Prusa i3 MK2S One Month In

[@JohnLeaver]

Very good video. I am looking to but a 3D printer and it was really great to hear from someone who is also starting out with them. Very calm and relaxed style and easy to understand - thanks

[@MakersBench]

Thanks, I'm glad you enjoyed it.

[@mikedoingmikethings702]

This is the second Prusa video I’ve watched and I’m 5 mins away from buying one haha great review! Very detailed and covers all aspects of the equipment and easy to understand for people like myself that doesn’t speak 3D printing lol

[@MakersBench]

I'm glad you enjoyed it.

[@iamptm]

Good vid, thank you. I'm planning on getting the latest Prusa. No rush, just learning from others' experiences, until my very first print. 🖖

[@whatheshow]

Great video, I was on the fence about picking one up. You just convinced me to order one! Thanks so much!

[@MakersBench]

I'm glad the video helped. Enjoy your printer, I've been having a blast with mine.

[@jotham123]

With regards to dialing in the settings, that thing comes out of the box with presents that are pretty much bang on the money to begin with. That's partly why its such a fantastic buy. There really isn't a lot to tweak. Well apart from your retracts but thats the easy bit :) Its great to see you're having a good time with it.

[@dts1449]

Thanks for the review, that is the printer that I've pretty much chosen for myself but just haven't pulled the trigger yet. Sooo many ideas, Sooo little time, lol but soon. Thanks again!

[@faizimran2715]

dts1449 GREAT PRINTER You can get the prusa i3 mk2s with fast shipping on eBay now pre assembled almost same price as buying from prusa considering import tax and the shipping they charge. the one in ebay ships with 6 spools filament. Search prusa i3 mk2s on eBay and go down there is one for 1100 pre assembled

[@raymondw3546]

Good video. I've purchased Hatchbox and Matterhacker filament. Haven't used any Inland yet. My favorite thus far is Matterhacker Pro. My second printer is due here by August. Bought the same kit you did from Prusa. I've owned a QIDI X-one since Feb. It's been a pretty good little printer. Look forward to your next video.

[@MakersBench]

Thank you. For $15, the Inland seems to be very well worth it. Maybe not as splashy color wise as some of the others, but for prints that don't have to look super awesome, I think this may be my go to. I have heard good things about the QIDI, I looked at them before I bought the Prusa. Who knows, maybe when I can justify another printer.

[@Gaspode_]

Great video, thanks for sharing your experience. I'm still waiting on mine to arrive :)

[@MakersBench]

Have fun with your build. Let me know how it goes. If you have any questions, feel free to reach out.

[@matrixcoder87]

Great vid mine arrives at the end of the week

[@MakersBench]

Congrats on the printer purchase. Have fun and good luck, if you got the kit let me know how the build goes.

[@zimmy1958]

nice video. I'm in my first month of printing steep learning curve for me but doing well. wish I had the MK2 I just have a Anet A6 and with a few mods it is printing well. Prusa is in my future I think next year.

[@StephenBoyd21]

I've had my Prusa for about 3 weeks now and I'm starting to get used to it. I need to get some more filament and start adjusting settings.

[@MakersBench]

I hope you're enjoying it as much as I'm enjoying mine. Ahhhh, the wish list of filament I'd like to order....

[@RAD3d]

Thanks for sharing. I have been happy with mine also.

[@MakersBench]

Awesome. Looks like your RC project is going pretty well.

[@RAD3d]

Yes, it is. I should make some videos about it. Too busy printing and I don't stop to take the time to video it. I really should.

[@MakersBench]

I'd watch them.

[@JulesGoldstein]

Interesting to watch while I wait on my own Prussa MK2S kit. (11 weeks since order and it's stuck in Cologne while UPS waits for the weather to clear. ) I had already occupied myself by buying $15 Inland filament at the Minneapolis MicroCente which is a 10 minute walk fro my home.

[@MakersBench]

Good luck with your new Prusa, if you enjoy it half as much as I have enjoyed mine, you will be very happy. I know waiting is tough. My wife is from Bloomington and we love going to Micro Center when we are in town. We went in there a couple of weeks ago and I didn't even realize they had filament there. Thanks for the comment.

[@davidklotzbach4273]

Chad, I just ordered a Prusa i3 MK2s. I figured it was time to commit after suggesting it to several others. It will be replacing my Printrbot.

[@MakersBench]

Congratulations! I'm sure you're going to love it. I know when I was shopping for mine, I had looked at it, but dismissed it because it wasn't enclosed. After you said to look at it, I took a closer look, and couldn't be happier. I can't wait to see what you can do with it.

