Anycubic Kobra 3 ACE Pro 3D Printer Review – Good multi-material alternative with Klipper or worse copy?

Assembly

Some foam has been stuffed under the print bed, this also has to be removed.

Then you can start with the assembly. You can either use the enclosed instructions on paper or the video provided by Anycubic:

But here too, I will of course go through the assembly step by step.

As the portal has already been assembled at the factory, we can start directly with the print head.

This is simply connected via USB Type-C, the cable is then secured with two small screws.

The print head and the pre-assembled carriage are then connected to the four holes circled in white.

The ribbon cable for the screen is already in place on the right-hand side.

The small joint is then screwed to the housing and the touchscreen is connected, making sure that the cable is correctly aligned.

The cable for the X-stepper motor can also be connected straight away.

And while we’re here anyway, simply push the filament guide into the recess from above.

The mechanism known in the community as the “poop shute” or “poop thrower” is attached to the right-hand side of the Kobra 3 with two screws.

We’ll take a closer look at the ACE in a moment, for now we just need the four PTFE tubes attached to it. On the extruder side, the hoses must be inserted up to the second mark.

They are then pushed through the holder just fitted to the side of the printer.

And to prevent everything from hanging around like limp spaghetti, we use the enclosed star-shaped cable combs.

The four blue clips on the back of the ACE must then be removed and the hoses inserted up to the first mark.

Then push in the clips and connect the connection cable.

And of course don’t forget the other side of the printer.

Also do not forget: Check again that the correct voltage is set!

The whole thing should look something like this before we move on to the next step.