The Ultimaker 3 is here! These are the things you should know about it, its larger brother, the Ultimaker 3 Extended and the future of Ultimaker in the “Maker” market.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C1yZUXzz4yU
Was pretty underwhelmed by the offering and for the price, nothing particularly exciting IMO.
If this has the same reliability and ease of use as our 2+'s I imagine it’s going to be a heavy worker around here. Our sigma is plagued with jamming issues and we really need a second support capable printer besides our stratasys. Looking forward to playing with it.
I also don’t get your comment about open source. Are they not releasing the source files again? I’ve seen no indication to say otherwise.
I think you also have some misinformation in there. It’s my understanding that there’s just a print core and a support core, not a core for each type of filament you want to use.
@Mike_Kelly_Mike_Make i specifically asked the distributor about that, and they told me it was a specific core for each material. Now i’m hearing that the AA core is good for the common filaments…
@Thomas_Sanladerer Which distributor? I don’t think they really knew then because my distributor told me that it’s one core for main material and one for support. That’s it.
@Mike_Kelly_Mike_Make seems there was some confusion with @iGo3D 's staff at the event. The AA core can officially print most common filaments.
Do you know if there is an .stl of the cordless drill they printed? I want to print one and compare the print quality.
@Thomas_Sanladerer I don’t understand why this is made more complex then it is.
The AA is just a normal hotend as you would expect in an UM2.
The BB is a special design that prevents clogging problems with PVA.
The AA can be used with anything except PVA. The BB can be used with anything but will give sub-optimal results and is recommended to be only used with PVA.
The printer ships with 2 AA and 1 BB.
So one recommended use is the BB for just PVA, one AA for “low” PLA like temperature materials and one AA for high temperature materials. But you can do pretty much whatever you want, except for putting PVA in the AA.
Any information how exactly the BB is different from AA? Different melt zones, materials…?
Exactly? No. I’m just the software guy. I know the hardware guys figured this out.
Although the Ultimaker site states “The use of the door is strongly advised for most filaments that print at higher temperatures…”, Ultimaker did not include a door. I am completely baffled. If UM3 came with an enclosure for ABS etc, I’d already own one. Instead I’m looking at other printers that are more turn-key.