Heaven help me - I've just bought a delta kit :-)

[curious aardvark]

Right. Extruder is now modded with ptfe tube.

Extrudes, loads unloads - in short it works.
Now knowing that without this 'mod' (read: essential operation) the extruders simply do not work. Why on gods earth would you sell one to someone without the necessary 40-50mm (did not measure it) of ptfe tube already installed ?
Particularly when you consider how much attention to detail has gone into everything else.

Insanity.

Anyway, she's currently printing a large test cylinder. Not calibrated so actually plate of spaghetti :-)
BUT, she is now ready for calibration and actually printing something :-)

everything-working_496x480.jpg

Also good to see the filament holder also works well and is in the right place.
The thing is though, if I didn't already have a couple of printers that use ptfe tubing - this would have been a real pita.
It's a shame as it drops what would have been a 5 star review down to about 3. A 3d printer is no good without a working extruder - and that's what this kit lacks.

I mean I'm happy, but there will be an awful lot of people out there who won't be and won't have the requisite bit of tubing lying around in the workshop.

Right, I do believe that is the actual build 100% finished !
I'll add pics of the mods: psu clamp, feet and filament holder.
And I'll make the stl files available on thingiverse.
Oh yeah and the 0.5,mm nozzle extrudes at a consistent 0.52 mm diameter at 210c - my standard temp for pla.
So that's pretty good.
Also looks like it'll print at 0.4mm layer height.
So my plan is to use it for big stuff printed fairly quickly :-)

More when I've tackled the calibration and bed level process.

Calibration and printing is next !