MK4S

I would personally splurge for the MK4S, the speed and quality is unmatched, and the MK4S is still phenomenal. Also, you have the option to upgrade it to a Core one later down the line. Rather than a mini for $700, you can get the MK4S kit with free shipping for $800 https://www.printedsolid.com/pro

You can sell it, there is probably some customer base with mk3 and mk4 that may consider it for right price. I believe for various reasons enclosure for mk4 was really dead end. The Biggest issue is to volume you have to heat up, location of the printed part on the bottom due to printer construction

I have a Prusa MK2 that I can turn on and print like new, if I wanted. It has 28k hours and I've only replaced belts once, and fans due to bearings wearing out. I have three MK3s with more than 15k hours each, one near 20k. Again, only a few fans, one extruder because of my own dumb mistake. My MK4S

This just tells me you haven't used a Prusa with Prusaslicer. Here is an image of woodfill PLA printed on a fully calibrated Bambu X1E vs a Prusa XL with zero calibration aside from the original setup. Prusa on the right. Here is an X1C vs a Prusa MK4 using bambu woodfill PLA.. The Bambu on the left

Very honestly, MakerBot is essentially dead from a consumer point of view now. It likely isn't worth trying to bash your head against the wall with this, instead of just getting a more current (and still supported!) machine. I say this as my old original 2012 Rep2 sits in a corner of my garage colle

Just upgraded from the Mk4s to the core one. If you can wait, get the core one. Smaller foot print, faster, and print quality seems better. That being said, the Mk4s is still a really strong printer. I had the original enclosure for the mk4s and it was bulky. 3-4 weeks for a new release with Prusa i

I actually have 5 mk3s+. Upgrading all of them to mk4, mk4s or later to Core One would put a big hole in my pocket. So I just upgraded two of the mk3s+ to mk4, both to mk4s afterward and one to CoreOne two weeks ago. However, I upgraded only two mk3s I had in stock configuration. Two of the other mk

I did the 3.5 upgrade and upgraded the print fan to a 5020 with and I can print in nearly the same speed and quality as the MK4S. https://www.printables.com/model/977380-beta-prusa-mk4s-fan-mod-for-mk3s-original-toolhead https://www.printables.com/model/909685-mk3-to-mk4-z-axis-8mm-keep-all-8mm-rods

I have two satin plates and each one is different, one is more textured, I can feel the pattern of the plate when I run my fingers over it, the other is smoother, I can barely feel the pattern, even the printed ORIGINAL PRUSA marks do not stick to it. I solve it with 3D varnish. I had bigger problem

Hi. I'm an artist. Prusa MK4S is the best I've found for detailed PLA printing. That said it has a relatively small build volume at 250x210x220. I tend to just slice things into pieces and glue them with dowels if I need anything larger. Prusa also offers upgrade paths. For instance you can turn an