UK Source for spares mk4s/others?
I have managed to break the filament sensor wires from the little pcb*, my fine soldering skills are poor, so I wanted to buy a replacement, its only £7 in shop but shipping is £13, this seems ridiculous and reading online seems to come down to some ridiculously bad decisions by the brexit team and/or hmrc**, I cannot find the part on my usual suspects (ebay, amazon or temu). It seems to be a prusa only part. Is there a stockist in UK for spare parts?
*I thought Id broken the loadcell so dismantled the nextruder, and wasn't careful enough undoing the connector.... Hope I havent 'cos apparently that only comes preassembled to heatsink at £45....
**I can get parts sent from china for next to nothing (I think because of some exclusion for low value orders?) so will blame either..
some ridiculously bad decisions by the brexit team and/or hmrc**
Er, no. I'ts been a common complaint since long before...
parts sent from china for next to nothing
...but then you're probably benefitting from slave labour and contributing to the CCP databases.
my fine soldering skills are poor
If that's the only issue - are you anywhere near a makerspace or some electronics related club? Have you checked for local users on https://world.prusa3d.com/en ? 'though many don't respond.
If you find some help that £13 should buy you and your new friend a cuppa and a bun.
Cheerio,
RE: UK Source for spares mk4s/others?
Thats one reason why I dislike sourcing direct from china, (I also dislike using amazon due to their work conditions)
Will have to try other local users, although never actually got a response before.