[@MrBrad9]

I just stumbled on your vid. Nice review thanks. is it fairly easy to level? I've watched a ton of vids on this machine and it looks very user friendly. Bed levelling is one of my concerns. I have a Monoprice and it is an exercise in frustration to level it. When it works it's great, but I have wasted a ton of pla doing so. Thanks for the vid !

[@normcaissie5598]

great vid. Yeah turn down the heat and change the retraction settings for the stringing.

[@davidklotzbach4273]

I ordered an MK2S assembled, it only took 3 weeks! It's here.

[@MakersBench]

Very nice! I was at work today and Nathan said you got it and it was printing really week already. I'm surprised you already got it.

[@6milesup]

And now the MK3 is released! Yippee for us that just bought the MK2....NOT!

[@MakersBench]

Yeah, I was pretty happy when my multi material upgrade got here last week, thought I was all up to date. Oh well, that's how these things go. Now I get to look forward to maybe getting the MK3 next year.

[@aaroncampbell2296]

did you build that gopro mount? Would love to see the video from it in action. Perspective sounds neat.

[@MakersBench]

I did, there is a video here on my channel about it. However, I've been working on a new mount. I'm much happier with this new one, and will have a video coming out for that in the near future.

[@paulboon2285]

Hey Chad. Thank you very much for all your uploads and contribution to the maker community! I am by trade a centerless grinder/machinist. Just about to take the plunge into 3D printing. Your videos from the beginning has been very helpful in my decision to go with the prusa. I've also barely getting into Fusion360 and teaching myself with the help of KZbin and Google. I was so stoked to hear your background in CAD and so far watched 5 videos on both the printer and F360 since subscribing yesterday! Thank you again! Would you be able to show how you go from start to finish from a simple CAD design to the next program (splicer?) to uploading into the prusa? I'm curious to see what steps are needed to go from idea/CAD to finish product in your hand. What program is needed in between Fusion and Prusa? Thanks again for any info. I'm glad I was able to subscribe from near beginning of your channel. I can see you have great content and learning so much. Paul

[@MakersBench]

Thanks Paul. I can certainly put a video together showing that process, it's pretty straightforward. I appreciate the request, and will do my best to get it out this week. Good luck with the Prusa, I can wait to hear how it goes for you.

[@paulboon2285]

Thanks Chad! Another question, would you recommend I modify/upgrade the bearings from the beginning during my initial setup or use the stock bearings?

[@MakersBench]

If you feel confident doing the upgrade, I would recommend it. I love the bearings. The only thing I have found is that after a while of running the printer, I needed to clean the rails. I just wiped them down with some rubbing alcohol. The rails had gotten a little gummed up. I don't know if it was the bearings or plastic residue. But it was making my printer fail on the initial 9 point calibration on the beginning of the print. It's been fine again since I cleaned the rails.

[@d.y.358]

What changed between the first Benji and the second Benji that made the second so much better?

[@MakersBench]

I'm not positive, my only guess is that the filament absorbed some moisture on the outer coils of the spool, and once those peeled off, the rest was fine.

[@noluckjustskillkurrykiller9178]

Hey, I am new at 3d printing and I use to have a Robo C2, which was defective, then a Maker Ultimate (rebranded Wanhao D6) and it was defective, then I had another Maker Ultimate which jammed, and another Maker Ultimate that broke within one day. Can I trust Prusa and get the Mk3? I do not want to go through that crap of packaging and carrying a forty pound 3d printer to the UPS store 3 times.

[@MakersBench]

I can only speak from the experience from the machine I have. I did have one problem with my machine when I first got it running. That problem was the hot end would not heat up. Prusa sent me a new heater cartridge and I was up and running. That being said, these printers have a lot of moving parts and things can go wrong. But, I have found Prusa's customer service to be fantastic. Speaking for myself, I would personally not hesitate to purchase another 3D Printer from Prusa. Aside from the fact that in my opinion, they make a great machine, the more important fact is they stand behind it. Good luck.

[@Soggstermainia]

In relation to the stringing I would bump up the retraction for those filaments, or maybe tweek the retraction speed.

[@MakersBench]

Yeah, I haven't been home much lately, so haven't had much printing time. But, when I get some more printing time I will definitely be doing some experimenting with settings. I do plan to do some videos about that.

[@Soggstermainia]

Makers Bench considering the prints run themselves its amazing how much time you need to spend to get them going and post precessing and tweeking. I look forward to you video's!

