[nmeofthestate]

While skimming through this I was thinking "this is a PR disaster", because people are going to see the contrived, extreme ways this guy has fucked up his Prusa printer to illustrate his how-to and think it's representative of the printer that they would receive if they ordered one.

[Miraste]

If we're comparing, it would be useful to look at the way these things are done on a Bambu printer.

Z-axis and XY-axis calibration: Designed to be unnecessary. Not possible with stock software. Possible with Orcaslicer on old or custom firmware, in which case the procedure would look similar.

Belt tensioning: Similar, but easier and better designed (no half-baked app involved).

Camera: Bambu also requires an account, I believe. Other than that, it's much better: it comes with the printer, is in color, has a light, runs at a useful framerate, and can take offline timelapses.

I don't think the comparison is positive for Prusa.

[lutusp]

> ... I was thinking "this is a PR disaster", because people are going to see the contrived, extreme ways this guy has fucked up his Prusa printer to illustrate his how-to and think it's representative of the printer that they would receive if they ordered one.

Fair comment, but Bambu Labs owners have similar issues on a much less open platform where they can't DIY themselves to a solution.

I'm a bit old-school (and a former NASA engineer). I think being able to fix things yourself is an advantage. Young people might not see the world that way.

But to be frank, I might not be the best Prusa advocate. In the linked article I posted a remedy that involved baling wire, without once asking myself, "Baling wire, really? Won't young people find this hilarious and off-putting?"

There are a number of differences between young people and my generation. One of them is ... we built things.