Notes:
Ordering Kaptan tape was annoying, but it didn't slow me down. Only because I stressed one of the spring arms in a trolley while taking apart to fix.... so I waited for those replacement parts. I was missing a couple screws and had extras on others. I hope they will start throwing in a screw spares kit. One extra of each screw would be great. I found them in town, so no loss.
While screwing in one of the end stop switches there must have been a lineup issue as the screw is through, but was about to break going in or out due to stress and appears bent.... everything is rock stead so rather than risking having to order more parts I left it that way and hid it under the cover.
Illness sucks, delayed me 4 days.
I would prefer that the side panel screws were not both on the top half. The panel doesn't hold perfectly square to the support. Also, those go in really tight and can mar the perfect finish
Initial prints with Matter control and I assume matter slicer.
I was VERY careful on the endstop screws, but was still just barely touching so I had to run a file through the hold a couple of times for clearance.
Left my SD reader at work, so I had to make the first few play prints via USB.
Overall a very non stressful build, varied enough to keep it interesting. I was very happy to have a large vise, a good soldering iron, and I ordered magnifying lenses so they are on hand for future builds...those thermisters are SMALL. I did cheat and use a milling machine as a press to help the initial set on the bearing on a couple of wheels before switching to the large vise.
I wished for a nice hex driver, didn't own the right one. I avoided the power drill, didn't want to strip anything out...
More later!
-Dwight