[@MrTjmk]

Hey Chad: Great video. I'm considering the purchase of one of these particular printers so it was very helpful. I did want to ask you a question that I've asked other youtubers who have bought and reviewed this 3D printer but have yet to have anyone answer. That is, when you bought your printer, was it shipped from the Czech-Republic to the United States? I'm asking because I was wondering if you also had to pay an import tax on top of the price you paid for the printer itself. I've saved up for the printer and the shipping cost but if there's an import tax on top of that, I'm wondering how much more I can expect to pay for this item. Can you impart a little hands on wisdom to this 3D newbie?

[@MakersBench]

I'm glad you found it helpful. Let me know how it goes, if you get one.

[@vizionthing]

What weight are the spools ? they look quite large.

[@MakersBench]

1 kilogram

[@76Richie19]

Hi, nice video. is suggest to not have the filament on the printer. the rotating spool introduces some z wobble.

[@MakersBench]

Thanks for the tip. I'll remove it and see what happens.

[@reptiloidx8942]

HEY BROZ - CAN I ACTUALLY STICK MK2 IN TO A LATEST BIGGEST PRUSA PRINTERS LIKA i3 300x300x420mm ???

[@MakersBench]

I'm not sure, I haven't seen anything on this.

[@MrVlekie]

Do you have a link for the dragon?

[@MakersBench]

The dragon came on the SD card with my printer. I'm pretty sure you can find it on the Prusa website somewhere.

[@jotham123]

Stock temperatures should work just fine for what you're doing. Try increase retracts by an extra 0.5 to about 2mm. That should fix it just fine. I've had this before. Sometimes going lower on the temp helps too. nothing drastic just 5C at a time..

[@Victor_Marius]

How do you clean the hotbed? Which solution is the best?

[@MakersBench]

I usually wipe the bed down with isopropyl alcohol before I start a print, while the bed is still cool. I would say once every other month, I do a thorough cleaning with acetone. Make sure to take proper precautions with acetone, read the bottle.

[@Victor_Marius]

Thanks, I was having troubles with cleaning of the glue away from the hotbed, but now I managed it

[@MakersBench]

Windex also works for cleaning the glue off the heated bed.

[@JMTosses]

You seem to be the adventurous type. Please be extra careful with flexible filament. I just managed to pull the PEI off the print bed due to terrific adherence. Instant subscribe - thanks for sharing!

[@MakersBench]

Thanks for the tip, I'll be careful. I've been a little curious, as to how much a pain it will be to replace the PEI sheet.

[@JMTosses]

I got the second to last wheel to turn in Angus' torture test in Sic3r using the Prusa 0.6 settings. But it took some force with the key. Cheers!

[@MakersBench]

Congrats! I'll have to give that a shot.

[@nuroo1]

Inland Red? Looks orange to me... Like the prusa print is orange

[@digibluh]

taking the spool off the top if first step to better layers, i mean it has to pull that spool. if the carriage moved up 0.1mm while it pulled the filament that's noticeable... it would be a repeat pattern though sorta... x movement can pull it which is fine. .

[@MakersBench]

I have the multi material upgrade coming, so the spools will be getting moved. Because I know it's coming, I haven't done anything to move the spools yet.

[@Johncoffee2002]

Makers Bench that's cool! I plan to do the multi color upgrade as well once I got my Prusa printing:-) Still assembling the thing. Please post a build video once you start building Chad !

[@MakersBench]

I will, it's supposed to ship at the end of this month or the beginning of September (I ordered it in the beginning of March, when I ordered my printer). However, life has some changes in store for me and I am going to be moving soon. This will affect when I actually go ahead and do the multi material build. I'll have some more info about our move in an upcoming video.

[@Johncoffee2002]

Makers Bench - ok, no hurry! Looking forward for more.

[@thehappyextruder7178]

Great FYI video on the MK2S, I also have one on order should arrive by august duet the fact I ordered the MMkit with it so both ship when both items are ready. Good luck great video subbed, check my channel I will have some safety videos on various printers, As Always Happy Extruding Makers Bench !

[@MakersBench]

Thanks, I will check out you channel, and thanks for the sub.

[@thehappyextruder7178]

Thanks, glad to support a fellow Maker !

[@andrewdowney760]

What I dont understand. These machines are $1200+ The parts you printed are worth 15 cents and have almost no use. Do you think you are getting your moneys worth? Why are you not printing useful items?

[@MakersBench]

This machine cost me $700. It's still a decent amount of money, and what maybe what you call "useful" is different than what I or others call "useful". Personally, I chose to get this machine because I wanted to. I do 3D CAD for a living, so it makes sense to me to understand this technology. I'm currently working on a Boba Fett helmet project. There will be another video soon, but it's taking a long time to print the parts. This project though "useful" to me, may not be to others. If you don't find it worthwhile to get one, then you don't have to. But that doesn't make other people wrong if they decide it's useful to them.