Has anyone had any experience with " XS's Ink". They are an ebay seller than has a Prusa i3 variant (i3x). They had a kit today for very cheap ($399 for everything but PSU and heated bed), and I'm wondering what I should be expecting: [www.ebay.com] https://reprap.org/forum/read.php?1,204208,204208#msg-204208 Sat, 18 Jul 2026 14:14:35 -0400 Phorum 5.2.23 https://reprap.org/forum/read.php?1,204208,207174#msg-207174 https://reprap.org/forum/read.php?1,204208,207174#msg-207174 The finish on the painted parts are by request and they have a baked on orange peel finish, 2 part paint.
We are sending out 10 in lime green.
We also have sold over 300 kits in the past 6 months and always satisfy our customers problems.

You don't have to buy our printer but we put our money where our mouth is and we are also available to answer our clients questions.

We believe in the self replicating process and we know that using our money to help people be more self reliant is the main goal.
As far as pictures yes they could be better and we will work on that.
As long as people want the printer in color we will supply them painted printers, we are also offering it in a copper alloy with clear acrylic legs and a 9 x 12 inch bed and a 12 x 12 inch bed over the next couple of weeks.]]> diytechshop General Fri, 10 May 2013 05:51:21 -0400 https://reprap.org/forum/read.php?1,204208,207127#msg-207127 https://reprap.org/forum/read.php?1,204208,207127#msg-207127
however that being said, stating that a better paint job would assure better quality is good vender feedback.]]> jamesdanielv General Fri, 10 May 2013 03:28:29 -0400 https://reprap.org/forum/read.php?1,204208,207117#msg-207117 https://reprap.org/forum/read.php?1,204208,207117#msg-207117
I have one more advice, I have been checking out your other kit, this one:
[www.ebay.com]

When I inspect the pictures closely, it's not hard to see that the Prusa is put together crooked? You see the Z-axis don't align well, maybe nice to give the machine that finishing touch before doing the photoshoot :) Also one of the left stepper motors of the Z-axis looks like it's not aligned, but a bit twisted towards the left when you look at the bottom of the motor? And there is a spelling mistake in the first picture in the bottom, it says 'DIY KIY' instead of kit ;)

Good luck with the shop!]]> Ohmarinus General Fri, 10 May 2013 03:12:51 -0400 https://reprap.org/forum/read.php?1,204208,206986#msg-206986 https://reprap.org/forum/read.php?1,204208,206986#msg-206986 Someone asked us to respond to this post,
We are DIY Tech Shop LLC

in regards to the i3x by X S's ink llc there is one painted for 529.00 and this one is unpainted for 499.00.

If you can source it cheaper, awsome!!
As far as paint no paint, google it and you will find many ways to 'colorize' the metal and yes anodizing is one, we also like powder coating.
We supply what our customers demand and if you don't want paint that is cool.

'Z' Supports are optional to attach. they also supply a motherboard holder and an attached fan that you do not need to use if you don't want to.

As far as a couple of other parts of the forum, we have always replaced any 'bad' parts, but we are not crafting everything.

We are a store and carry parts from many companies / vendors.
We buy in bulk and get it to the community at a good price.

There are a lot of people out there that talk, but we test and build printers and we will refund within 14 days if someone has buyers remorse.


I hope this answers your questions in regards to how we view them.

Thanks


- diytechshop]]> diytechshop General Thu, 09 May 2013 16:21:20 -0400 https://reprap.org/forum/read.php?1,204208,204332#msg-204332 https://reprap.org/forum/read.php?1,204208,204332#msg-204332
I say this because I have had the same experience with another vendor who sold me a machine with warped parts, not-straight rods, broken electronics, and worst of all, when sending it to me, he put all the items just together in one box, so parts were actually broken when they arrived because everything was just rolling around in the box during transport.

I cannot emphasize enough the importance of buying from someone who also takes care of the details.

And, when I see a bad paintjob like this one, I can only think of what happens when you put it together, probably the paint will fall off at the places where you connect parts with that bolt through the frame.

Then, I'd rather have a bare aluminum frame without paint.

Anyway, the way to color aluminum is by anodizing it.]]> Ohmarinus General Wed, 01 May 2013 05:29:26 -0400 https://reprap.org/forum/read.php?1,204208,204305#msg-204305 https://reprap.org/forum/read.php?1,204208,204305#msg-204305 dissidence General Wed, 01 May 2013 03:45:57 -0400 https://reprap.org/forum/read.php?1,204208,204299#msg-204299 https://reprap.org/forum/read.php?1,204208,204299#msg-204299 chris33 General Wed, 01 May 2013 03:13:23 -0400 https://reprap.org/forum/read.php?1,204208,204297#msg-204297 https://reprap.org/forum/read.php?1,204208,204297#msg-204297 chris33 General Wed, 01 May 2013 03:01:54 -0400 https://reprap.org/forum/read.php?1,204208,204259#msg-204259 https://reprap.org/forum/read.php?1,204208,204259#msg-204259
Fl0yd]]> Fl0yd General Tue, 30 Apr 2013 22:01:59 -0400 https://reprap.org/forum/read.php?1,204208,204252#msg-204252 https://reprap.org/forum/read.php?1,204208,204252#msg-204252 Aesthetically?

I'm not that concerned about how the printer looks, and I don't see how it could affect print quality (unless the paint is so uneven that it offsets the z rods but that seems very unlikely to me).

Am I missing something?]]> jdoohen General Tue, 30 Apr 2013 21:06:20 -0400 https://reprap.org/forum/read.php?1,204208,204240#msg-204240 https://reprap.org/forum/read.php?1,204208,204240#msg-204240
I really want to discourge anyone buying this kit.

It may be well put-together but that lousy paintjob ruins it. I wonder if the sides are nice and smoothly covered.]]> Ohmarinus General Tue, 30 Apr 2013 19:35:36 -0400 https://reprap.org/forum/read.php?1,204208,204208#msg-204208 https://reprap.org/forum/read.php?1,204208,204208#msg-204208 They are an ebay seller than has a Prusa i3 variant (i3x).

They had a kit today for very cheap ($399 for everything but PSU and heated bed), and I'm wondering what I should be expecting:

[www.ebay.com]]]> jdoohen General Tue, 30 Apr 2013 16:51:12 -0400