After recently joinging Newcastle MakerSpace I've been playing with their 3D printers, and hankering after one myself.  The space and their members between them have a Thing-a-bot, a couple of Mendel Prusas (an i2 and an i3) and a couple of Mendel 90's.  I like the Mendel 90 for its rigidity and inate squareness, and like the Prusa for the open feeling, and popularity.  On doing research I found the P3Steel which seems the best of bost worlds as a Prusa i3 style but with the steel plate slotting tegether giving rigidity and squareness.

A recent convergence of factors meant it was possible, so I ordered a P3 Steel from Orballo Printing.  I ordered it in November and it arrived a couple of weeks later.  It was packaged fairly well and the box only took minimal damage, the contents looks ok.

P3Steel Delivered

 

P3Steel Delivered

 

P3Steel Delivered

 

P3Steel Delivered

 

P3Steel Delivered

 

P3Steel Delivered

 

P3Steel Delivered

 

P3Steel Delivered

 That small screw was floating around inside the power supply, lucky I noticed.

P3Steel Delivered

 

P3Steel Delivered

 

P3Steel Delivered

 

P3Steel Build