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[Dr-Thunder4]

I was thinking about building this. What is the best way to get started, and what is an estimated timeframe for completion? What is the estimated cost?

[oldnslow]

At this stage, the Core-R-θ is very much a self directed project.

In terms of getting started, i would suggest a thorough review of all the posts in the Discussions, Issues and Pull requests sections to get a sense of the challenge you would be taking on and what sort of support might be available. The information is a bit scattered but there is a search function which is useful to collate the various topics.

Time frame, will of course, be very much dependent on your skill and experience, desired level of fit and finish, modifications and, to a lesser extent, tools and equipment. Having only reached the stage of acquiring the components and wading through the firmware installation process, my estimate would be a good 80 hours or more of physical assembly time. Depending on your learning speed (mine is ponderously slow) and current level of 3D printer knowledge, anticipate spending a similar amount of time figuring out how the whole hardware, firmware and slicing system come together.

Costs to build from scratch, based on this BOM, are likely in the range of €500. There are a few folks who have done an Ender conversion which could be a good approach depending on your goals and where you are starting from.