Welp, I've pulled the trigger, let's see where this one leads.
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I'll do my best! I've gone for the parts kit from triangle labs. I figure worst case it can probably be persuaded to work with something a bit less proprietary down the line. 20-30 day lead time on parts, $75 - I think I'm going to need some Bambu parts in addition, but I'll do my best to document it as I go.
Documentation is only in Chinese?
Yeah pretty much from what I've come across this far. I may regret this lol. There's a couple of videos on YouTube, one's in silence and the other's in Chinese.
There definitely seems to be a few in the wild built by English speakers so there might be a few people I can tap up for advice.