WAS LIVE: Syndaver Axi 3D Printer Unboxing & First Use

[@apinakapinastorba]

One would think that optimized and spot on profiles would be something every printer manufacturer should provide without a question.

[@steves-gaming-uk8977]

For £3250 I would of expected a machined hotend adaptor I wouldn't want anything 3d printed on this machine for the cost. I hope the connectors on the wire are gold because u can honestly see why it should cost this much.

[@MrDonXX]

*_The presentation was spot on they (Syndaver Axi) failed in providing everything you needed while making sure the product they sent performed and represented them in a good light. You just showed the world what they sent. To me, this was a total failure for the price._*

[@elofgren1]

So I am squarely in the use case for this machine - hence owning a Lulzbot Workhorse. I was really hoping they'd take the "lackluster but I see the potential" Lulzbot Workhorse, fix some of the obvious issues and shortcomings with it, and turn around something quality. Looks like they've made some progress in getting there, but only about halfway.

[@RobP614]

Hey thanks! I fell asleep watching this last night and woke up to Spin Doctor blasting out of my echo that is hooked out to my sound system, and got a random reminder to drink water as 9am! I was like WTF happened last night...but I was able to listen back to the command and figure out that the video triggered the events; and I didn’t just want to listen to Spin Doctors at 2am and I am not setting middle of the night reminders to drink water!

[@PeterMountUK]

You are not alone, my echo picked it up as well with both of them

[@desertstriker8]

@3dprintingnerd Joel do you still have this machine? If so how’s it functioning?

[@lessthanahome]

Get a lulzbot if you're tryna spend this kinda money

[@lessthanahome]

In my opinion tho. Just buy us both a prusa mk3 and save yourself 1500$ 😁

[@chipcinnamon4559]

@@lessthanahome It's basically the same exact printer. They use the same machined parts, the same PSU, the same dimensions, the same core linear motion design. It was shipped out the door as Syndaver when Lulzbot nearly went under, and some of the team that made the Pro/WH took their designs over to SynDaver. So, saying 'go Lulzbot' is, at best, a lateral move. Both Syndaver and Lulzbot offer a very poor value proposition, even for a business, IMO.

[@TheBekker_]

Do you announce live streams ahead of time somewhere? would be awesome to catch one live, even if i have to get up a bit earlier than normal :) I would love if they got scheduled here on youtube, makes it real easy :)

[@3DPrintingNerd]

I try to when I know! My goal right now is a weekly stream, on Wednesdays.

[@jonathansmith7607]

The "creepy muscle man" is an actual syndaver, or synthetic cadaver. They are used in medical training instead of actual bodies for early dissection and surgical training.

[@3DPrintingNerd]

Oh I know. But it’s fun to have people visit the site and not know what to expect.

[@grumpydude1598]

what is it exactly that makes this printer worth more than say 7-800 $? i really want to know

[@elofgren1]

So similar to the Lulzbot, the argument is that there's a degree of reliability to it - the frame itself is sturdy, the wiring is *much* more reassuring, etc. And when something's wrong, there's someone you can call. Whether or not this is *accurate* is another question, but it's appealing for people who want a printer for an aspect of their work, not a new hobby. That's why I ended up buying a Lulzbot Workhorse a year or so ago.

[@peterjigstad9755]

Thank you for showing us that this unit fails on almost everything, including price. I was exited on this printer because I'm thinking about buying a better one, instead of my Ender 3 pro, but now I know the Ender is far more better than this pos.

[@revtoyota]

The majority of 3d printers are over priced. A markup of $3k is just outrageous.

[@Seemsayin]

For that kind of ching, you shouldn't even have to touch a tool. Surgery, on a brand new machine. Damn.

[@elmariachi5133]

That's a strange design! Won't it shake or slide when rocking that huge bed fast? The print shows some strong deficiencies at least.

[@gabe5077]

I just printed SunShine's engine benchmark did you Joel?

[@3DPrintingNerd]

I sure did!

[@colormaker5070]

My alexa is going to wake me up at 9am. thanks guys😀

[@3DPrintingNerd]

At least you'll be hydrated. :)

[@jz2188]

Instructions state 'take care around the tool head' several bends & bashes on toolhead later, middle box gets past the toolhead, oops

[@Mekazas]

I cringed when I saw that too. The care isn't there most likely because he didn't spend his own money on it. And the dude "running" the cameras can't be bothered with monitoring his video feeds or he would have seen what Joel can't see. He must be more concerned with the chat logs.

[@jz2188]

@@Mekazas Didn't help he was on the other side of where all the action was, but was getting a good bashing for sure.

[@3DPrintingNerd]

I was worried and went back and watched the footage. The tool head bends around like that because of the design of the extruder mount AND because of how not-tight the mount around the IGUS bearings. It's a bunch of 3d printed parts holding it in place, and in this case, nothing was tight. That is why I had to take it apart and tighten all the screws. The play in the toolhead wasn't from what I was doing, it was there and what I was doing showed it off.

[@3DPrintingNerd]

@@Mekazas It has nothing to do with whether I spent money on it or not 😂🤣 - and that "dude" is Sean, my editor. His job was to monitor the chat while doing camera switching.

[@desertstriker8]

Joel you did the syndaver Axi dirty!! Got mine last week and the prints I’m getting off it are amazing. You should do a full review and really show off what the machine is capable of.

[@3DPrintingNerd]

That’s great to hear! My usage of it hasn’t been impressive :( What slicer and settings are you using?

