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Topic: My 12 hour folgertech prusa i3 build in less than 2 minutes

This is what my day consisted of from 11am to 11pm yesterday the most intense project I have ever done and I completed it in one sitting. Very proud smile

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Re: My 12 hour folgertech prusa i3 build in less than 2 minutes

First of all Wow !!!  And yes I expect you are deservingly feeling proud and  probably tired.
second thanks for taking the time to video and share.
I too just recently built one of these. mostly a weekend project. although it was about twoo weeks to get it running due to a couple glitches.
looks like they have improved the kit in the last couple weeks./month. I picked mine up at the factory about a month ago . I was one that had issues with the short screws to mount the extruder.  I also noticed yours seems to have aluminum gusset plates for the corners, something not included in my kit. The other problem I ran into was the l brackets to hold the front bearings and the power supply seemed to have huge holes in them rendering them virtually useless. What has FT done with those. I may have just got a bad batch. I ended up making my own  .
Did you have any issues with the x axis homing properly . I had to fight to get mine orking and ultimatly mounted the x home switch on the left side of the printer. I may try to move it back.

Tin

Soliddoodle 4 stock w glass bed------Folger Tech Prusa 2020 upgraded to and titan /aero extruder mirror bed
FT5 with titan/ E3D Aero------MP mini select w glass bed
MP Utimate maker pro-W bondtech extruder
Marlin/Repetier Host/ Slic3r and Cura

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Re: My 12 hour folgertech prusa i3 build in less than 2 minutes

Tin Falcon wrote:

First of all Wow !!!  And yes I expect you are deservingly feeling proud and  probably tired.
second thanks for taking the time to video and share.
I too just recently built one of these. mostly a weekend project. although it was about twoo weeks to get it running due to a couple glitches.
looks like they have improved the kit in the last couple weeks./month. I picked mine up at the factory about a month ago . I was one that had issues with the short screws to mount the extruder.  I also noticed yours seems to have aluminum gusset plates for the corners, something not included in my kit. The other problem I ran into was the l brackets to hold the front bearings and the power supply seemed to have huge holes in them rendering them virtually useless. What has FT done with those. I may have just got a bad batch. I ended up making my own  .
Did you have any issues with the x axis homing properly . I had to fight to get mine orking and ultimatly mounted the x home switch on the left side of the printer. I may try to move it back.

Tin

wow yeah i had no issues with the l brackets at all so maybe a bad batch or something like that. Since I built it it has sat I had a ton of school stuff going on, but today i will knock out the cable management and get the endstops configuration correctly. I will be sure to report back with any issues that I may have  with them (hopefully none) I definitely had some issues with the kit but in the end I am overall pleased. I will be reviewing the kit from my experience as well as the printer after some use and will be sending all of these videos directly to FT with hopes that perhaps some of my issues will be addressed in future kits!

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Re: My 12 hour folgertech prusa i3 build in less than 2 minutes

looks like the kits go constant minor changes my controler board came completely assembled.just added the heat sinks to the   controller chips and I did have a bad controller on the extruder but they do throw in a spare.   I should send an email review to the owner. I Am no #D printer expert but I do have years experience with electronics etc etc and over a year 3d printing at home. IMHO this kit would be a real challenge for a real beginner. I too have been busy and have not really taken time to calibrate or do a lot of testing on the new machine.
Tin

Soliddoodle 4 stock w glass bed------Folger Tech Prusa 2020 upgraded to and titan /aero extruder mirror bed
FT5 with titan/ E3D Aero------MP mini select w glass bed
MP Utimate maker pro-W bondtech extruder
Marlin/Repetier Host/ Slic3r and Cura