs, I only moderately snugged the four lower nuts with the T nuts tighter, then set it upright and checked the gantry for square and it was, so turned on side again, tightened all fully and then checked again after upright, and was still square. I was prepared to shim it with aluminum foil if need be, but it was perfect from what I could see. I didn't notice the right side Z stepper had the wiring off, so stopped and fixed that when I was doing an initial Home and it was jerking downward under no power from that side. Used my square referenced above to level the L and R sides having it just scrape under the X extrusion on each side with power off, and smeared excess grease off the Z gantry down along the length of the rods and the Z was lowering like on butter. Having done tons of manual leveling, it was just nice to have it move to the four quadrants on its own, only would have been better to have it just have a menu option each time to quit, but a default of move to the next corner, repeating infinitely to not have to start it up again for each pass around. This printer bed springs seemed prone to do a little bit of "guitar tuning", in that when loosening the nuts, the bed didn't smoothly loosen (you don't always notice a commensurate looseness on your paper shim), and they would then over loosen as if the springs were jumping (like a guitar tuner does at times) and then on tightening it does smoothly pull, so in that case, just like on guitar, I seek the perfect final setting always from the result of tightening, not loosening if that all makes sense. I could have set each spring a little looser gap when cold in anticipation of the expansion when heated but it was easy enough to dial it in a couple times around with everything heated. Ran the test print of the 4 leaf cloverleaf and it had some blobs, so will do the SD card reformat, test again, and if still bad, just abandon it and move on to my ultimate desire to just use Octo4a into the USB port. The build surface was a new one to experience, and I was pretty shocked to see it refuse to release under pretty significant hand pressure after completely cooling the PLA since I was away and just watching via LaView camera. But it was stuck really good and I had to pull the bed surface off the magnet to flex and even then it didn't just pop off. This worries me a bit for using PETG as it may require a chisel to get off (!), so will definitely order a PEI coated flex steel sheet I put in my Amazon inbox. Getting a good long look first hand, I'm impressed with the value Sunlu is offering here. Where others use plastic on the extruder to save a nickel, they use aluminum (tho you could drive a truck out of the out side of the drive gears, so won't tempt any filament escape using TPU until I replace that extruder head with a printed one I have with a much closed up gap, which I'll perform when I apply the Ender direct drive conversion kit tomorrow. But the all metal front cover, the wire sheathing and clips all speak quality, along with the wider Y belt and the belt adjusters added to this version over the old version stock S8. Disagree with those complaining about the power being in risk of the bed movement, just see they haven't realized you can easily hit the power button when reaching under the right side frame member, which would pretty much make it impossible to get a hand in the way of the bed moving. I added an Ender filament spool holder that has the bearings to reduce drag when I'm using TPU and will try and report how easily the conversion goes to direct drive. At this point I'm happy enough I regret buying 2 Aquila's for $169 ea. when $30 more would have gotten me one of these with a larger bed and dual Z... This is a great value.
Hi I noticed you said you have the Sunlu s8 3d printer. I saw some bad reviews on Amazon. Do you like this printer? Is it reliable? Will it brake down after 3 months of using it? Sorry to be a bother but I was thinking about getting one. I just wanted to get some info from someone who has one. Thank you so much!
@@ryanbaker6793 well i am new to this 3d printers world and its been a great experience with the sunlu, its a "cheap" printer with great quality! ive been working with it a month and so far so good! u can look up for me in FB with same name and PM ill show u my models i printed and u can ask anything u like ill be glad to help!
Just ordered mine from amazon, hoping to get it Monday, but 1 quick question. Did you get the Auto Home to move faster, that is super slow compared to my other 2 printers.
Hi, i just got this printer and it works well with the premade models but any models I download off the internet or make myself, the printer has trouble printing the raft for it. Using the default the filament with the nozzle heated at 210 degrees and the bed at 60 degrees.
