Buliding a Prusa i3 MK2
I have built (or help others building) quite a few Prusa i3, from sets I sourced myself, including the self-printed parts to commercial kits from bq or Josef Prusa himself. But when I saw the latest i3 version I was surprised about the ingenuity of some its solutions. Having used kits from Prusa3D before I knew they left no details unattended, so I could understand them charging more than others. We are very happy with the i3 we built from kit so next time we needed to get some printers I had to decide between what I reckon are two good choices: bq's Hephestos 2 or Prusa i3 MK2. H2 has larger bed but it does not have a heated bed. MK2 can do more materials and can print hotter than H2, so we stayed to that. The kit comes is a box similar to the cardboard box of a mini-tower PC. There are different smaller boxes and plastic bags inside with the assorted components. And it comes with its own set of tools (not the red box but the other tools). Motors come well protected,