Several years ago I splurged and purchased myself an Original Prusa i3 MK3 kit, at the time I had an original Kickstarter Robo3d which I had mixed results with and was getting tired of its issues. Life went off track and the MK3 kit has sat in the shipping box ever since.

I’ve got the itch to get back into the hobby and am wondering how I should proceed. Build the kit as is or purchase one of the upgrade kits? Or something else?

Money is a bit of an issue but I do have several rolls of Prusa filament still sealed so I should be able to get many prints with stock on hand without any additional spending.

Obviously I’ll need new gummy bears…

  • @HarriPoteroEnglish
    6•1 year ago

    I missed the MK3 part on my first read-through, but yes - the MK3 is still bangarang as-is.

    I’m still sporting my original Prusa i3 from 2014, before they had any MK-notations. Must be the first batch actually sold through Prusa Research and not just through his workshops. I’ve dropped the 2.75mm filament and upgraded it to a MK2-style extruder. I’ve also made a rack-and-pinion setup to fold up/down a microtrigger on the extruder itself which I use for mechanical Z-probing.