Dennis

So I spent $xxxx on an "assembled" #Prusa #CoreOne and... the xLCD assembly is missing screws and square nuts. Can you run it like this, yes, but you probably shouldn't.

If it weren't for the fact that this is my 3rd Prusa and I have just enough spare nuts lying around, I'd be dead in the water until at least Wednesday, and that's assuming the local subsidiary addresses my issue and not Prusa in Prague.

As always the Prusa parts have optimistic tolerances so there was some light hammering and inappropriate use of screwdriver bits. But the xLCD is attached now.

Also, I get that these are pseudo-industrial machines, but if you got something new that looked like this from Amazon you'd get refunded. Wear marks all over the place, dust, and some of the paint on the door handle is coming off. On the plus side, no China factory smell.

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Jan 24 at 9:50pmWeb
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#Prusa #CoreOne continued: it’s been really cold so I let the printer sit overnight. Also I was rather annoyed yesterday.

Step one: remove protective plastic. They installed the rivets on top of the plastic, which means I’m left with these little shreds of plastic film. Also a non-zero chance of pulling the rivets out. The front panel has no film at all and is covered in dust and handprints. Not sure why they wouldn’t install the panels properly and then put plastic on top of everything, like I’ve definitely gotten from a Chinese company.

Step two: plug in the power cable. Just like the MK4S, the outlet does not offer a confident connection. Routing is just weird.

Step three: install build plate.

The whole heat bed fucking wobbled at this point. The left mount is very loose, the rear mount is a little loose, and the right mount has no screws at all. There are no spares included, so this is definitely a showstopper if you don’t have any. M3x18 if you’re asking.

I also looked at the heat bed wiring cover at this point and it looks funny… either a screw is missing or is completely mangled. Nope, it’s a torx head, which is probably sensible.

Why is American manufacturing dead? It offers incredible quality!

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