Great quality; FR4 is solid, soldermask is even and opaque, soldering is done correctly. My only gripe is that it isn't conformal coated, meaning god help you if you accidentally touch one of the resistor ends on something metal. Probably isn't something that's up to West3D, but I still thought I should mention it.
Other than that it's a great option for lighting up your build area. They didn't have the size I needed for my 350x350 printer so I just bought 2, daisy chained them together, and put them on opposite sides of the top rail and it looks great.
My stock harness finally started showing signs of wearing out with an intermittent hot-end thermistor reading. I first sourced my own wiring, Molex connectors, pins, and cable sleeve to build a harness - this worked for a bit, but it was a lot of work to pin all the wiring and make sure it was correct. After that one broke (I did NOT do a good job 🤣... maybe 20 hours of printing?) I purchased one of these, and for less than $15, I can say it's well worth it. Recommend!
This was a fun build! Compared to my 0.2, it was a bit easier to work around (much larger), but also a bit more unwieldy to move around. If you get a 300+ version, make sure you have a good spot for it to live, because you won't be carrying it around like a 0.2! As always, LDO support is great and they put together quality parts for their kits.
The LDO 0.2 kit is well put together, documented, and supported by both the folks at West3D and LDO. I had a minor issue with the Z leadscrew and LDO was quick to send me a replacement. Beyond that, the printer has been great. I love the size for a small desktop printer, and I can fit 75% of what I print on the bed. Heats up quick, prints quick, and hasn't skipped a beat. Highly recommend!
This is a great replacement for the 40W that comes with the LDO Voron kits! Glad I purchased it. The only feedback I'd give is that the thermistor cable is a bit short compared to the ones that came with my LDO kit. Was hoping to just snip the Molex connectors off and crimp on JST pins, but ended up having to lengthen the cable a bit, which makes it not look quite as clean. Regardless, it was a relatively easy fix, and it works great.
It seemed to work out best by following the VLMP2 video on YouTube for most of the build. Certainly it was the most helpful in terms of determining which parts would be primary color and which would be accent. Since a RatRig V-CORE4 build is on the near horizon, as soon as it arrives, the choice of black with bright green accent seemed appropriate.
While the QIDI Max 3 was turning out build plates of parts in black, and then green, the trusty Prusa MK3s printed ASA for the first time in its long life and did a marvelous job with three different versions of the grip.
Awesome colors, prints wonderfully, and a great price. Def gonna be filling my shelf with more ambrosia
Exact fit for voron v2 350 build. Textured panels look great. Almost matched the texture of my Z belt covers, which is pleasing lol. Shipping was fast, and it was convenient to buy everything at once from one shop.
Bought smoked panels, looks amazing. Perfect fit for 350 build. Will buy for next build.
Bought for v2 350 build, very flat. Shipping was a little slow, but that was expected from the description. Works great with the edge to edge heater. Total deviation on this is better than my other, smaller plates.
0 complaints, nice thick heater, sticks perfect, built in backup thermal protection, exactly shaped for voron layout. Only at 70% and my bed is ready in 10 mins, chamber in 20. At this size, I think it was worth the little bit extra for the better heater.
Bought the 355^2 and it was a perfect fit for the matching voron bed.
I installed THE FILTER mainly for the bed fans, but was impressed with the reduced smell from the carbon.
While not 100% necessary for the kinematic kit, it's pretty cheap for some printer bling. Also helps to ensure that your bed rails are even as a side effect.
I prefer this kinematic set to the other one that W3D sells for the V2.4. I find these much more versatile as they allow easy removal of the bed. It provides the expansion room I need but also allows me to mess with wiring under the bed if I need to.
I love this toolhead board. It keeps the stepper motor outside of the chamber for higher temp support. It also allows for multiple voltages on the board so you can run a 48V hotend and 24V and 5V fans. The board is dead simple and that's what makes it so great.
I purchased this board for my first build and it was so excellent that I purchased a second. I use it in a 48V setup and it's got more than enough outputs for everything I need. The flexibility of being able to choose your voltage for steppers is a more flexible option than some other boards like the Kraken. This board exceeded my expectations.
I've been running a Chube Air since release and picked up a Chube Conduction from W3D. This is an excellent hotend. High temperature ready, great flow rate, and super easy to maintain with standardized hardware. I hope W3D starts stocking the additional replacement parts to allow volcano support or replacement soon!
These are quality rails at a very reasonable price. Preload is good and the rails come dry. Perfect for high temperature applications.
This is a well printed product. It is nice that they give you the piano wire so that you can re-calibrate if you need to. I was able to calibrate the belts on my Voron, and had fun doing it. First time since the build 3 years ago that I am confident about belt tension being correct and equal on Z and x/y.
I started buying these 5 kg spools for me work printer and it has been a godsend not constantly changed filament. On top of that, this isn't some Chinese garbage, its well spooled and prints amazing. Very low if any alloying make it flow grate and with a nice warm chamber warping is a non issue. Love this stuff, only wish they would start doing 5kg GF ASA now
Sadly after a year the temperature variation between what the thermistor reads and the temp it’s actually at has made this unusable. If you are looking to get a Rapido please get the new version that as I understand it has fixed this issue the Rapido ACE also available here on west3d.
I have built 5 Fysetc Voron kits and 1 self sourced Micron. All the kits resulted in good usable printers. The Switchwire is the first LDO kit I have ever worked with. The quality of the kit really is the cut above that is LDO's reputation. Very complete, high quality name brand parts - really nice linear rails etc.
My kit came with a RPi 3 instead of an RPi 4 that was listed in the description. Not really an issue as I don't think it will affect the printers speed or operation. Every other kit I have purchased did not include any RPi at all so kudos to LDO for including it.
I ordered my kit right when they were listed at $499. I thought that was a good price. Now 4 weeks after I ordered they are $399 which is an excellent deal for a top notch kit.
As always West 3D kept me updated on the status of my order, shipped it promptly and are always all around good folks to do business with.
