Sometimes you need to pivot when things aren’t going as planned. The original P3Steel had a 12v system which only allowed the heatbed to reach a temperature of 60°C for PLA, but not high enough for filaments like PETG. I made the command decision that the P3Steel needed to be scrapped with some of its parts being donated to a new build. Essentially another P3Steel build but running on 24v instead of 12v. It is a P3Steel but with an Orballo black frame. Very similar to the P3Steel with the blue frame, but this frame will accept a larger heatbed that fits the Prusa MK2 and MK3 series printers. The heatbed on the new build is actually wider, but you can’t tell from the two pictures.


This system is essentially a Prusa MK2.5S with a Mini Rambo 1.3a running the latest Prusa firmware 3.14.2 (as of this date). The difference is that it will be using a 24v heatbed and a 24v hotend. But it is using two 5v fans like the MK3S does. Plus I added a E3D Revo V6 hotend just like I did for the MK3S. I will be able to swap out the hotend very quickly. I was able run through most of the builtin Prusa tests, but failed in a few. That is due to the frame not being the same exact size as the MK2.5S frame so the Y was a little bit off and as was the Z. But all the movements are correct and it printed a nice first layer test. I have no trouble getting the heat bed to 70°C or higher. Looking forward to fully integrate this printer into the lineup.