I just got this one and its printing and using the sd card it came with, im having the same ussie, although not as often within the print. Thank you for the suggestion, ill try it when i run to the store lol
Maybe u can help me, i have the Problem that when i level the bed with this printer (like in the manual and also when i first heat the bed and then calibrate it) i always have the problem that, when i do a ned calibration print it isn't working. Either the bed starts scatching even though the lines look like they are too far away from the bed, or they are defenatly to close, but when i distance the bed a bit more to hace no Scratch in the print it is way to far away. Do u have an idea what might causes the Problem? My tempurature ist at 65° bed and 200° nozzel for pla Mfg Flecx
I have never liked printing off the SD card anyway. Much better control and operation running Cura or Repit-pro or etc. Love these 400 size printers. I have one of these on the way from amazon to ad to my 300x300x400 CR10 collection
Hi how are your settings with the costume prints ? I am haveing the problem that the test g-code works perfecktly but when i want to print something i made my own i mostly turns out bad. Any tips
I have been using Cura with these printers for about 9 months now and yes, it is a Marlin G-Code that the Sunlu firmware uses. I have no issues. They work great!
Hi sir my name is Johnathan and I purchased a s8 your video was one of the reasons why I purchased it. I assembled the printer and did everything you did in your video and thank you for that but when I went to print a model I get an error code E1 heating failed tried several times same result can you please help me out? Thank you I appreciate your video very much!
Old comment, but hopefully you resolved it by either checking the wiring for the heated bed and confirming whether it was loose or the bed was truly defective, or the mainboard was defective. I'm confident I would have pulled the bed heater wires and tied them directly to the power supply, then flip on power for just long enough to either see sparks, or the bed heat or not, indicating it was bad,,, but that's just me.
I have been using Cura 4.7 and it has been working fine. Here's the settings I tweaked that gave me great results. If you check the owners manual they actually give you pretty good setup instructions for Cura. Download the latest version and then change the following: Print bed size 310x310x400 Layer height 0.2 Shell thickness 1.6 bottom/top thickness Fill density 15% Infil pattern Gyroid Print Speed 50 mm/sec (You can adjust faster if you need to, but may affect quality) Print Temperature 205 C....if printing ABS use 230 C..... If printing in TPU use 220 C Print Bed 50 C (for PLA)....if printing ABS use 80 C..... If printing in TPU use 0 C Fan cooling (check this box) Fan Speed 100% (I use this setting no matter what filament I'm printing with good results.) Support structure TREE (far better and uses less filament than traditional supports) Support Branch Angle 40 degrees Support density 25% (they seem to fail at anything 15% or less) Enable Roof Support (makes it easier to break away support material) support Overhang angles 70 degrees. This thing prints great overhangs for me Platform adhesion ( I typically use Brim for ABS prints, and skirt for PLA or TPU to prevent wasting material) Infil Travel Optimization (Check this box) Speeds up your print
Why is it requiring 220C to print correctly? Is the PID/Hot end just not calibrated correctly? I've never struggled with a PLA, I print most at 205 first layer/200 layer after with fan.
I print PLA with a nozzle temp of 205 C and bed temp of 50C with no issues. I use 230C Nozzle and 80C bed for ABS. When printing TPU I use 220C nozzle and 0C bed.
The cheap SD card that my original printers came with was small and I didn't end up using either of them. The second set of printers I purchased after a few months getting good with the first two ended up having bigger and faster Micro SD cards. So big improvement.
I got a roll of Sunlu filament and it was literally the worst stuff I've ever used, I got black and the stuff was translucent, brittle, and had underextrusion on the same settings that I print Hatchbox and MatterHackers PLA with.
HAtchbox has been the best filament I have ever purchased. Try the Sunlu Silk Silver PLA. That stuff was great!! I printed a REpublic Commando Helmet with it and it was far superior to anything else I've used for a helmet. It's tough and yet also slightly flexible so there is no brittleness to it at all. I had problems with the Sunlu Black PLA as well, but the printers themselves are rock solid. I own four of them now and they have been cranking out R2-D2 parts nonstop 24/7 since March with the only issue encountered is me having to replace the bowden tube on two of the units. Other than that they have been awesome. Also if you want to avoid some shoddy filament, stay away from Novamaker....I bought 20 rolls of their ABS Red and yellow colors and they warp like crazy.
you have to turn both rods simultaneously, and if the X axis is not level, they will be binding. level them up first with power off and something to measure from the bed up and turn one side to bring level to the other. You also have to have power off. When power is on, the stepper motors lock in their position.
He should wait like everyone else until we have 3 - D printers which are sold with CD´s. Until then reviewing a 3 - D printer or unboxing one will be pretty much pointless. As much as rewarding as it is for those who prepare themselves especially to do it, there really is no point with reviewing a printer unless you bought it with the CD or CDs required to configure it. This is why all the home 3 - D printers kept failing and did so badly at printing, because everyone was so hopeful that they could do better that they forgot to make them come with the most important feature required to make a printer work - its drivers. No driver = no successful print job. Its simply as simple as that.
