Finally, Prusa Mk42 Heatbed for the Prusa Mk2/Mk2.5, and Pinda Sensor Clones!

The Prusa Mk2/Mk3 3d printers are renowned as top quality, but buying parts is a painfully expensive deal due to the long journey and single supplier. That just changed!

Joseph Tam reached out for me to try the bed and probe, and I have to say I can't really tell a difference between these and the originals in terms of quality.

Now, you might be thinking this is somehow bad, but Prusa made everything open source hardware, so it is no different from us buying Arduino boards on eBay (except I am sure these clones are made to higher standards).

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As you can see, my original heat bed is looking in bad shape - I really needed to do something.

Removing the PEI from the original bed is a pain in the butt. Extremely unpleasant. And it takes a long time for any solvents to do their magic, while being horrible to be around.

Having this replacement will allow me to swap over while surfaces are prepared!

Pinda probe clone

If you have been around the forums and groups, the Pinda is often the victim of head crashes, where the probe gets damaged by failed prints. Again, having a spare could be very convenient (and more than a little comforting!).

Prusa heat bed clone

I am going to be running mine for a while and I will report back - my Prusa gets a lot of wear so it will be a good test of durability.

These beds come without the PEI surface, which I realized a liiittle late ;) and apparently, you do need the thinner sheets for the probe to penetrate. Fortunately I do have a spare to try out.

Now if I could only get identical PEI sheets locally I would be all set ;)

Prusa mk42 clone

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I really want to see a 300mmx300mm MK3 clone, I'd get that in a heartbeat if it was good quality.

The CR-10, just a shame yours arrived with a bad hot end. That is the good thing about Tiny3d and MacEwan - they test everything and support it in USA, but you pay hundreds more

I love the idea of the new Prusa pop off bed just bend and release.

There are others (zebra plate, etc). The cool thing about the Prusa one is the powder coating and it is easier to reattach.

Yeah looks awesome, but hate to see the replacement cost, and I suspect it lasts nowhere near as long as they claim.

Unbelievable, congratulations. This is our work in the study club. A little messy. :))

Heh I am infamous for my bad wiring management, so yours doesn't look messy to me ;)

Love steemit for quality posts like this one. People trying to refine every post and it's really nice to read posts like this one, cause I'm tired of mems and stupid things on other sites. Keep it up, I'll back here :)

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If you really need it, then it is not a pain in the butt. Good luck with it though.

How do you mean?

It is a pain in the butt when you need it and can't get it because it is out of stock, and when it is in stock the shipping is slow and expensive.

Even Josef himself admits this.

Good luck my friend..!! I like this game..!!

Love to see people like you actually explore the open source 3D printing system of Prusa! Keep it up and us posted ;)
Do you have other printers?