There were two CR10 V2 available an hour ago, one has already gone, I succumbed to temptation and got the other one Cost me £15 more than the Ender 3 refund, couldn't resist
So now the question is, what are you getting yourself into with an open box one?
Yeah... let's hope NOT one that was returned for the same assache you just put to rest.
mnem
If you're going to risk assache, at least try to make it a new assache.
Hehe. I would have got there in the end with the Ender 3, but I didn't see why I should be replacing parts, or spending hours more of my time just trying to get it to work right (not talking about tweaking Cura etc, I'm talking about when I run 5 point bed level a few times in a row, and some times it's spot on, and sometimes there's about 3mm gap)
I'm usually excellent at fixing things, just got to the point where after 50 odd days, and with only 2 weeks left to return it, returning it was the best course of action, a replacement machine is a fresh start for me
Amazon is currently listing the CR10 V2 for £469 (I know it can be got a bit cheaper elsewhere), so paying £15 more than the £279 they refunded me for my Ender 3, even if I ended up having to replace a couple of bits, I doubt they would come anywhere near to the £175 price difference.
The description said quote "Like New - Item will come in original packaging. Packaging will be damaged".
If I needed to, I can get the Vframe easy enough in the UK, just checked prices on one site and for 650mm upright it's £9.83, for 550mm that uprights screws into, it's only £8.32 (inc VAT + £2.63 postage), motors are available on Amazon for next day delivery for £10 etc. And of course can probably get them much cheaper if I get elsewhere.
My point being, when I get a saving like this, I'm not too bothered if something is damaged as it's easily replaceable for very little money (already have brand new SKR V2 board, TFT V3 screen and BLTouch).
I do have a spare creality glass bed though if anyone (in UK) wants it, used just for a couple of days while I did those level tests.
It's all the fault of sn4k3
I was happily learning my electronics hobby when I made a post about soldering iron tip stand and he said
My own design does that, not heat proof but the body that goes inside is cold and no damage is made to the plastic:
Also if you want you can use reflective tape to heat proof it easy
If you have a printer you can print yourself.
And i can customize spacing, rows, cols for you if you want
I'd always wanted a printer, but him saying that was what pushed me into getting one now