He replaced it with a different sd card. Corrupted sd cards seem to come commonly with this printer. I've heard some people just formatted the included one as fat32, but I would swap it out entirely to be safe. Micro sd cards thankfully aren't that expensive now.
As a small youtuber on my other account I would love to know if you were sent this for review or had to purchase it to review. Trying to get items to review is very difficult for me :( A great review tho
that's stock, it keeps things from vibrating loose during shipping, and is easy enough to remove. If you knew how many printers get returned just because someone doesn't even think to check connectors when they power it on and it doesn't work...
So I'm in the market for my first printer. I had decided to go with the Flashforge adventurer 3 but watching this video, I don't know which one would be better.
I've had 4 of these printers for the past 9 months now and the only issue I had is having to replace the bowden tube on two of them. It cost me about $14 to do that and I used a Capricorn tube that I purchased off Amazon. It only took me about 5 minutes to change that tube out and both have been great again ever since. The other two printers have had no issues since I bought them. They really are great printers. If you want to see some of the stuff I printed with them you can check out my Instagram page @daves_droid_workshop and look around.
I just got mine, and set it up thanks to your great video. The prints do that exact same thing from my sd card as well. So seems like the QA on the test gcode isn't quite there
Hi I noticed you said you have the Sunlu s8 3d printer. I saw some bad reviews on Amazon. Do you like this printer? Is it reliable? Will it brake down after 3 months of using it? Sorry to be a bother but I was thinking about getting one. I just wanted to get some info from someone who has one. Thank you so much!
This machine does have some nice features like the power outage feature and the filament run out feature, seems like these crappy SD cards are a issue with these chinese-made printers because on my creality Ender 3 Pro SD card went out after a couple of days so I bought a better one. And always check the temperature recommendations of each filament from different brands, different brands don't all use the same temperature settings.
Hi I noticed you said you have the Sunlu s8 3d printer. I saw some bad reviews on Amazon. Do you like this printer? Is it reliable? Will it brake down after 3 months of using it? Sorry to be a bother but I was thinking about getting one. I just wanted to get some info from someone who has one. Thank you so much!
So it's a Creality Ender 3 that can go 400 mm on the z axes and it's got a Double z axes engine . So they tried to make it look different 😂😂😂😂 . How much does it cost ????? .
Proud to have made the decision never to buy any printer unless it comes with a CD. If there is no CD, it means there are no full print features. Simply as simple as that...thanks for this review!
As much as the video was helpful at the start, when it came to your bed levelling, I’d have to go with trying to let my little sister do it as your tutorial was unhelpful and no where near instructive. You didn’t mention about using the menu dial to help zone into the bed. That’s helpful knowledge! As for the tension springs under the bed, you didn’t mention the axis inversion on this! I’d honestly say to people to stop watching once you have your Y axis screwed in as this won’t help you any further.
Lame little screen, no auto bed leveling, no features at all besides the normal Marlin features, no trinamic drivers, plastic extruder which will break sooner or later, normal PTFE tube. Why do they even bother making a machine like this.
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Hey vlad, did you find a solution to the lines? Im thinking of getting a 2nd printer, beside my ender 3. Is this a good upgrade?
Bought one have upgraded the glass bed to carborundum glass. Seems to release items nicely.
Still has the problem with the sd card. The rollers on mine were adjusted perfectly.
Hi! How loud is this printer. I saw some reviews that said that it was deafening loud, is this true?
@@ryanbaker6793 no, it’s actually quite quiet
Good problem solving with the sd card, bro! It was cool to see your initial experience and you working through it.
I was afraid to buy a budget printer, but found the Sunlu S8 to be the one we the least surprises. This video really help me get ready for what to expect and things to look for. Thank you for that whole "making sure my glass will be ok", else I would have started a print without checking, saved my life! In mine the X limit switch paddle was off and had to adjust the z limit switch position to make sure I cleared the bed after homing.
I bought 2 a few months ago to assist load on my aging cr10 and ender3's phenomenal cheap printer. Both my initial prints were helmets running 3 days and 4 days straight
What software do u use
Thank you for this video! I just received my S8 yesterday and was feeling anxious when I first opened the box! This video will help tremendously when I fully unbox and set mines up! Really appreciate this! :)
Same here, just got mine, can't wait to learn and try things. Total beginner here
Hello I’m sorry to bother you but since you bought one of these printers, could you give me the dimensions of the printer as a whole? I’m seeing if it would fit on my table. Thank you so much.
