Smashed top panel
Anyone else managed to break their Core One top acrylic (given the number of remixes out there, I'm sure a couple of folks have)? Mine had a unfortunate encounter with a bungee jumping Unifi access point (U7 Pro) and it's now got a jagged hole in it - so no ASA printing for me for a while...
Looking around and the only solution I can see is to buy the "Plexi Set" at 57UKP, which gets me four more pieces than I actually need. Anyone got a less wasteful (and - ahem - cheaper option that doesn't require me to cut my own acrylic)? If not, then I'll get the Plexi Set and hope I can figure out how to install the bit I need.
Yes, I realise that this is probably a good question to put to Prusa Support, but I don't think I could take them laughing at me at the moment (it's been a bad two months).
Thanks all! 😊
RE: Smashed top panel
Looking around and the only solution I can see is to buy the "Plexi Set" at 57UKP, which gets me four more pieces than I actually need. Anyone got a less wasteful (and - ahem - cheaper option that doesn't require me to cut my own acrylic)? If not, then I'll get the Plexi Set and hope I can figure out how to install the bit I need.
I assume packaging and shipping of those large plastic parts gets expensive, so Prusa may have felt that the balance wasn't right when shipping just a lid or just a door. Or they were expecting "it's scratched" to be the trigger for ordering new plastic parts, and then wanting all of them -- not "it's broken".
Do you have a makerspace nearby with a large-enough laser cutter? Since Prusa have published the mechanical design files for the Core One, it should be pretty easy to cut your own top plate. Getting a plate cut commercially might still be cheaper than the Prusa set, but probably not by much.
Otherwise, just smash your printer's door as well, then you will feel better about ordering the Plexi set! 😉
RE: Smashed top panel
You could upgrade to "enclosed" MMU, comes with a free cover.
But, for aesthetics... duct-tape it and it'll still look better 🙂
Glue a tool tray on top, maybe, covering the hole?
Or speak the design language and print a bunch of black and orange hexagons over it ... no one will notice...
BTW my side panel broke also - came lose on one side getting caught in a shirt sleeve (or something like that) while the other side still held onto the frame. Oh well, rumor has it the flimsy plastic stuff will be upgradeable with solid oak wood, so why throw good money at temporary spares.