• IMALlama@lemmy.world
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    6 months ago

    Are you in it to tinker with the printer and go through the build or are you in it to print things? For the former, go Voron. For the later, this seems like a good option. My 2.4 build was easily 40+ hours including figuring out what to print, assembly, wiring, etc. That said, if you want to fiddle Voron is great. There are tons and tons of user mods, an active community (discord and Voron design forums), etc. You’ll learn a ton building a printer from a ton of loose parts.

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      6 months ago

      Amazing how that Saturday I set aside to build a Voron2 turned into a weeklong adventure. Then the mods, troubleshooting of mods, ERCF, and building of a Trident consumed so much more time. I guess that is just Voron Life.

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        6 months ago

        It took me over 15 days to build my self-sourced V2.4.
        I had crimping PTSD for a while.

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          5 months ago

          Getting a wire harness so I didn’t have to crimp all the wires myself is the main reason I ordered a kit instead of self-sourcing.

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            5 months ago

            Yeah but I already had the frame (paid by my previous employer) since the pre-manual days, so I HAD to go self sourced !