Considering a rostock max?

[radish]

http://www.kronosrobotics.com/3d/rostock/

This guy had similar problems

[enggmaug]

Whatever product you look for on the internet, you'll find unhappy grumpy users.

Well, about the Rostock Max, in my own experience, it is a printer that needs your attention and caring. My wife is somehow jealous of me spending more time with my printer than with her.

I had my printer in November 2013, built it, calibrated it, printed some not too bad parts, and then took it partially appart, rebuilt it, and I am now in the recalibration phase.
It takes time, I don't print much... but hey, I'm happy with it.
If you just want to print, I don't think the rostock Max is for you. You must be able to enjoy building, calibrating, improving, tinkering, upgrading, modifying. You must have time to spend to understand the machine, adapt it to your needs and adapt yourself to her strong personnality.

I believe however that I'll soon be able to achieve the great quality prints I saw here and there in this forum. Crossing fingers is not enough, but it's a start.

[enggmaug]

I forgot to say, I would recommend the RostocMax, their product is great. It has flaws, but everything has.
It is worth the money... 110 %

[radish]

I'm reading Gene's new install guide right now and see that there are a bunch of connectors and 4 conductor wiring that is still needed.
http://www.geneb.org/rostock-max/Rostoc ... -Guide.pdf

Page 7 of the guide.

Was this the case with your nov build? I would hope that as a "kit" that all the parts and wiring are supplied, and you don't need to buy extra parts that you have to wait for... kinda buzzkill.

And I do like putting stuff together like RC cars, rockets, solar power generators, etc. I used to race and rebuild rotary engines, so I like modifying. All my cars had turbo's, intercooler, boost controllers, full suspension, blah blah. I Just don't want a kit that's not really complete or mature.

I guess as a newer design (delta vs. normal fdm) there will be growing pains, and I totally understand that.

[DavidF]

I'm reading Gene's new install guide right now and see that there are a bunch of connectors and 4 conductor wiring that is still needed.
http://www.geneb.org/rostock-max/Rostoc ... -Guide.pdf

Page 7 of the guide.

Was this the case with your nov build? I would hope that as a "kit" that all the parts and wiring are supplied, and you don't need to buy extra parts that you have to wait for... kinda buzzkill.

And I do like putting stuff together like RC cars, rockets, solar power generators, etc. I used to race and rebuild rotary engines, so I like modifying. All my cars had turbo's, intercooler, boost controllers, full suspension, blah blah. I Just don't want a kit that's not really complete or mature.

I guess as a newer design (delta vs. normal fdm) there will be growing pains, and I totally understand that.

Mine had all the connectors except for the ones that would be at the hot end. I bought these at radio shack. You could just hard wire directly to the hot end for starters.

[neurascenic]

I'm reading Gene's new install guide right now and see that there are a bunch of connectors and 4 conductor wiring that is still needed.
http://www.geneb.org/rostock-max/Rostoc ... -Guide.pdf

Page 7 of the guide.

Was this the case with your nov build? I would hope that as a "kit" that all the parts and wiring are supplied, and you don't need to buy extra parts that you have to wait for... kinda buzzkill.

And I do like putting stuff together like RC cars, rockets, solar power generators, etc. I used to race and rebuild rotary engines, so I like modifying. All my cars had turbo's, intercooler, boost controllers, full suspension, blah blah. I Just don't want a kit that's not really complete or mature.

I guess as a newer design (delta vs. normal fdm) there will be growing pains, and I totally understand that.

Every thing "required" is there. Gene wrote the manual in a way that suggests things in addition to that requirement. And with good reason. For most of us, we went this rout (r-max) for the purpose of altering it. His suggestions for these connectors makes sense for this reason.

Consider down the road when you have different extrudes for different plastics. Say a j-head for PLA. And a e3 for nylon. With the connections in place, you can swap them out when you need. Without them. You will be desoldering and re-soldering.

The kit is complete for the base... Go with his recommendations though. And pay better attention to the words of his manual, not just the pretty pictures like I did.