After a few weeks it's finally here. The cost was 1BTC, of which all but about $600 worth was returned in the form of sky crypto. The product is a complete kit, meaning 100% complete and must be completely assembled. Software is not included but is available online. See https://www.skycoin.net/ .

It contains all parts and assemblies required, including two hex wrenches and a nutdriver. Each package of hardware is individually marked with a number label and these are referenced in the 30-page instruction/assembly manual. There is little text once the main portion of the manual is entered, but many good drawings.

There seem to be a few discrepancies. One example is STEP 02, which shows assembling part of the frame. The exploded drawing is subtly different from the smaller inset final/completed image for the step. We assembled ours according to the exploded view, after reading ahead (again) to see what difference it might make. Another discrepancy is with the small nuts which fit in the slots of the extrusions. Some of them are very tight due to being out of spec or too large to slip right in, and so in instances where the builder should insert the nut into the extrusion channel and rotate it 90 degrees, the rotation may not be possible.

We recommend that all nuts be inspected by test-fitting them into the channels. We were able to tap the too-tight nut into the channel with a small rod. During some phases of frame assembly, a channel-end will be closed off by another extrusion. We suggest that the 'tight' nuts be saved for channel ends which will be open.

It would be nice if these fasteners were of better quality, more uniform. The screws which fit into the nuts are a somewhat soft metal and the hex will strip if tightened too much, so there is a definite balance between a gentle hand and a loose assembly. Size discrepancies and softness in fasteners are not what we are used to here. The bolts may be approximately equivalent to Grade 2, a consumer type.

Once the frame is assembled, we may put a drop of cement on each to stave off loosening due to frame flexure. Overall, it is well to leave them a little loose until the frame is complete and then use a soft deadblow hammer to tap it into perfect 'squareness', and then tighten the fasteners finally. Alternately a simple assembly jig could be used. This would be true of any such extrusion-based or unistrut-based job.

Although we illuminate small faults, we are very satisfied with the miner kit. It's well-thought out and the value is excellent. Our staff engineer lamented only that it is not of rackmount proportions, since almost everything else around here is in racks. He described a layout in a 2U package.

Next will be assembly of the card cage to fit inside the frame.

one of these things is not like the other..