SL1 kit shipping?  

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I just had contact with support on chat and asked to the missed shipment notice date (22. - 23. august, earlier post). I was given "priority" on my order, but no date - shipment note should be send this week, but no promise...

I asked to the delay and was told there was delays on a part and therefore the lower shipment rate.

I cross my fingers and hope for a shipment notice this week... but as I was told, no promises...

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It does sound possible that people asking in chat are getting ‘priority’ (which makes me feel weird: am I getting mine ahead of somebody who ordered earlier?)

Either they are just saying it as a public relations thing, or they are shipping sooner to people who ask.  Might be worth chatting if you have an order in the first few days.

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I am not sure what the actual shipment order is, but priority sound like moving forward in the list.

I originally ordered the kit expecting to receive it before the assembled orders, like it was with MK2/MK3, but it was the other way around - we are still waiting on the kit version. I didn't change the order later, as I like the learning process during the assembly.

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So if what you are saying is that if I don't pester support via chat my order will likely be pushed back to allow them to ship Priority orders to go out first?  I ordered the kit and cw1 on the first day in the middle of the day and still don't have it.  I did contact support via chat last weekend and they said that mine should be on its way by the end of this week but I would seriously doubt that if everyone starts contacting chat and is given priority order status.  It doesn't pay to patiently wait.

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Warren: that was why I was uncomfortable.  I was looking for a status update (only 2nd time I’d checked, first time 3 weeks before) and got my ‘priority’ bumped.  

Either way, mine shipped today so it looks like they got their parts in. I ordered 9/23 (2nd day, I think), about 7pm GMT, it’ll be here Tuesday 9/2 end of day.  

Hope yours ships soon... (and yes, while annoying, it seems worthwhile to ask chat for a status update.  If my second day order shipped ahead of your first day order, the priority is real)

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Awesome!!!  Your's is finally on your way.  Mine, who knows.  No word yet.  Probably got bumped to sometime in September...

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Priority makes a difference - got the shipment notification today and later a delivery notification for 2. September (Monday) "during the day" 😀.

Paul: I share your concerns...

Warren: Maybe you should follow up on the order status with chat...

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I probably should do that and pester support to get a better shipping date, but I won't out of principal.  It's like cutting in line.    Just not the right thing to do.

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Here it is, assembled and printing my first print.

Just some initial observations:

- CW1 is already assembled which is good

- it took me about 5 hours to assemble it

- I had one issue, initial testing showed that LED lamp voltage was wrong, I disconnected the lamp and saw that one pin on the crimped cable fell out, so the cable was not crimped that well

Smell is pretty strong so it seems that I will need some kind of outside ventilation for this thing, thought that it won't smell that bad 🙁

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As promised on the shipment notice, the kit arrived Monday afternoon.

I have been assembling on and off from Tuesday and used maybe 5-7 hours (not been counting) over two days.

I think hardest part was the wire harness - the manual was not too clear about, how long where to feed the wires before the board was installed. Had to back track the assembly to move wires and make it right.

Some threads (in sheet metal) needed cleanup with a tap to remove paint - all in all great assembly manual and easier to assemble than the MK3S.

Tomorrow it is time for first print... 😊 

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Finally got a Shipping notice!!! Yeah!!! Should be here by Sept 7th hopefully.   It has been a Loooooong and frustrating wait.

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Posted by: warren.p

Finally got a Shipping notice!!! Yeah!!! Should be here by Sept 7th hopefully.   It has been a Loooooong and frustrating wait.

Congratulations!  Seems like they are starting to roll out...

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So does that mean they are catching up with the shipping backlog?

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Mine arrived today 😀 ... Finally. Order date was 10/5/2018 .   Now off to assemble 

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So I'm glad that they are finally getting getting some printers out and have recently updated the shipping tables. I contacted support last week asking when my printer would be shipped and was told it would be shipped this week, but now with the new shipping tables it looks like they delayed my shipment by 5 weeks...

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Hi,

I’ve also got my shipment notification today, it should arrive in two days. For info I have ordered on October 7th. I did not contact support for getting any priority. Looking forward to assemble it, I’m really scared of the prints not sticking to the platform as this was also a problem with my MK2/3 before I got the powdered sheet.

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Just wanted to post my update.

Finally! I received my sl1 printer! I was really upset it looked like it was going to be a long delay, but so glad I received mine.

First thing I noticed is the high quality of parts and assembly instructions.

Going to be assembling today.

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Finally received mine today. The packaging is very good, almost like unboxing an Apple product except I'm not so much a fan of the black wrap but if it prevent stealing, why not.
The CW1 box is the box of an Assembled SL1 with a CW1 sticker on it 😀

I've only unboxed the CW1 so far and it feels very good quality as told by others on the forum. Hopefully I can start assembly tomorrow evening, at least this week-end.

SL1 box as some damage on one corner, I'll see when I reach this level if there is any damage to the parts, I suppose not.
I've also got Azure Blue and Grey resin as gift along with a letter from Jo for the extra waiting time. Considering it was announced for January, I would say it is deserved. The wait makes finally receiving it even better. 

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Assembly finished in 5 hours, I have created a new thread to discuss my first print.

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This sounds horribly. Does this mean I’ll have to wait a year if we order today?