Semi-assembled version - time to build?  

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Would love to know that too...

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Unofficially in late 2022 I was told approximately 5 hours, and more recently I was told approximately 3 hours. That seems too fast to me, but I'd be super happy to be wrong about that. I don't think we'll know for sure until they start shipping. There's an outside chance that a tester will post the amount of time, but I'm inclined to believe they're not supposed to do that.

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If it really is in the vicinity of 3-5 hours, then great. It means it would come fairly modular.

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Posted by: @justin-8

Unofficially in late 2022 I was told approximately 5 hours, and more recently I was told approximately 3 hours. That seems too fast to me, but I'd be super happy to be wrong about that. I don't think we'll know for sure until they start shipping. There's an outside chance that a tester will post the amount of time, but I'm inclined to believe they're not supposed to do that.

Testers are receiving "fully-built" versions which only require the print head, LCD and spool holder to be attached.

Peter

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I would guess that Prusa has a pretty good idea of the average assembly time by now, so it would be really good if they could let us know.

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I sent them an email asking, and I got the feedback that they have not finished the manuals yet, but it will be mostly assembling larger units, so only a few hours, like @justin-8 mentioned.

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They talked about this on the live stream today. Their own people could assemble it in about 45 minutes, but a first time builder (at least one that has some experience) should be able to do it in 3 hours, maybe less.

All fine by me! Now just continue the waiting game...

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Took me just over 3 hours to build my Troodon 2.0 last Friday not including breaks and food…

3-5 hours seems about right if it is built in pre-sections in a similar way…

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The manuals now up and online, which will give to us better idea.

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Posted by: @cynan

The manuals now up and online, which will give to us better idea.

Yep, I saw that yesterday. Doesn't look bad at all, but there are of course a number of steps to do. I can absolutely understand that if a person knows the process by heart, it can be done in as little as 45 minutes.

I'm happy I ordered semi-assembled!

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I ordered semi-assembled and 3-5 hours would be great, but isn't a $500 addon for assembled a bit steep at that point.  There is a $300 addon for the MK4 and that will likely be similar to the MK3S+ at 8 - 10 hours of assembly time.

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I built my semi-assembled last night- took 3hrs with an assistant.

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Super slow and hot day in the workshop, chilling, admiring the machine and quadruple checking everything: 6h

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6h Single tool?

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Yes. Again, I deliberately didn’t want to stress or rush. It was super enjoyable. I swear the big bucket of Haribos didn’t sway my opinion.

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Yeah, I was around 5 hours.

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I received my XL yesterday and it took 3 hours to build. Very nice machine!

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It took me a good 5 hours. Including me fixing simple mistakes/oversights I made earlier in the building process.

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5 hours was accurate for me.