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Hey gang, I'm on the fence about ordering a Prusa Core One. I have a mk3 and love it but I'm ready for an upgrade. Anyone here have any experience with a Voron 2.4 though?

Right now I have the mk3 and a Kobra Max. The Max is OK for big stuff and I could pass on the mk3 if I got the One. But I could probably get by with just a 300x300 Voron.

My concern is that is it more a project than a go-to printer? I got a lot of that out of my system with my first printer, an AnetA8. That was more upgrading and tuning than printing. It was fun and I learned a whole lot, and I recommend a path like that to anyone interested in doing more than plug and print. But at this point I have more interest in printing than tinkering. And I still get a lot of that with the Max anyway.

But a core xy that's 300x300 does have an appeal. And the Vorons are pretty sexy looking too.

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[–] ZagamTheVile@lemmy.world 4 points 1 week ago (1 children)

How long was the build? I gotta say, it does look fun. And did you get a kit or source the parts yourself?

[–] IMALlama@lemmy.world 5 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

I bought a BOM in a box from West3D. I would say the build took 40 hours or so. This includes figuring out what parts to print, mechanical assembly, wiring, and getting klipper up and running.

Edit: maybe 30-40 hours as a guess. I wasn't rushing and built over the course of two months or so as I had time I could spend. I bet I could cut that down a lot on a second build, but even a fast build is going to be 10-15 hours. Things to be careful of: grabbing the correct pull/belts for the z motors when doing initial assembly, otherwise you'll have to tear down later, and belt routing for the gantry. I had to redo that one too, but tear down was less intensive to fix that one.