@@ryanbaker6793 no probs, Length is 24", but a couple notes. Feet are only 18" so it will fit on a surface at least 18". However, the table will push past the frame at the rear, so you'll need extra space at least a few inched to give the cable harness clear space, Width is 18", but again, with the spoll holder you'll need about 24" on width too
@@MrMotor11 Ok thank you so much. Do you like the printer. I read a few bad reviews on Amazon and I’m a little worried about getting it. Would you recommend this printer?
@@ryanbaker6793 I've printed a few things and mostly satisfied with it. I've hit the usual problem with a crappy SD card causing it the have little pauses which makes little stubbles on the print. PTEG is always a pain it seems to get dialed in so I don't think the printer itself is at fault for any of these things
Just got one yesterday and the 8GB SD card that came with it did not have that nozzle pause problem, thankfully! Thank you for this video. I'm a beginner and this aided me greatly!
Thank you for leading me in putting together mine tonight🖤
I didn't use the glue and it stuck perfectly anyway 😊
Hi I noticed you said you have the Sunlu s8 3d printer. I saw some bad reviews on Amazon. Do you like this printer? Is it reliable? Will it brake down after 3 months of using it? Sorry to be a bother but I was thinking about getting one. I just wanted to get some info from someone who has one. Thank you so much!
I would have liked to give you 2 thumbs up but I can only like once! Because of your video I bought this unit (arrived today) and I followed your instructions to the T (except it took me 7 times to level the bed (noob). Great job!!! TY!!!
Very good advices! I'm gonna try my Sunlu S8 later today and this video is gonna be very useful!
Hi I noticed you said you have the Sunlu s8 3d printer. I saw some bad reviews on Amazon. Do you like this printer? Is it reliable? Will it brake down after 3 months of using it? Sorry to be a bother but I was thinking about getting one. I just wanted to get some info from someone who has one. Thank you so much!
I bought 2 of these printers and am setting them up now. Printer #1 is rocking and pushing out a little Shamrock Test Print from the SD card that came with the printer. No issues so far. It's looking very high quality. I'm super excited to get them going and start some awesome projects.
Thank you!
Hi I noticed you said you have the Sunlu s8 3d printer. I saw some bad reviews on Amazon. Do you like this printer? Is it reliable? Will it brake down after 3 months of using it? Sorry to be a bother but I was thinking about getting one. I just wanted to get some info from someone who has one. Thank you so much!
@@ryanbaker6793 Bottom Line Up Front (These are GREAT printers!! Don't let a bad review scare you off.) I bought 4 of these printers and have been very satisfied with them. I initially bought two of them back in March 2020 for the sole purpose of 3D printing a Life-Size R2-D2 Droid. I think they were priced about $349USD back then. After owning the first two for about 3 months, I bought two additional printers from Sunlu because they were on sale for about $249USD and I loved the first two so much. Totally worth the money spent!
The Sunlu S8 is by far the easiest printer to get started with as a beginner and the bed is big enough to do some great projects. Go to my Instagram page @daves_droid_workshop and check out the 3D printed R2-D2 and my Iron Man helmet, and Republic Commando Helmets. These are great printers. You can unbox it and get started printing within about 30 minutes.
If you have any specific questions about them feel free to hit me up with an e-mail and I will answer any questions you have.
Hello, I just purchased the S8 printer and was wondering what you recommend for slicing software and profile settings? Any help would be greatly appreciated.
thanks for thourough review christopher walken
This has to be the best packaging job I have seen of any 3d printer, I salute the persons responsible for this.
What a great printer this is and so so easy to assemble, although I m not a fan of the specs and safety blurb on the front panel, maybe they could print this onto some film so that when you are more familiar with the unit you can remove them.
I already have a printer of this dimension so I won't be purchasing this one, however, if they release one with a larger build volume and some better quality extruder/hotend components I would be very interested.
Just one question does the bed continue heating when filament runout is detected?
Its possibly one of China´s greatest inventions. Meahwile Monoprice are having difficulties trying to convince their customers their Voxel printer can make more than a cube.
You can peel off the safety blurb and specs
Hi I noticed you said you have the Sunlu s8 3d printer. I saw some bad reviews on Amazon. Do you like this printer? Is it reliable? Will it brake down after 3 months of using it? Sorry to be a bother but I was thinking about getting one. I just wanted to get some info from someone who has one. Thank you so much!
