Kit without extruder cover
Hi all,
I received this week my kit and started on Friday assembling it. However on Saturday when starting assembling the extruder, I noticed that my kit was missing the extruder front cover - instead it contained 2 of the idler parts. 😮 😮
That was quite frustrating. The problem is that the front cover holds the extruder and the print fan. However I had the metal of a magnetic door lock that fits exactly with holes of the extruder cover. So I was able to fix the extruder in place. I finished assembling the printer without the print fan and after calibration I printed the missing cover.
I did a very poor job on the first layer calibration :), but due to the print fan this part is not visible.
I came out well enough and I was able to assemble the printer correctly.
Re: Kit without extruder cover
This is how the printer looks now and I did a better job on the first layer calibration 🙂
Re: Kit without extruder cover
Is the silver filament you used the PLA that was included with the kit?
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Yes, I used the PLA that came with the kit.
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PLA might have issues with the temperatures of the hotend (the original one is made from ABS). You should contact support, I'm pretty sure they'll send you a replacement part. Your own part should work for now, but you might get issues long run.
Edit: I consider this an excellent story to showcase what's so nice behind the RepRap Idea. 😀
Re: Kit without extruder cover
Hi, just an Update: My printer has now the original Prusa cover in orange. 🙂
Mario: Yes you are right. I wrote to them as soon I had searched the whole kit contents without success. The support also told me that I could run in trouble with PLA.
Prusa sent me a cover as fast as they could. Thanks for that!
I checked the PLA cover after removing: It looks like new, however I printed nothing so far with temps over 220ºC.
And yes, the RepRap idea rocks. Without been able to download the STL, I would have had a sad weekend. 😉