After nearly a month long wait my Bee Prusa 3D printer has arrived.

I don’t blame The 3D Shop – who I purchased it from, as their stock was held up by customs.  Just the usual trials of international freight!  They did however keep me appraised of the situation, which was good.

I bought two rolls of filament to go with the printer (since it has two heads) – PLA and PVA.  PLA is mostly good for prototyping, or projects where structural strength of the plastic isn’t important.  PVA filament (yes, it’s the same as the glue!) is great for printing scaffolding.  If your design required support as it is laid down, then PVA is very convenient, once the print process is complete, then the object can be placed in warm water, and the PVA scaffolding simply dissolves away.  It’s very clever and one of the principal reasons that I opted for a twin head printer.

So, the next step is I need to complete my second generation photographic stage (complete with inbuilt LED lighting, mount for camera, power supply for 240V AC, 12V and 5V DC and more.  It’s going to be great and it will let me make a good clear film of the assembly process for the machine.