Shapeoko3 #1331 - Europe, The Netherlands
Posted: Mon Jan 25, 2016 7:23 pm
and yet another build log ... some of the info here has been posted already in other threads, but I still included it for the complete picture.
*Shipping and unpacking,
I wanted to get a shapeoko3 earlier, but the shipping into Europe (the Netherlands) was rather extreme in the past (400 euro). Now they offered an 150 euro USPS option I went for it. Due to the holiday season Carbide decided to ship with FedEx anyhow.
For my fellow Europeans, here's roughly what I payed;
999+75 USD (base+endstop kit)
154 USD shipping (for your location you can check the carbide site, just put in an order)
238 Euro duty and tax (most is 21% sales tax, almost no import duty, something like 12,- customsfee for Fedex)
135,- EURO for the makita router, found one on amazon Germany, in NL much more expensive.
All in all I was pretty pleased with the shipping and packaging, also the KIT was mostly complete, though there where a few small things. - Carbide did not ship my endstop kit in the original shipment, but they did put it on the invoice, so I paid customs & tax on it. In the mean time (few weeks later) they did ship it with USPS (it's in transit atm, USPS is not very fast). I guess the separate shipping will cost me about 25 euro extra customs fee & tax. Asked Carbide support about this but did not get a reply.
- In my pack there was no "carbide3d" sticker as I see them on the spindel mount of other machines, did they deliberately stop supplying these?
- There where no screws for mounting the fan.
- There where no M6 bolts to mount the electronics cover, seems in earlier packaging this thing was pre-mounted, not anymore, now all parts are packed in carton boxes i.s.o. the foam insert I had seen in some video's. Think these bolts are also missing on the parts list. I only had longer bolts so I printed a few spacers. for European customers
- the powercord included is US, so you need to get one for your country (just the standard cable like the type just on PC's etc..)
- although the machine is mostly metric, the Z-endstop posts have imperial screws (why on earth did they do this....) and the allen wrench needed (1/8") is not included and difficult to get in the Netherlands..
*Shipping and unpacking,
I wanted to get a shapeoko3 earlier, but the shipping into Europe (the Netherlands) was rather extreme in the past (400 euro). Now they offered an 150 euro USPS option I went for it. Due to the holiday season Carbide decided to ship with FedEx anyhow.
For my fellow Europeans, here's roughly what I payed;
999+75 USD (base+endstop kit)
154 USD shipping (for your location you can check the carbide site, just put in an order)
238 Euro duty and tax (most is 21% sales tax, almost no import duty, something like 12,- customsfee for Fedex)
135,- EURO for the makita router, found one on amazon Germany, in NL much more expensive.
All in all I was pretty pleased with the shipping and packaging, also the KIT was mostly complete, though there where a few small things. - Carbide did not ship my endstop kit in the original shipment, but they did put it on the invoice, so I paid customs & tax on it. In the mean time (few weeks later) they did ship it with USPS (it's in transit atm, USPS is not very fast). I guess the separate shipping will cost me about 25 euro extra customs fee & tax. Asked Carbide support about this but did not get a reply.
- In my pack there was no "carbide3d" sticker as I see them on the spindel mount of other machines, did they deliberately stop supplying these?
- There where no screws for mounting the fan.
- There where no M6 bolts to mount the electronics cover, seems in earlier packaging this thing was pre-mounted, not anymore, now all parts are packed in carton boxes i.s.o. the foam insert I had seen in some video's. Think these bolts are also missing on the parts list. I only had longer bolts so I printed a few spacers. for European customers
- the powercord included is US, so you need to get one for your country (just the standard cable like the type just on PC's etc..)
- although the machine is mostly metric, the Z-endstop posts have imperial screws (why on earth did they do this....) and the allen wrench needed (1/8") is not included and difficult to get in the Netherlands..