(New Version) Pxmalion CoreI3 3D Printer DIY Kit, Auto Leveling, Heat Bed, Improved Reprap Prusa i3 Structure, Filament RunOut Detection, Multiple Colors Printing, 40g PLA Filament Sample

WOW. I was really not expecting a whole lot for this low priced printer with this kind of print volume, but this thing really surprised me. The build materials are surprisingly sturdy, and the frame is nice and stiff. It is a bit awkward with the single z axis motor, but hey, it's working fine. I printed the sample that came included in the SD card and it printed beautifully. The raft pulled right off and the layers came out perfect. I did not see one kink or bend in the print. I then printer the carabiner from thingiverse. This time I used my own PLA instead of the included PLA. It did have a few kinks in the layers, but it still printed beautifully and the completed item worked great. Overall I am hugely surprised by the quality of the parts, the quality of the prints, and the instructions. I will say that the instructions can be a bit confusing, but if you follow them closely and use common sense, then assembling this is a breeze. You definitely need some experience building things to do this, but with any prior experience this is an easy build. Probably around 6-10 build hours. I did have fun doong the build. Although the directions can be tri my at times, again remember, this is a 200 dollar printer. For 200 bucks, the directions go far beyond the quality I expect.This is a great starter printer for mostly PLA printing, and with the good design I believe you can upgrade the hotend and heatbed to support ABS once you are done learning. I would highly recommend this to anybody with a low budget or beginners.I'll happily update my review with pictures and more details when I get a few more prints out.UPDATE 11/28/17:So I had more time to do printing and I am still getting great prints. I printed about 6 carabiners at this point (pictures included) and the top and bottom layers look awesome. I still cannot believe I am getting prints that look like they are coming from a $400-$500 printer for this price.I am still printing more pieces, but this printer has far exceeded my expectations so far. I would definitely say that good building skills are required since any missteps can make this printer not print well. A good quality build is what will make the difference between great prints and low quality/no prints. Thanks for the great product!

This is my first 3D printer, so I thought what better way to learn than assembling it.Well, instructions are spotty. Especially for the z axis they are out of order. No missing parts, well packaged.At this moment the printer is useless. The z axis assembly does not align at all.When trying to place the top acrylic plate onto the z axis assembly the holes do not line up with guides and the rods. As a result you have to apply force. This puts enough tension on it that the motor won’t be able to move the extruder up or down. I don’t know if the guides are bent or the acrylic plate bore holes are not in their correct location.Overall the material quality is bad, from difficulty threading nuts to diameters not what they are supposed to be.Update:I finally was able to get the z Axis to move last night by loosening the brackets for the z Axis rods and guides this providing enough "wiggle" room (plus WD-40).Then this morning, the y Axis was stuck. No clue why, worked fine yesterday.I finally gave up, disassembled it, and it is on its way to Amazon for a refund.So back to square one, and looking for another 3d printer.I have no faith in this printer to get to a working state.Maybe I had bad components and they can be replaced, otherwise this is a return.

At first glance I wAs impressed with the packaging... Very neat and well organized. Then the problems started. Right out of the box two of the Y axis rod bushings were cracked. I contacted Customer Service and talked to Carrie. She said she would send me new one. After a week they had not been shipped.IMHO Pxmalion suffers from a lack of quality control. Second quality issue was burrs on the ends of the Y axis rods. Third issue was that the X and Z motors were swapped in the instructions. This caused me several hours of head scratching. I was able to clean out the broken bushing debri enough to make them usable. On with the assembly.Because of the confusion, the X and Y limit switches had been swapped prior to the discovery. This made the switches not in the correct connectors when I finally determined the motors were improperly connected. This led to yet more hours of frustration. By now I am conferring with a support engineer. The the limit switch blade fell off. I was able to repair it and I am back at it.Next problem is that the bed springs were longer than the screws used to attach them. Why not include longer screws? There is plenty of room for the screws to hang down. Instead it took a half hour to do a five minute job!Ok... All assembled and ready to calibrate. I got the table level and the ran the self leveling routine. The sensor is tested and working but when the routine is run the extruded deflects the table so self leveling was not possible.Alright, ready to print. I printed the knob and it came out kinda crappy. Then I printed the test cylinder... Way out of round. Ok... Let's look at those same screws I had to leave loose so the the X and Y tables would move. With a lot of tweeting I got everything aligned and snugged up. Let's print the next item. The tests look better now.Let's try a longer print. This is a four hour print and it stops dead after 30 Minutes. Try again it gets an hour into the print a it fails. Third try it get two hours into print and fails. Ok, let's try a different model. Same deal and I am pulling my hair out.Next day with no changes I print both four hour plus jobs with no issue. At this point I think I'm in good shape. Next day same issue. Every print I try fails kid print. Did I mention that I had the printer on its own circuit with no nearby static sources?Despite my sincere desire to keep this printer I had to send it back. My spare parts had not been shipped, the filiment promised had not been shipped. And the there was the rediculous wiring that made it impossible to relocate the control box to a reasonable location. And the control itself was stupid. It took two to three clicks to go from one menu item to another. Then often when you select an item you get the previous item.There is more to tell but if after all the challenges it would just complete a print job I would have not returned it.