Thank you for your reply.
I am looking at those right now. Seems that it is twice as expressive and the prusa (for a first printer I didn’t want to break the bank) but could consider it if the community agrees with you:)
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http://orballoprinting.com/en/frame/8-prusa-i3-steel-frame-p3steel.html 2 I recommend the p3steel toolson edition. Just search for toolson on thingiverse. I wouldn’t start with a 300 mm bed as it’s a non standard prusa size. I’ve been converting all of my prusas to p3steel toolson as they work great and fast.
Yes, you would build the p3steel and then print the toolson upgrades. You can also get a cheap $200-$300 prusa kit and then upgrade it to a steel frame later.
Hi, thanks for the detailed reply. I agree with you and I now want to get the p3Steel and then later on upgrade to the toolson edition. Where did you buy your printer? As I said above, my researches have stop one this one: Welcome kitprinter3d.com - BlueHost.com 1 Since you appeared to have a 300mm printer, imagine that you had to print a rectangle with the following dimentions: 290-190-190 how much off would you thing the part would be? Just an approximation:) Also, are you happy with you surface finishing? At the end of the day, my goal wpuld be to print a matrix to then make carbon parts. The parts would be quite big=>that is why I need a big printer and I may have to assemble two prints to make one matrix=>that is why precision is really important…
Prusa i3’s have got to be the best style. They’re really good.
Anyway, a design client of mine sent me a cheap geeetech ripoff from eBay, cost £150. It worked really well out of the box and I’ve been upgrading it to even better since! Check my hub, that’s the printer I’m using and it does really well. The Marvin (though upside down in the pic) turned out really well.
Get one of those and print your own upgrades. It uses a GT2560 board so can easily be firmware upgraded.
PS if you want to upgrade to an E3D V6 hot end I’ve designed a nice little mount.
£150 for a ripoff? The official website now provides $249 plus free shipping and free tax, if you are in USA, AU and EU countries, they have local warehouse.
anyway, better to buy from them directly. http://www.geeetech.com/acrylic-geeetech-i3-pro-b-3d-printer-kit-p-917.html
Indeed, customer support is a big plus for a first printer. Do you know if his new printer can be upgraded to a steel frame/toolson edition? Or is the frame bigger due to the bigger bed?
I’m waiting for the upgrade kit, which does not include a new frame, so that that remains the same. The changes are in the bed, z-axis motors, I think the extruder motor, the hot end, the auto levelling, and some rigidity improvements where frame and power supply join. No new rods or frame. Whether that means it’s compatible with all previous i3 mods I don’t know.
I’ve just looked at some images of the steel i3, and visually, compared to the old Josef Prusa model, there is more room around the bed in the original Prusa i3 than the steel version. That implies Josef’s new bed might not fit the steel frame. What is the width of the space in the steel frame?
+1 for Josef Prusa’s original i3. His team is great. Fantastic friendly support, which is so important with your first printer, a great quality kit, and he’s just brought out the Mk II with auto levelling, E3D V6 hot end and a bigger bed with special surface! Superb results and long term support with his upgrade promise. Can’t recommend highly enough. And open for modding when you want to.
http://shop.prusa3d.com/en/3d-printers/59-original-prusa-i3-mk2-kit.html 1