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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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[–] Dangerhart@lemm.ee 3 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

I went from a sidewinder x1 to a 300 2.4 and I love it. The built was a lot of work but it was extremely rewarding. Once you get it full set up it's consistent just load and print, but if you are not confident in your ability to tinker don't do it. I set up a custom webcam mount, a custom nozzle wiper modled after bambos, a nevermore filter and frame thermal expansion then invested a ton of time in start up scrips and now it's no work to print anything but it was a lot to get there. If you go this route skip the drag chains and go umbilical, that's my one regret.

Edit: also consider going 350, you lose a lot of z with mods etc, I would also have gone 350 instead sorry.