@@ryanbaker6793 hey, I have one, so far it has proven to do well for its price. The only problem I've experienced is some jamming problems with the filament, but I am sure it is just in need of a replacement nozzle (which they provide a spare of with the printer) so that is not a worry of mine. The prints seem to be vary good quality, and the size allows for larger prints. Overall it's a great printer, only rivaled by the ender pro. Sunlu makes very high quality filament too, so even if you choose another printer, id suggest checking that out
Would recommend this or the endear 3 I’m in between both wanna get best for my buck
Just ordered the updated Pro version. Perfectly what I wanted: a large format direct drive using a traditional extruder easily converted to direct drive with a stock bracket for an Ender that replaces the hotend roller head and adds a bracket to move the extruder to be above it and feed straight down ($15 from Amazon). Gives me a large bed with dual Z that I can use TPU on with an improved head on the extruder to prevent filament escape by replacing it for a small gap between the gears and the receiving PTFE tubing. Since I use Octo4a on a Tracfone Blue View 2, I don't care about the screen and appreciate the full size USB input.
Will see how I like the flex magnetic bed, and can order a PEI coated magnetic bed if I'd like that better since I love it on my Kobra.
Great price at $199 delivered.
My new S8 Pro arrived today, set up easily and perfectly. Since someone had mentioned the gantry not being square on theirs, I only moderately snugged the four lower nuts with the T nuts tighter, then set it upright and checked the gantry for square and it was, so turned on side again, tightened all fully and then checked again after upright, and was still square. I was prepared to shim it with aluminum foil if need be, but it was perfect from what I could see.
I didn't notice the right side Z stepper had the wiring off, so stopped and fixed that when I was doing an initial Home and it was jerking downward under no power from that side.
Used my square referenced above to level the L and R sides having it just scrape under the X extrusion on each side with power off, and smeared excess grease off the Z gantry down along the length of the rods and the Z was lowering like on butter.
Having done tons of manual leveling, it was just nice to have it move to the four quadrants on its own, only would have been better to have it just have a menu option each time to quit, but a default of move to the next corner, repeating infinitely to not have to start it up again for each pass around.
This printer bed springs seemed prone to do a little bit of "guitar tuning", in that when loosening the nuts, the bed didn't smoothly loosen (you don't always notice a commensurate looseness on your paper shim), and they would then over loosen as if the springs were jumping (like a guitar tuner does at times) and then on tightening it does smoothly pull, so in that case, just like on guitar, I seek the perfect final setting always from the result of tightening, not loosening if that all makes sense.
I could have set each spring a little looser gap when cold in anticipation of the expansion when heated but it was easy enough to dial it in a couple times around with everything heated.
Ran the test print of the 4 leaf cloverleaf and it had some blobs, so will do the SD card reformat, test again, and if still bad, just abandon it and move on to my ultimate desire to just use Octo4a into the USB port.
The build surface was a new one to experience, and I was pretty shocked to see it refuse to release under pretty significant hand pressure after completely cooling the PLA since I was away and just watching via LaView camera. But it was stuck really good and I had to pull the bed surface off the magnet to flex and even then it didn't just pop off. This worries me a bit for using PETG as it may require a chisel to get off (!), so will definitely order a PEI coated flex steel sheet I put in my Amazon inbox.
Getting a good long look first hand, I'm impressed with the value Sunlu is offering here. Where others use plastic on the extruder to save a nickel, they use aluminum (tho you could drive a truck out of the out side of the drive gears, so won't tempt any filament escape using TPU until I replace that extruder head with a printed one I have with a much closed up gap, which I'll perform when I apply the Ender direct drive conversion kit tomorrow.
But the all metal front cover, the wire sheathing and clips all speak quality, along with the wider Y belt and the belt adjusters added to this version over the old version stock S8. Disagree with those complaining about the power being in risk of the bed movement, just see they haven't realized you can easily hit the power button when reaching under the right side frame member, which would pretty much make it impossible to get a hand in the way of the bed moving.
I added an Ender filament spool holder that has the bearings to reduce drag when I'm using TPU and will try and report how easily the conversion goes to direct drive.
At this point I'm happy enough I regret buying 2 Aquila's for $169 ea. when $30 more would have gotten me one of these with a larger bed and dual Z... This is a great value.
