[Swansea Hackspace] 3d printer

[Alex Duffield]

The MK3 has Lego level instructions and assembly as well as a great
warrenty in parts, you can buy pre built but if you DO need to repair you
have fewer that know how, it's open source with far more hardy components
than the old Mendel's (it's part of the reason I wanted to bring it so you
can get hands on with it in its assembled state, I also have the
instructions too, prusa has amazing customer service for any hardware or
set up issues too, and having asked I was told kit more likely as it's a
hackspace after all but a good reputable kit with warrenty like the prusa

On 11 Mar 2018 3:27 p.m., "Justin Mitchell" <justin at swansea.hackspace.org.uk>
wrote:

On Sat, 2018-03-10 at 22:50 +0000, Alex Duffield wrote:
> It is my understanding that the hackspace is looking into a prusa mk3
> as a possible new printer, I own one and can bring it in if the
> hackspace and the directors want a look at the multitude of features
> it posseses

They do get some good reviews, but I do wonder what is it that makes it
better than any other professionally supplied kit that we need to
assemble, like the RepRapPro Mendel that we already have. That was
forever requiring adjustments and ultimately the parts fatigued and we
have its current failed state.

So i guess what I am asking is, what makes prusa's i3 different that it
wont suffer the same fate ?

As from the original discussion I had somewhat assumed we were talking
of the kind of 3D printer that comes ready built and tested in a box
with a warranty.


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