Someone on Reddit was advertising a possible F/S for their RMAX v2, having looked at them in the past I thought if the price is right I'll snatch it up. Turns out the kit was about 60% finished,and it just sat there in his workshop for over a year uncompleted. He said he'd sell the kit for 650 shipped, not knowing there were 2 different versions of the v2 I thought this is a pretty awesome deal, so I snatched it up. Because the rails were installed it required a HUGE box to ship, I told him to take the rails off but he said no it's ok because he was paying to ship I said ok, whatever you want to do, in the end, I wish he took them off but more on that later.
So he ships the printer I get it late June, I unbox it notice wood parts are broken, it's obvious it was tossed around, he took out 1k of insurance on it which was good and it turns out it ended up costing him $325 to ship the package with insurance, my jaw dropped when I found out. Part of me felt bad but the other part of me didn't as I knew I was going to be frustrated with UPS's insurance policy. fast forward 8 weeks later a new wood kit arrived and 2 days later the printer was back with me.
So after speaking with MHackney on possibly meeting up to have a printer assembly party I emailed him earlier this week but did not receive a reply which is ok, because hey, life happens! =) So I took the initiative and said screw it, the build can't be that difficult so I started yesterday and finished tonight and here she is!
Sorry for the terrible pictures, it's like 2am here so I can't get all sorts of pretty shots =)
now that the build is complete I do have a few questions.
There is no cut out to run the USB cable through the Plexi, does SeeMeCNC encourage SD Card printing only? I ask because I am an octo-print guy so I'd rather use that instead of the SD card so here is a question. I need to supply power to a raspberry pi, is there a way to do it with the PSU? Essentially having 2 power switches, 1 for the PSU, and 1 to power on the Rambo? I don't want to have to keep shutting down the pi if I want to power off the printer when it's not in use, so any help here would be great.
Another issue I have is MATTER CONTROL. That software is terrible but I understand why it's used for initial setup and print because of the EEPROM editing. So I own a license to s3d (Simplify 3D) and I know they have a profile built for it, does anyone use it for their RMAX and if so, is there anything I need to change?
I printed the 30x30mm x10mm fan shroud and it printed really well actually, now is the 1 fan acceptable enough for cooling, or should I order 2 more, if i need to order is there a place cheaper to get those fans because SeeMeCNC charges 12 bucks a pop for them, that seems a bit expensive so that's why I am looking for an alternative, I don't mind supporting the company but I have so many 40mm fans laying around maybe I could use them?
Oh and last but not least, I know there is a HUGE thread on the forums for PEI, I had it on both my other printers and I need it for the MAX, so is there a good supplier that sells the thin sheets with adhesive on them that the Prusa MK2 uses?
Sorry for the long post but I figured the back story was semi important pertinent to my questions. Thanks!