Great video! Wicked helpful, thank you for making it.
Thank you very much!! i followed every step and my firts print was flawless! great detailed video!
Hi I noticed you said you have the Sunlu s8 3d printer. I saw some bad reviews on Amazon. Do you like this printer? Is it reliable? Will it brake down after 3 months of using it? Sorry to be a bother but I was thinking about getting one. I just wanted to get some info from someone who has one. Thank you so much!
@@ryanbaker6793 well i am new to this 3d printers world and its been a great experience with the sunlu, its a "cheap" printer with great quality! ive been working with it a month and so far so good! u can look up for me in FB with same name and PM ill show u my models i printed and u can ask anything u like ill be glad to help!
Thinking about picking this up....hows it held up so far for you?
The explanation is very sharp and clear! Like it
Just ordered mine from amazon, hoping to get it Monday, but 1 quick question. Did you get the Auto Home to move faster, that is super slow compared to my other 2 printers.
nice video man, as always, love your ender 3 upgrade videos, are you plain on making any upgrades to this 3D Printer?
Thank you, your videos are great. How long did the rocket take in spiralize mode?
9hrs at 0.2mm layer hight
Hi, i just got this printer and it works well with the premade models but any models I download off the internet or make myself, the printer has trouble printing the raft for it. Using the default the filament with the nozzle heated at 210 degrees and the bed at 60 degrees.
great video! where'd you find the fidget spinner? not finding it on thingiverse
Cool review! Was wondering how does this printer compare to your sidewinder x1? was looking into getting a sidewinder.
Thanx for this review. I think I'm going to get it soon. Can you share you Print profile please ?
Again, Great job of yours.
Great video! I just received mine and I’m having trouble powering it on
Outstanding very helpful and you are great speaker!!!
Does this printer have thermal runaway protection?
The power supply and motherboard has safety warning system to detect the heating of nozzle and bed, against lose control of temperature.
I did this pretty much exactly the same with the same printer but my prints came out spongy. What did I do wrong?
I just got this one and its printing and using the sd card it came with, im having the same ussie, although not as often within the print. Thank you for the suggestion, ill try it when i run to the store lol
Maybe u can help me, i have the Problem that when i level the bed with this printer (like in the manual and also when i first heat the bed and then calibrate it) i always have the problem that, when i do a ned calibration print it isn't working. Either the bed starts scatching even though the lines look like they are too far away from the bed, or they are defenatly to close, but when i distance the bed a bit more to hace no Scratch in the print it is way to far away. Do u have an idea what might causes the Problem?
My tempurature ist at 65° bed and 200° nozzel for pla
Mfg Flecx
I have never liked printing off the SD card anyway. Much better control and operation running Cura or Repit-pro or etc. Love these 400 size printers. I have one of these on the way from amazon to ad to my 300x300x400 CR10 collection
Thanks for the great video. I didn't get why it started pausing and how you resolved it. Would you please kindly get back with me? Thanks
I bought the sunlu S8 pro but am still searching for the best software to make my own design could you help me out plz
Good to see you levelled the X Axis Arm with the frame...and not the Table...
Thank you very much, I am printing test 1 and I have the same problem of SD card.
Hi how are your settings with the costume prints ? I am haveing the problem that the test g-code works perfecktly but when i want to print something i made my own i mostly turns out bad. Any tips
Can you please let me know if you use Cura and dose it use Marlin for the G-Code great video
I have been using Cura with these printers for about 9 months now and yes, it is a Marlin G-Code that the Sunlu firmware uses. I have no issues. They work great!
Hi sir my name is Johnathan and I purchased a s8 your video was one of the reasons why I purchased it. I assembled the printer and did everything you did in your video and thank you for that but when I went to print a model I get an error code E1 heating failed tried several times same result can you please help me out? Thank you I appreciate your video very much!
Old comment, but hopefully you resolved it by either checking the wiring for the heated bed and confirming whether it was loose or the bed was truly defective, or the mainboard was defective. I'm confident I would have pulled the bed heater wires and tied them directly to the power supply, then flip on power for just long enough to either see sparks, or the bed heat or not, indicating it was bad,,, but that's just me.
what did you use as the sunlu on cura coz its not on the list
What system do you use to make your 3d files?
What slicer did you use on this? my cura does not have a setting for S8..appriciate the help :)
I have been using Cura 4.7 and it has been working fine. Here's the settings I tweaked that gave me great results.
