Hi Dave
I got one of these Micromake Mini Kossel pulley version kit.
A few reasons why I got this was the plastic injection molded parts,price,compact and a 12v system.
Went through the same process as you with the videos in chinese and a few pdf's in english.
They show how to put the thing together rather well always coming out with new videos but the videos I want to see in english
are about the Cura software they use.
Interesting that I wanted to get the latest Marlin source code so I could see how they configure the machine and after email them
there not to keen on releasing it.
So what they do is customize the Cura software with Micromake debugger and a Firmware configurator so no need for Marlin.
But with this setup there could be a problem if I were to connect a different model lcd interface not sure about those settings.
The controller board as far as I can tell is a MKS Mini v1.2 with Micromake branding on it. I keep a fan on the power supply it gets rather warm.
They seem to be useing this board with all their Kossel kits.
I wonder if they will upgrade to Mks base or something in the future.
For a 12 volt system and printing with PLA I am rather impressed with the results.
I seem to be running out of 10 " paper plates often I cut out about a 7" circular dia then scuff the center of the wax side with scotch brite
use some of that purple skool glue flip it over and it sticks to my crystal black onyx plate press down on the center and it sticks like crazy
providing a nice flat surface to print on with some masking tape around the perimeter.
I am able to do the bed leveling with this method and am within the tolerance so it's working out good.
I got the kit on Amazon and not to many people are writing reviews on mine or the other models.
I would like to hear what other people think of Micromake and what they have to offer.
As far as I can tell Micromake seems to be a very innovative group maybe more slanted to the chinese market but making inroads to the U.S. market.
At Thingverse there is a Micromake group join and I would be glad to share info about this with you or anyone else that has one of these machines.
Regards
frank