[@chipcinnamon4559]

@@3DPrintingNerd Joel, I think your review was spot on. This is effectively a rebadged Taz Pro with a different toolhead and a slightly different bed assemby (but the core Y axis design is identical otherwise). Your observations on faults are in line with my experience having worked with Lulzbot machines utilizing these virutally identical designs. It's not a good value proposition. You were surprisingly polite about the situation you found in front of you, relative to the price, and, honestly, I applaud you for not editing out the reality of these designs.

[@DavidClunie]

any comment on the changes to the personal license to fusion360 from autodesk?

[@GroovyDrifter]

Looks like a $3,250.00 sized useless piece of crap. If this is a "high end machine" then the first CR-X was a visionary master piece of technology. I this does not get the same outrageous criticism than the CR-X got, the things are going to look suspicious.

[@radovanobal3842]

You don't need to change anything on an Ender 3 after you only change the, hotend, logic board, install driect drive, install dual Z, re mount the spool holder off the printer, change the bed springs, install a better ptfe tube, basically everything but the frame :D

[@speedpu]

It is fun to watch 3DNERD review unboxing, especially when there were something wrong happened.

[@arunpools]

Seriously? This one has to be dialed in? For that kind of money i would expect that thing to rock right out of the box! Dialing-in is ok in Ender3 territory but even in its case with the 'hydrated' filament that ships in the box, i'm pretty sure that the pawn model would come just fine right out of the box. Either this printer is total garbage or that wobble in the print head (which shouldn't be there in the first place in a 3k+ printer) is causing those weird artifacts.

[@laiquocbao2565]

It's really weird that they chose CHEP pawn for illustrating their machine's capacity @@ and even that printed pawn shown no calibrated at all.

[@3DPrintingNerd]

I chose the pawn - I love me some Chuck.

[@cr3atedbygod289]

What were you all saying about the Ender 3? Lol

[@corty1980]

3d printing nerd - Looking at the Lulzbot website under jobs it says they are hiring in Fargo

[@davidpokelife8750]

O man great stream love it so sad I missed it what yalls live schedule?

[@3DPrintingNerd]

I try to get live on Wednesdays, towards the evening.

[@averageXIAOHONGSHUenjoyer]

i wanna see a speed, feature and quality shootout before i take my children to the pawn shop

[@Jimmy2Horses]

Their website is creeping me out!

[@3DPrintingNerd]

Hahahaha

[@jamesm3268]

If you think that is bad try receiving a garbage brand new Raise3d Pro2 printer for $10.2Kaud and it prints like garbage the garbage dual extruder suffers from terrible heat creep and there is no calibrated sliced prints either that show its "accuracy". FDM world is seriously amateur time from a professional market stand point compared to the subtractive cnc world.

[@3DPrintingNerd]

Oh dude, CNC world does it right for sure. Additive is getting there. Slowly but surely

[@jamesm3268]

@@3DPrintingNerd These companies just laugh making the end user do all the prototyping and development for their products for free. It's terrible they take advantage of the end user the way these companies treat everyone. I've spent more time messing with slicers than I would programming a $10,000 part on my cnc.

[@josephbasanta]

not worth the 3+K they are charging much better printers out in the market.

[@buas7]

For that price i pass

[@justinl.3587]

Seems to be thrown together and shipped. Not a fan so far.

[@Jesus_4_All]

My 250$ self made printer , prints better than this thing :o

[@3DPrintingNerd]

Well, it’s self made, and probably calibrated, and you have more than one print from it :)

[@h.w.6563]

I named my printer "Drucky McDruckface" which is a weird german/english mix meaning "Printy McPrintface". Should not have asked my girlfriend to name it lol

[@JacobNeitling]

Why does. This seem like a lulzbot

[@gwal93]

How do they come up with these 3D printer names ? "Syndaver Axi" ---- really ?

[@mitofun6967]

defenetly overpriced!!!! max 300 USD!!! i can write down so much minuses but the print from box is not good for the price 3500 USD! not good! i have build my own price 250 usd (print size 330-330-370) printing much better!!!!

[@Malandrin]

thought I was seeing the bottom of the printer all the time, thats a strange design

[@rcmaniac25]

Yells at KZbin for not alerting me...

[@3DPrintingNerd]

DARN YOU KZbin

[@rcmaniac25]

@@3DPrintingNerd Thank you, I forgot the caps It defaults notifications to "Personalized" and 1) I didn't know they changed it from alert/no-alert to alert/algorithm decision/no-alert. 2) if we're going by algorithm, not sure how "watches every video and livestream that comes out" gets calculated to "nah, not this one"

[@kieranclarke135]

No one commented...How odd

[@HotelPapa100]

3D printing. The way to convert 'Muricans to Celsius...

[@gabe5077]

Hi

[@paulmilne3038]

Couldn’t watch it at the time as was working. Sorry

[@scottypres1]

I only see 5 comments

[@TheAnqueetas]

"OK, well I guess this is fun, I guess", then yawns. Pointless machine!

[@RobertAnhalt]

SynDaver makes synthetic cadavers.... for medical reasons.

[@santiagoblandon3022]

That's an ugly pawn for having to request a quote =(

[@GradivusAres]

Please stop bloody talking to your Alexa, Keep setting mine off

[@3DPrintingNerd]

Alexa, please remind me to stop talking to you.

[@GradivusAres]

@@3DPrintingNerd hahaha

[@makewithmegma]

😍👌👍

[@creamofbotulismsoup9900]

WTH? I wouldn't pay $300 for this piece of trash let alone $3000....

[@jcrodriguez197413]

Too early

[@Mupshot]

Sean wears the ugliest clothes.