If you check the owners manual they actually give you pretty good setup instructions for Cura. Download the latest version and then change the following:
Print bed size 310x310x400
Layer height 0.2
Shell thickness 1.6
bottom/top thickness
Fill density 15%
Infil pattern Gyroid
Print Speed 50 mm/sec (You can adjust faster if you need to, but may affect quality)
Print Temperature 205 C....if printing ABS use 230 C..... If printing in TPU use 220 C
Print Bed 50 C (for PLA)....if printing ABS use 80 C..... If printing in TPU use 0 C
Fan cooling (check this box)
Fan Speed 100% (I use this setting no matter what filament I'm printing with good results.)
Support structure TREE (far better and uses less filament than traditional supports)
Support Branch Angle 40 degrees
Support density 25% (they seem to fail at anything 15% or less)
Enable Roof Support (makes it easier to break away support material)
support Overhang angles 70 degrees. This thing prints great overhangs for me
Platform adhesion ( I typically use Brim for ABS prints, and skirt for PLA or TPU to prevent wasting material)
Infil Travel Optimization (Check this box) Speeds up your print
Pretty impressed Vlad and that rocket is beautiful, what filament is that?
I have a ender 3 pro and on the opposite side of the Z axis and the wheels on the outer side doesn’t really touch how would I adjust that. thank you
Why is it requiring 220C to print correctly? Is the PID/Hot end just not calibrated correctly? I've never struggled with a PLA, I print most at 205 first layer/200 layer after with fan.
I print PLA with a nozzle temp of 205 C and bed temp of 50C with no issues. I use 230C Nozzle and 80C bed for ABS. When printing TPU I use 220C nozzle and 0C bed.
What slicer is everyone using to run the s8 plus. Cura doesn't have a preset for it
Creality CR10
So it has a light built in?
Did you try the provided sd card after deleting all the unnecessary files and folders? I've heard Marlin has issues reading from a crowded sd card.
The cheap SD card that my original printers came with was small and I didn't end up using either of them. The second set of printers I purchased after a few months getting good with the first two ended up having bigger and faster Micro SD cards. So big improvement.
I got a roll of Sunlu filament and it was literally the worst stuff I've ever used, I got black and the stuff was translucent, brittle, and had underextrusion on the same settings that I print Hatchbox and MatterHackers PLA with.
HAtchbox has been the best filament I have ever purchased. Try the Sunlu Silk Silver PLA. That stuff was great!! I printed a REpublic Commando Helmet with it and it was far superior to anything else I've used for a helmet. It's tough and yet also slightly flexible so there is no brittleness to it at all. I had problems with the Sunlu Black PLA as well, but the printers themselves are rock solid. I own four of them now and they have been cranking out R2-D2 parts nonstop 24/7 since March with the only issue encountered is me having to replace the bowden tube on two of the units. Other than that they have been awesome.
Also if you want to avoid some shoddy filament, stay away from Novamaker....I bought 20 rolls of their ABS Red and yellow colors and they warp like crazy.
What were ur settings on the print?
Just sub thank you for the awesome video and setup/print
What is the deal an the Sunlu S8?
That is only the next Creality/ Prusa clone.
Hi if you want discount code please contact FB page: facebook.com/SUNLU3DOfficial/
Great video Vlad thanks
The z access is extremely hard to move manually.is this normal because I tried to un titen it but it's not working
you have to turn both rods simultaneously, and if the X axis is not level, they will be binding. level them up first with power off and something to measure from the bed up and turn one side to bring level to the other. You also have to have power off. When power is on, the stepper motors lock in their position.
@B Miller bro it's been a year, I have a new 3d printer 💀
Great video buddy . you should calibrate your Esteps before your first print:)
What software do you use to get the patterns you print?
It's CURA. I think they are on version 4.8 now.
Is it loud
I have four of these cranking out prints in one room upstairs and with the door closed you can't hear them at all downstairs. They aren't super loud.
FR on the info screen means feedrate (speed) not flowrate
Could you do a review on the Ender 3 V2 ?
He should wait like everyone else until we have 3 - D printers which are sold with CD´s. Until then reviewing a 3 - D printer or unboxing one will be pretty much pointless. As much as rewarding as it is for those who prepare themselves especially to do it, there really is no point with reviewing a printer unless you bought it with the CD or CDs required to configure it. This is why all the home 3 - D printers kept failing and did so badly at printing, because everyone was so hopeful that they could do better that they forgot to make them come with the most important feature required to make a printer work - its drivers. No driver = no successful print job. Its simply as simple as that.
