My first attempt putting together a 3d printer after getting a QU-BD One Up. Have only assembled the base so far. A couple of the MDF pieces were damaged in transit to me, but not too badly. I am enjoying the process :).
Is this an additional printer or your first personal 3D printer? I’ve ordered one as well. It got close to being delivered - but the PO sent it all the way back. Now I have to wait until it comes around again.
Congrats. I hope they work well for each of us.
Noob question from a noob…did this come with instruction? And how hard is it to set up? Do most 3D printer kits come with instructions?
@Kyla_P I have 2 kits i have built (printrbot simple, @nop_head mendel90) the Simple’s instructions were kind-of all over, there are many versions with small differences, but the kit goes together pretty quickly. The Mendel90 instructions were much more complete and straight forward, but the build time is much longer.
Thanks for the info @Camerin_hahn . I’m interested in 3D printing but I have no idea about building these things or even using software such as slic3r and openscad…I’d love to dive in…but wouldn’t want to drown
I started with the simple, there are 3 types of programs you need (CAD, Slicers, and Host software). The simple uses Repetier host and Slic3r out of the box. You could just download models from Thingiverse (or many of the alternitives) and print them, but really the power comes when you learn how to CAD (openScad is a CAD software). I recommend starting on TinkerCAD.com if you want to see what modeling is like, you send you designs to a printing service from there if you decide you want to try it out (this gets expensive)
As a direct answer to the specific question from @Kyla_P
The 1up & 2up have build info on the web:
http://www.fabric8r.com/forums/showthread.php?1247-Assembly-videos-and-other-resources
and scattered throughout the updates on the kickstarter page:
http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/qu-bd/qu-bd-one-up-open-source-production-ready-3d-print/posts
At the moment, QU-BD (pronounced as cubed), it seems as if they are having a struggle with catching up to their kickstarter pledges. I’m not sure I would recommend them as a first kit at this point in time. They may get the processed tuned, eventually. What @Camerin_hahn has, may be better choices depending on your needs, wants, or skill set. My QU-BD printers have not yet arrived, so I can’t comment as to how easy they are to assemble.
@Camerin_hahn @Rojer_Wisner thanks for the great info. I’ll look into some of the kits mentioned
@Rojer_Wisner it is my first personal printer. I have used Shapeways and imaterialise previously. Hope you get yours soon.
@Kyla_P QU-BD have some videos but it the instructions on the forums created by other users that are really helpful. It didn’t come with offical instructions. I think if you are not happy taking a bit of a gamble and tinkering you might want to use the more tried and tested printers out there.
@Louise_Hughes I saw some of your chromosome jewelry and it looks nice. I’ve used Shapeways & i.materialize too, but my stuff isn’t quite so pretty. I hope you get your printer built and calibrated without grand headaches.
@Rojer_Wisner Thank. 
I am about to launch a kickstarter for the jewellery so I hope others think the same as you.