Looking for advice building a 3d printer

[Roberts_Clif]

The idea: At my campus I have access to capable 3d printers and I want to use them to begin by building a prusa i3 mk2s “bear full upgrade” frame. After I print the parts and buy everything else, I plan to assemble the frame and then follow the instructions from prusa, info from other forums, and the videos from Thomas Sanladerer to complete the rest of the i3 mk2s clone.

Does this initial idea seem reasonable?

I have found that a Kit cost less than the sum of the parts. So building a frame may seem logical, though you may end up spending more money for the remaining parts than the Kit cost.

You may want to do price comparisons before you actually start to find the best route to take on your extremely 3D adventurous journey.

[Roberts_Clif]

This is good advice. Unless you plan on building an entirely different design there is no reason to try to build something on your own. It is much cheaper to buy what someone else has already figured out. It is the unknowns that will catch you off guard.

This is only a suggestion.
This is true but if the kit cost less than the sum of the parts,
Buy the kit use the parts for you new design and still save money, and sell the parts you do not need.