MK3S time based maintenance question - General discussion, announcements and releases

RE: MK3S time based maintenance question

Jimbo70 — Fri, 20 Sep 2024 19:11:37 +0000

The quality and speed of the upgrade was very noticeable with all filaments especially the flexible (TPU) filaments.

RE: MK3S time based maintenance question

Rysten — Fri, 20 Sep 2024 13:31:49 +0000

Posted by: @jimbo70
I would consider your printer new. If you want something to make it better, consider the Prusa + upgrade for your printer and also get the Hemera Revo extruder upgrade with a 0.6 nozzle to replace your 0.4 nozzle.
Both of these made a great improvement for my printer.

How much did that affect print time/quality? I have been happy with print quality so far, not sure if the speed gain from switching to a .6mm would be worth it since I am looking at getting a new printer to go along with this one. I will take a look at the +upgrade kit.

Posted by: @diem
That is very light useage, it would probably benefit from a clean (evict the spiders) but otherwise regular maintenance and lubrication should be enough.
https://help.prusa3d.com/en/article/i3-printers-regular-maintenance_2072
https://help.prusa3d.com/guide/maintenance-tips_23200
Cheerio,

That is good to hear.

Thank you both for the responses

Diem — Fri, 20 Sep 2024 10:16:52 +0000

That is very light useage, it would probably benefit from a clean (evict the spiders) but otherwise regular maintenance and lubrication should be enough.

https://help.prusa3d.com/en/article/i3-printers-regular-maintenance_2072

https://help.prusa3d.com/guide/maintenance-tips_23200

Cheerio,

RE: MK3S time based maintenance question

Jimbo70 — Thu, 19 Sep 2024 17:28:55 +0000

I would consider your printer new. If you want something to make it better, consider the Prusa + upgrade for your printer and also get the Hemera Revo extruder upgrade with a 0.6 nozzle to replace your 0.4 nozzle.

Both of these made a great improvement for my printer.

MK3S time based maintenance question

Rysten — Thu, 19 Sep 2024 14:24:12 +0000

Hello all! I need some advice. I have a MK3S I purchased back in 2018, and it has seen on/off usage ever since (I am guessing probably no more than 100-150 days print time total, primarily PLA with a handful of PETG prints) with a couple car trips thrown in for fun. It has been printing beautifully without issue. For the most part I have kept up with basic maintenance when I have been printing. My question is, at this point, giving the length of time since purchase, should I do a more thorough overhaul? IE strip it down to check rods for wear/straightness, thorough cleaning, potentially replace bearing sleeves (up in the air on this one based on the needing to pack with grease/ok from factory debate), not sure if belts would need replacing, etc. I am planning on purchasing a new printer (up for debate on which one currently) so I am more looking at keeping this one in good working order rather than mod/etc (unless someone has better fans they can recommend, the current method of speed control causes a ticking sound when not at full speed).