Sovol SV08 with Elegoo Neptune 4 Nozzle

[@iura_ch]

Also just a note, don't forget to put some thermal paste under (between) the heater element and the hotend block, and on the thermal sensor, and on the top tube of the hotend that goes inside the radiator part. Gotta always have a good thermal interface there with no air gaps.

[@DomDecodes]

Yes thermal paste in the correct spots is necessary.

[@spoolsamplesprintco]

Awesome!! Worked out well! This series of videos was a great test and proof of concept. That aftermarket threaded heat block thing looks promising. Says it is manufactured in Canada too... you would think there's a distributor here.... PS: because you mentioned it, the threaded hole on the Sovol nozzle block is for a grub screw to help the nozzle hold better. I believe it was their fix to the whole issue with the nozzles pushing out by PETG

[@DomDecodes]

So where is that screw then? In the brand new nozzle there seems to be something black in there, but it feels rubbery. Maybe I burned the living hell out of it, when I thre the thing into the fire.

[@spoolsamplesprintco]

@ it’s supposed to be installed by default from the factory. Tiny little thing and I’ve seen people mention in the fb groups that they thought it was missing at first but turned out just to be really small and deep in there. I think that it needs a very small hex driver that I don’t even think I have one small enough on hand. But I’ll try to check later if I can find my original nozzle assembly. I think I kept it somewhere

[@DomDecodes]

Then pull your nozzle out and follow my steps. 😉

[@spoolsamplesprintco]

@@DomDecodes That’s what she said! 🙌🙌 lol But seriously I already have the flow tech threaded heat block so I don’t need to mess around with nozzles, plus I just had serious downtime to change the motherboard waiting for it to be delivered and need to catch up on backlog lol. But… I am keeping the original nozzle assembly as an emergency backup but if you want my spare nozzle that’s still in the packaging, and if my suspicions that you’re in 🇨🇦 because you keep quoting prices in CAD$ I’d gladly ship it to you if it means you’ll continue testing and making videos about it with your mad scientist approach to this printer lol

[@DomDecodes]

Na thanks mate. Keep your nozzle where it is. No seriously. I will try a more practical approach soon. Yes I'm in Alberta.

[@iura_ch]

There's an easy way to get into easily swappable nozzles - buy the SV08 hardened steel nozzle set, and also the simple SV06-ACE brass nozzle kit (I've got the variety set 0.2 + 0.4 + 0.6 + 0.8). And then you can easily screw those brass nozzles in and out in place of the hardened steel nozzle. Now these brass nozzles are already much cheaper (and imho more practical, as you don't have to mess with the whole assembly of the heater/sensor block) than the stock sv08 nozzle assembly. And they also appear similar to elegoo Neptune 4 nozzles, or maybe some other aftermarket nozzles where the thread doesn't go all the way up - this needs to be further investigated.

[@DomDecodes]

Oh yeah there is definitely an easier way, no doubt. And further investigated it will be.

[@norseengineer]

have you checked your extruder? I see on reddit that an axle on the extruder gear pushes out of position.

[@DomDecodes]

To what avail? The newly improved homebrew nozzle works well and the original nozzle works as intended as well. However it is noted, just in case the printer starts unexpectedly acting up.