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Only a few days left! excitinggggggg ^_^

Yes, you can print PLA Flex on both. It is a bit more rigid then rubberlike, but for example it is the material used for the https://www.ultimaker.com/blogs/news/2014/08/19/3d-printed-fashion-suite-launched-by-xyz-workshop-x-ultimaker dress. Usually 2 drips of sewing machine oil in the bowden tube are recommended, but I don't think necessary. I have also printed with ninjaflex which is much more flexible. It can be printed on both the Ultimaker Original and 2. The way I printed it, which I think can be improved, was by printing it fairly slow (around 20mm/s) and very hot (245ºC) I had retraction enabled and high tension on the feeding spring. I printed parts for an e-NABLE hand with ninjaflex, a test cube and a few Ultimaker Robots.

Also, isn't it strange how it seems that stretch bracelets seem to evaporate into thin air? Preaching to the choir mate

Thanks!

Hi James, Thank you for your reply and taking the time to write it. I totally agree with that the Ultimaker Original is a great machine, I always refer to it as a 'working-horse' because when you are a little bit familiar with it, it just always works. The focus on the Ultimaker 2 in my write up was not meant to disadvantage the Ultimaker Original but I also have to face the facts that the Ultimaker 2 seems to be more popular. As Nallath confirms and I can also agree on, our focus will stay on both machines / directions. It is part of Ultimaker!

We will soon! I am working on it. However, for the time being the best way would be to get in touch with our support team.

Ian, I was just giving you my experience, that is it.

I have it printing on my desk all the time at work, so do my colleagues. I have had it in my previous room (at house) too, never had any head aches. I am not claiming that you are overreacting or that the fumes are not the root, but maybe it is unrelated? Don't know.. but I don't experience that. Have you stopped or increased your amount of coffee a day?

aww thanks guys!! What about the part I wrote, do you have any comments or do you just agree 100%?

Thanks Bez!! And Nallath, I am glad you read through the staff-handbook

I think it is time we made some decisions and chose a direction! I will take the input at heart from the survey and chose a direction with Rick which he also believes is doable. Will report back in a short while

Nice! This is going to be an exciting award show.

Thanks Didier!! .. So do I!

Wow Corey, thanks! That means a lot! help us spread the word!

