Rostock Max V2 impressions...

[mhackney]

I hung out at the SeeMeCNC booth in NYC last Friday and got to play with the Rostock MAX V2s they had there.

I was very impressed across the board. SeeMeCNC has done a great job of evolving what was already a super nice machine. Here's my evaluation:

Firstly, the new "tri-nodal" design is very attractive AND requires less desktop footprint. Missing is the extruder sidearm (although it sort of grows on you after a while!). The base and top booth have panels in the flat areas with translucent blue acrylic (?) curved corner pieces - also adding to the professional look of the machine. It just looks better!

Now to dig in. The base assembly is much simpler, there are no internal partitions like the V1. This leaves lots of space down below for power supplies, electronics and air flow. I like that a lot. The LCD is mounted to a nice acrylic case and to a removable panel. These panels are held on with acetal thumbscrews all around. Simple and effective. The RAMBo is mounted front and center behind the LCD, sort of like how I ended up mounting mine. Provides for good access and air flow.

Moving up, the snowflake insulator and Onyx look familiar. The towers are also. The new delta arms are much stiffer and nicer overall. The hot and cold end should be familiar to V1 owners but it has evolved also over the last year.

The top plate is now two pieces separated by about 2" rather than a single piece of melamine like the V1. It is inclosed identical to the base. One could put things like a RaspberryPi up there. The ezStruder is mounted from the top hanging down and is very accessible. A spool holder up top is convenient and accessible. All in all the machine looks much "smaller" since there is no big sidearm hanging off. Nice and compact.

All in all a very nice remake of what is already a great machine.

[Eaglezsoar]

Wouldn't it be great if they came out with a kit to allow us to convert our Version 1 Max to the version 2?

[Jimustanguitar]

http://seemecnc.com/collections/parts-a ... heets-only

I think you'd get the V2 wood, right?

[mhackney]

That looks like the V1 to V2 conversion kit to me without the acrylic shields/side plates for the base and top or the acrylic LCD bracket.

[brent]

Can't wait until the full upgrade kit releases!

[Eaglezsoar]

Can't wait until the full upgrade kit releases!

You got that right, Brent!

[mhackney]

I'm not going to convert mine, I like retro! Besides, after all of the work I put in to get it to print with the quality I demand, I don't won't to muck with it. The old "If it ain't broke, don't fix it." saying comes to mind!

[Eaglezsoar]

I'm converting mine just as fast as my old back will allow. The hell with retro, I like modern! I also hope to get the new cheapskates. I would like to get a price from Brian for his new printer.