How do u know what voltage to change it to
ask mommy or daddy what voltage is used in your country.
How did you fix the sd card?
He replaced it with a different sd card. Corrupted sd cards seem to come commonly with this printer. I've heard some people just formatted the included one as fat32, but I would swap it out entirely to be safe. Micro sd cards thankfully aren't that expensive now.
Fantabulous!
As a small youtuber on my other account I would love to know if you were sent this for review or had to purchase it to review. Trying to get items to review is very difficult for me :( A great review tho
Hi please contact me on FB: facebook.com/SUNLU3DOfficial/
what are they thinking hot glue all the connectors? this is crazy
that's stock, it keeps things from vibrating loose during shipping, and is easy enough to remove. If you knew how many printers get returned just because someone doesn't even think to check connectors when they power it on and it doesn't work...
So I'm in the market for my first printer. I had decided to go with the Flashforge adventurer 3 but watching this video, I don't know which one would be better.
Get the ender 3 I’ve had mine for 6 months and works great
I've had 4 of these printers for the past 9 months now and the only issue I had is having to replace the bowden tube on two of them. It cost me about $14 to do that and I used a Capricorn tube that I purchased off Amazon. It only took me about 5 minutes to change that tube out and both have been great again ever since. The other two printers have had no issues since I bought them. They really are great printers. If you want to see some of the stuff I printed with them you can check out my Instagram page @daves_droid_workshop and look around.
I just got mine, and set it up thanks to your great video. The prints do that exact same thing from my sd card as well. So seems like the QA on the test gcode isn't quite there
Hi I noticed you said you have the Sunlu s8 3d printer. I saw some bad reviews on Amazon. Do you like this printer? Is it reliable? Will it brake down after 3 months of using it? Sorry to be a bother but I was thinking about getting one. I just wanted to get some info from someone who has one. Thank you so much!
Great review
How are you been doing my friend
Doing better now that my move is over, just need to get organized to make more content.
Perfect!
This machine does have some nice features like the power outage feature and the filament run out feature, seems like these crappy SD cards are a issue with these chinese-made printers because on my creality Ender 3 Pro SD card went out after a couple of days so I bought a better one. And always check the temperature recommendations of each filament from different brands, different brands don't all use the same temperature settings.
Wow.
Yes, you guys have made an awesome printer. I own one and absolutely love it. I highly recommend getting one! Great job on the S8, and thank you!!!!!
Hi I noticed you said you have the Sunlu s8 3d printer. I saw some bad reviews on Amazon. Do you like this printer? Is it reliable? Will it brake down after 3 months of using it? Sorry to be a bother but I was thinking about getting one. I just wanted to get some info from someone who has one. Thank you so much!
LOOKS LIKE ANOTHER SIDEWINDER X 1..... I HAVE 2 OF THE SIDEWINDERS AND NEITHER ONE IS WORKING.
So it's a Creality Ender 3 that can go 400 mm on the z axes and it's got a Double z axes engine .
So they tried to make it look different 😂😂😂😂 .
How much does it cost ????? .
Hi $299 after discount code, if you want this offer please contact me on FB: facebook.com/SUNLU3DOfficial/
Proud to have made the decision never to buy any printer unless it comes with a CD. If there is no CD, it means there are no full print features. Simply as simple as that...thanks for this review!
CD? who uses CD in 2020 or 2021? lol
As much as the video was helpful at the start, when it came to your bed levelling, I’d have to go with trying to let my little sister do it as your tutorial was unhelpful and no where near instructive. You didn’t mention about using the menu dial to help zone into the bed. That’s helpful knowledge! As for the tension springs under the bed, you didn’t mention the axis inversion on this!
I’d honestly say to people to stop watching once you have your Y axis screwed in as this won’t help you any further.
Hello, the language of monitor is french, thank you
Salem Skin?
Uh.. Do you mean Salmon Skin?
Congratulations China!
Lame little screen, no auto bed leveling, no features at all besides the normal Marlin features, no trinamic drivers, plastic extruder which will break sooner or later, normal PTFE tube. Why do they even bother making a machine like this.
Cheap prize? Here it cost 320€... If u want more pay more!
This dude wants a top of the line printer in the bottom price range... Wow lol
It's
Lmao learn how the printer works before even making a tutorial.