Howdy from Australia

[Shane_90]

Howdy my name is Shane im from Australia and iv decided i want to order the Rostock MAX v2 3D Printer Kit as my first 3D printer, but im a little worried about shipping it here will it survive the freight here? Im super keen to learn more about 3D printing. I mainly want it to remake parts for my RC hobby, eg: make light buckets for my rock crawler. Anyways not sure what else to write here....

[McSlappy]

G'day fellow Aussie. We had no shipping issues getting ours here - they seem to pack them pretty well
I'ts an awesome machine, I hope you love it as much as I do.

[Eaglezsoar]

Howdy my name is Shane im from Australia and iv decided i want to order the Rostock MAX v2 3D Printer Kit as my first 3D printer, but im a little worried about shipping it here will it survive the freight here? Im super keen to learn more about 3D printing. I mainly want it to remake parts for my RC hobby, eg: make light buckets for my rock crawler. Anyways not sure what else to write here....

Welcome to the forum, Shane.
The Rostock Max V2 will make a fine printer for you, a very good choice.
We are available to answer any questions you may have during your build process.
Its great that a fellow Aussie tried to ease your fears about the kit arriving in good shape
and you will have many hours of enjoyment building your printer.

[Shane_90]

Thanks for the replies McSlappy and Eaglezsoar Im not to far off having enough money to buy it. It was such a tough choice having not allot of knowledge about 3D printers but after reading heaps of threads on here about the Orion and the Rostock Max. I decided on the Rostock Max, mainly for the larger build area an i like building kits so its a perfect match for me.

[JohnStack]

Welcome! Where about's in Australia?

[Shane_90]

Central Queensland
(Pm me if you want to know exact town)

[McSlappy]

I'm on the Sunshine Coast (stupid name considering the whole freaking coast of Australia is bathed in sunshine...)

[Captain Starfish]

G'day Shane, Perth boy here, welcome aboard. This is a pretty good little forum and support is excellent.

My Max survived the voyage just fine - although my advice would be to get yourself a few spares when you buy it because waiting for them to arrive is a PITA. I bought a second extruder and a tonne of filament to play with, but you could ask SeeMeCNC to price up a rescue kit with:
- 5 spare bowden tube push-fit connectors
- 1 spare bowden tube
- 2 spare PTFE extruder tube pairs
- 1 spare thermistor
- 1 spare 0.7mm nozzle
- 2 0.35mm nozzles
- 4 spare fuses for the Rambo (if they have them)

to include in your purchase, it will keep you going for a while!

[Eaglezsoar]

G'day Shane, Perth boy here, welcome aboard. This is a pretty good little forum and support is excellent.

My Max survived the voyage just fine - although my advice would be to get yourself a few spares when you buy it because waiting for them to arrive is a PITA. I bought a second extruder and a tonne of filament to play with, but you could ask SeeMeCNC to price up a rescue kit with:
- 5 spare bowden tube push-fit connectors
- 1 spare bowden tube
- 2 spare PTFE extruder tube pairs
- 1 spare thermistor
- 1 spare 0.7mm nozzle
- 2 0.35mm nozzles
- 4 spare fuses for the Rambo (if they have them)

to include in your purchase, it will keep you going for a while!

Captain, your list looks good but I would increase the number of spare thermistors to 2 or three.
They can be a troublesome part and I don't feel that one in spares would be enough.

[Captain Starfish]

Fair enough - I haven't cracked one (yet) and only threw it in there after reading of so many others' issues with them.

Also, Shane, tip for new players: any thermistor based print head is going to need calibration against that thermistor and to do that you'll need a $30 from eBay multimeter with a thermocouple.

[Eaglezsoar]

Captain, if Seemecnc doesn't have the fuses they are important enough to get from another source such as Mouser
Part # 576-0448010.MR for the 10AMP

[Eaglezsoar]

The Thermocouple meters are available from Amazon here: http://www.amazon.com/AGPtek-Channel-Di ... uple+meter

[Shane_90]

This is one of the things I was afraid of but is unavoidable when dealing with overseas companies an that's lengthy freight times. I think I need to make a list of everything I need an prices to see how much I need exactly before I place an order.

[McSlappy]

Agree with that list. I blew a fuse when installed the hot-end and had to ghetto-up a temporary fuse (from an automobile fuse) in the meantime. I bought a few of them just in case. I also bought a few of the M3 threaded thermistors because I really like them - I'm not sure how they attach to the stock hot-end (anyone done that?).

Does the Max v2 use the same heat resistors as the V1? Anyone?

[geneb]

Yes.

g.

[apostoly]

Hi Guys.

Im in Sydney Australia and am just confirming how much shipping cost you. When i go to checkout the estimated amount 350USD. Ive sent a couple of messages so far but have not received a reply.

Reason im asking is when i went to the tricklaser site and checked out, it came to 190USD when in fact it only ended up being 40usd when i messaged them and inquired directly.

Thanks Paul

[Captain Starfish]

Yep, sounds about right. And don't forget the 10% on top of purchase AND shipping for GST if it gets pinged on the way through.

[McSlappy]

Yeah that sounds about right, it's not cheap :/

[apostoly]

ok thanks for that.

Yea i know i have take the 10% into consideration.

Just trying to save up a bit more before the girlfriend gives the green light haha

[Captain Starfish]

How does it go? Easier to ask for forgiveness than to ask for permission?



Buy her a roll of filament now. When she responds with the inevitable "And exactly what the F*** am I supposed to do with this?" you can solve her problem easily by purchasing a printer to use it on. It will be awesome, trust me.

And post photos of the rageface when you hand over the filament (gift wrapped, of course).

[apostoly]

HAHA thats not a bad idea

she's the one downloading stl files for me to make her once we do get one... ill use that against her and just say i thought you were insinuating something