CORE One L Kit interest
The announcement of the CORE One L got me exited, I am thinking about upgrading from my MK3(I don't know exactly what updates i did) to a new printer. And the bigger print volume of the CORE Ono L was a extra step towards a new printer. But I was a bit bumped about this FAQ that I found explaining there will be no kit version (hopefully for now):
Does the CORE One L printer have a kit version?
For the CORE One L, we decided to focus on the fully assembled version. By streamlining production to a single assembled version, we can optimize manufacturing and make the printer more affordable, while keeping the same level of quality and reliability. The AC bed also offers some complications in terms of certification if it is provided as a kit product. We're carefully monitoring the feedback and interest in this regard, though changes for this specific product are unlikely at this stage. Even for our assembled machines, we want to make sure they remain easy to repair, maintain, and modify, so the spirit of tinkering stays alive in every Prusa printer. You can also expect many help articles to simplify various stages of disassembly and to encourage repairability.
I loved building my MK3. I think I got allot more knowledge of my 3D printer this way and can now easily think and spot a problem when I have one and repair it quickly. Also just the process of building the printer was awesome, a kind of LEGO for grownups (but I think a teenager could build one as well with some parental guidance). It made me proud to have a Prusa that I have build and exited to talk about the printer and show the progress on my 3d printing journey.
One thing shout-out from this part of the FAQ, "We're carefully monitoring the feedback and interest in this regard, though changes for this specific product are unlikely at this stage. " and therefor I am making this forum post. I am interested in a kit version and I hope some people will put in there feedback of wanting a kit version to.
As a electrical engineer myself I fully understand the part of "The AC bed also offers some complications in terms of certification if it is provided as a kit product.", but I loved how in the MK3 you made a solution to not have people wire the AC part. Hope you can find a solution for this to and have a kit eventually.
So to get back to the point of why making this post in the first place. Who like to have a kit version of the Core One L ?