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This is the cheapest 220x220mm printer on the market. Naturally, costs were cut. It has some design and build quality defects which can mostly be upgraded away. There are a few 'must have' upgrades such as a better fan duct, stiffeners (which can be printed and are readily available on thingiverse) and mosfet modules to take the load off the cheap ones in the controller. A better build surface is greatly recommended as the heated bed included is bare aluminum and masking tape will only get you so far. With that said, assembly was pretty straight forward and it will be ready to print once properly assembled and leveled. My biggest complaint is unrepeatability in the z axis homing, largely because I haven't solved it yet. If you need a printer to work and print well out of the box you should look elsewhere. If you don't mind working around it's shortcomings or making it a project in its own right it's a very good value. I would probably buy a second one.Read full review
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Overall this a good printer from what you pay however the quality of the components was pretty low. The unit I received had a bad blower fan, bad bearings in the x-axis assembly, and bent bearing rods. This means that you will spend a lot of tweaking to get it to print right but when does it can do an okay job. I decided to change bearingswith igus ones and new belts. Both of which made a huge difference. Printer has potential but you will spend a lot of time to get quality prints plus extra money on upgrades.
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This is a great starting point for a new hobby. It is fairly easy to build, prints remarkably well as is. The real power point is the upgrades, this can perform quite well after some tweaking. The included instructions are ok, but could certainly use improvement. Once fully assembled it is sturdy. It is quite loud with stock bearings. I have only tested PLA.
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I say yes. This is my 3rd printer, having an older i3 clone with the smaller build area, and a prebuilt, I decided to on getting the A8 instead of upgrading my i3. First, there were a couple issues in putting this together. I had several (12) of the m3 nuts that the threads just weren’t right. So this extended my build time, checking them before putting into the frame and messing with trying to get the screws started. I picked up a bag of 100 for $5 off amazon just in case. Second, the instructions included on the sd card are confusing. Look up A8 build on YouTube. It’s by Jimmy something or another. It’s a 3 part video. Follow that and you’ll have no issues. Last, when you level the Z axis, you need a metric measure. You can get away with using the included screw driver or something as long as the blocks are dead even. If not, it will screw up your bed leveling. Lastly, the kit calls for wood screws to hold the limit switches. There are 2 sets. One had a counter sunk head, the other was not. The counter sunk screws would not properly thread so I used the round top screws instead. Take your time with zero and bed leveling. It needs to be perfect when printing without a raft. Also the masking tape on the heated bed is a joke. Plan on getting either glass, or PEI. I suggest both. PEI on top of glass. The aluminum build plate will not be perfectly flat like glass will. Also, the older A8 had threads on the trolley plate and used nuts to hold the screws when leveling. The one I got did not have threads and you just use the wing nuts to zero. This is good as-is and allows you to set the zero height with the glass and PEI clipped in place. You can get 220x220 now to cover your whole build surface and still zero without moving it, or ordering 200x200 to have access to the screw heads. I do recommend watching the videos on how to add the separate mosfets for your hot end and heated build plate. Some of the concerns about the controller running power through are valid. If you do power off the controller, hold the power blocks in place when screwing the connectors down. This is still an issue where the sockets for the hot end and build plate are not indexed to the board. You can and will twist them when tightening the terminals. With those minimal issues, I have been able to get really good prints with minimal calibration so far. I still need to calibrate the temps and feed rates for the filament I’m using but out of the box, and default cura settings did a fine job.Read full review
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The A8 is great as long as you aren't afraid to tinker a little and do some research. The research will lead to some inexpensive upgrades and some self printed upgrades. If you are looking for a simple 3D printing solution or out of the box solution this printer may not be for you. If you like to work on things for fun and to save money you will enjoy this printer.
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