Print Volume

We’re looking at a 240 x 240 x 240 mm build volume on the Kywoo Tycoon, a tidy 24 cubic centimeters. For reference, that’s 20 mm better than a similarly priced Creality Ender 3 Pro, though 10 worse off on the Z.

Auto-Leveling Print Bed

Automatic bed leveling is nice, isn’t it? It’s one less thing to worry about, and Kywoo says it’ll be using its own all-metal design for the leveling mechanism. We don’t know much more than that just yet, but we can say it’ll almost certainly be a touch sensor of some description.

The basis for this is that Kywoo says you can switch out your print bed for alternative materials should you wish, and a contact sensor is necessary for auto-leveling to work with a glass bed.

The print bed will climb up to 110 ℃  at its hottest, and while we’re on the topic of heat, the nozzle tops out at 260 ℃, plenty hot enough to deal with the majority of filaments. The confirmed filament compatibility so far lists PLA, PETG, TPU, TPE, and ABS.

Direct Drive Extrusion

Speaking of filaments, the Kywoo Tycoon uses a direct drive extruder, possibly giving it a slight advantage when it comes to the more flexible filaments. The filament itself feeds directly into the hot end, forming part of a very neatly packed hot end.

Print Head

This is a particularly interesting part of the Tycoon. Kywoo fuses the extruder block and heat sink. It’s nothing revolutionary, but it is a bit unusual, and it’s a very tidy arrangement. Kywoo says it’ll improve performance and reduce wear. Of course, that remains to be seen. For now, we’re quite taken with the red manual rotary filament feed wheel. Pretty.

Showing the folks behind Kywoo as 3D printer users themselves is the ability to change the nozzle with just one wrench. No precarious gripping of the heater block necessary.

Color Touchscreen

Another cool touch is the sharp-looking color touchscreen on the “box” of the Tycoon. Kywoo says it’s all nice and responsive and easy to use, and it comes with nine different languages built into it so you can switch to the one that suits you the best.

Adjustable Filament Rack

This could go either way, but the adjustable filament rack on the Tycoon has us a little concerned, largely due to the fact it looks a lot like the one on the Artillery Sidewinder X1, and that was an uncomfortable sensation in the derrière.

Time will tell, it could be a pretty good filament rack, but there’s a reason you don’t see many in this style…

Connectivity

Promising a reliable WiFi connection, starting prints should be as easy as a few clicks from Cura. That’s about as far as the benefits of this particular WiFi connection goes, but Kywoo also says that the Tycoon will ship with compatibility for both SD and microSD cards without the need for an adapter. Handy.

32-Bit Board

Toting silent stepper motor drivers and the headroom for upgrades that a 32-bit board comes with, the Tycoon should be a viable long-term option, open to upgrading further down the road.