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joelbatista
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Mk3S Assembly

Just finished the assembly of my Mk3S kit. A bit of a long process but still within a day, taking time to to things right. Possible do shorten the time, but I am pretty happy with the result. Skew of 0.01! Not bad. Much quieter than my creality CR-20 pro. One print out of the SD card that came out quite nice. Overall very pleased. 

This topic was modified 5 years ago by joelbatista
Posted : 21/06/2020 5:23 am
jsw
 jsw
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RE: Mk3S Assembly

I'm glad that you had good luck with it.  Mine was pretty much the same.  Once I got the Z calibration, I printed the Prusa logo and the frog with no issues and then went on to print a few things I had waiting to print.

Posted : 21/06/2020 7:40 pm
joelbatista
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Topic starter answered:
RE: Mk3S Assembly

@jsw

That's great! Glad yours is working well. I will need to get an SD card adapter. Didn't even know these SD cards were still being used. I think I was expecting a micro SD. No big deal. Was a bit nervous towards the end, just wondering whether after such a long assembly something was not right. And indeed, I got a x length error. It was just the zip ties heads hitting the power supply.

Posted : 21/06/2020 7:50 pm
Calire
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RE: Mk3S Assembly

Good for you  because you take time to built the machine.

Read and think before, clean all pieces, adjust well or look at where is the problem : it is not a marathon. Most problems come from haste    hurry ! no and no.

The SD card   good ; there are a lot of card readers to record Gcode and for micro-cards SD they are adapters sold with these cards.

Happy to meet    heu  wow    a happy owner printer-3D Prusa

Posted : 22/06/2020 5:29 am
Erny
 Erny
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RE: Mk3S Assembly

I received my i3MK3s kit on 23-Jun (ordered 4-May) and started the assembly. First problem I encountered was on a long aluminum extrusion (Y-Axes assembly) where a thread wasn't cut deep enough. I contacted support and received a new one. Continuation on assembly I encountered a second problem on assembling the PSU unit: I received two heat bed cables instead of two PSU cables. Contacted support and was told that the heat bed cable can be used instead of the PSU cable. I continued the assembly to find out that this isn't the case: The heat bed cable is about 7 cm shorter and won't reach the Ensy board. I contacted support again and will receive the correct cable. This means however another 2 days (at least) waiting before completing the assembly (and hoping no further issues turn up). 

I really think the quality control at Prusa should be  improved!

 

Posted : 25/06/2020 2:39 pm
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