Following https://www.ultimaker.com/blogs/news/2014/08/21/nominees I mentioned Ultimaker was nominated for 5 different awards! We feel honored to be nominated in this many categories, and at the same time we already feel victorious (but humble) that our efforts and get noticed in this dynamic market. Ultimaker has been nominated for: Best Consumer http://3dprintshow.com/global-awards/best-consumer-product/ + http://3dprintshow.com/global-awards/best-consumer-printer/ http://3dprintshow.com/global-awards/best-consumer-software/http://3dprintshow.com/global-awards/best-consumer-software/http://3dprintshow.com/global-awards/best-consumer-software/ http://3dprintshow.com/global-awards/brand-of-the-year/ http://3dprintshow.com/global-awards/best-prosumer-printer/ Best Consumer product + Best Consumer printer The Ultimaker 2 has been nominated as best Consumer product. You don’t necessarily have to make a living out of 3D printing to make the step towards this mesmerizing technique. Whether you are just interested in 3D printing or you see a great way of how to improve on your hobbies Ultimaker is a great fit! Our community is full with people who are the living proof. Because of the user friendly nature of our products, both software and hardware, it is appealing for everyone to get involved. Our slicing software Cura makes it easy for the user to understand what he is doing. And with the entire community being only a mouse-click away you never have to struggle alone because there is a huge group of active friendly people (I mean you guys! ) happy to help, inspire and work with you. Within approximately 15 minutes after unboxing the Ultimaker 2 you can already start your first print. The interface that we installed helps you through the proces of setting up and the auto-filament feed feature will even help you feeding the filament. But getting into this rapidly moving revolution may be a scary thing because development is going so fast, hardware can easily become outdated. But at Ultimaker we want to take care of our users and that is why we are backwards compatible. That means for example someone who bought the Ultimaker Original 3 years ago, has had the choices of updating its hardware to the model we sell today! Best Consumer software Besides developing Ultimaker hardware, Ultimaker also accelerates in Ultimaker Software, Cura. Cura is a prime example of why being open source is beneficial. Originally created in our community Cura soon started to get noticed by many users. And that has never changed! After Ultimaker hired the developer to continue its hard and fruitful work, Cura is still one of the most popular slicers and because it is open source it is being used by a large variety of differently branded 3D Printers. For the beginners it has default profiles and for the 3D print heavy weights there are expert settings. Cura is also 65 times faster then most comparable slicers, which allows you to always be on time for your favorite tv-show! Brand of the year Ultimaker is also nominated as Brand of the year. This particularly is a huge honor because it shows that our activities and efforts do not go unnoticed. We at Ultimaker have always been very loyal to our values, even though they have not always been the easiest path. Being a pioneer of sharing has allowed us to move faster and work with a larger group of developers then could ever fit in a building! As one of the few successful open source businesses we force the market to keep innovating. For about 30 years the technology has stood (close to) still, but when patents expired the creativity re-ignited again. This community doesn’t stand still, and we feel proud to represent that large group of users through our technology! In our work we also notice that we can help a lot of other initiatives as well. We have been in close relation with http://www.enablingthefuture.org/ and donated $10.000 worth of Ultimaker's to their cause. e-NABLE is a beautiful example of what 3D printing and being open source can mean for society. Another great cause we support is 'https://www.ultimaker.com/blogs/news/2014/08/15/world-s-first-3d-printed-petition-to-help-save-elephants' (Translated: Get off the elephant). It puts its focus on elephants being abused for the entertainment for tourists. Along with one of our community http://www.rooiejoris.nl/store/index.php?route=information/information&information_id=4 we are printing a life size elephant with names engraved of those who sign the petition. A place where we interact with our community members and whats a big part of being open source is our forum, a platform for our users where they can come together and share their knowledge and experience. For new users this is also a great place to gather information or get inspired. We take pride in hosting such an active platform which is accessible for everyone. Prosumer printer of the year Ranging from the techie neighbor down the street to the highest animation studio that has been working on various hollywood blockbusters the Ultimaker 2 has been serving everyone’s need. The Ultimaker 2 has proven to be very reliable and can print at unmatched resolutions of 20 micron, speeds up to 300mm/s and with its heated bed it is capable to print almost all available materials. Through these features the Ultimaker is a match for almost every prosumer. Together with DUS-architects we have helped putting together a large printer called http://3dprintcanalhouse.com/ that is now working on printing an actual canal house. Together with http://www.xyzworkshop.com/ we have changed the landscape of fashion with our open source https://www.youmagine.com/designs/inbloom-dress-by-xyz-workshop/and established http://www.julianhakes.co.uk/index.html within the fashion industry are prototyping with the Ultimaker 2. The Ultimaker even managed to reach out to the far lands of India where http://www.damaged-design.com/ found a solution in Ultimaker to give shape to his fantasy and create his own famous Ronin-figurines. (interesting fact: we will be showing a 3 foot(!!) tall Ronin figurine at 3D printshow in London and at the Maker Faire in New York!) Even though the Ultimaker 2 has only been launched September 2013 it already has a track record that shows it is one of the professionals favorite to work with. -- It would mean a lot to us if you, as our community who has always been so valuable to u, would help us once again by submitting your vote for Ultimaker. To make it a little bit more interesting, if you will leave a comment when you submitted your vote I will have someone randomly select 3 people from the comments and we are going to send them a nice filament-pack! Thank you!!

lol, such a normal comment but you had to make it weird

Hi DeGouveia, Thank you for your report! I am happy to hear you received the Ultimaker fast and in good condition. On the other hand, I am sorry to read about the display. Can you share your ticket ID with me? I can forward it to my colleagues from technical support and we will get back with you. Most likely it is not a very big problem, but we will assist you in solving it. What have you made so far? Looking forward hearing from you,

haha ja, eigenlijk vreemd he dat er nog geen Nederlands deel was. Voor mij is engels op mijn werk onderhand mijn voertaal geworden, spreek het denk ik 80% van de tijd. Maar, goed om te zien dat er nu een Nederlands deel is. Hopelijk wordt het een levendig onderdeel van het forum! @Leon, wees je er wel van bewust dat als je een keer een probleem hebt dat je waarschijnlijk sneller reactie hebt in het Engelse deel omdat dat gewoonweg veel meer gebruikers heeft. Maar het kan natuurlijk nooit kwaad om het (eerst) hier ook te proberen.

I was gonna say, in a group we could go through Roberts manual, however for the expert users I think that could be a bit boring.. But I like the idea of education.

Zo geschiedde, http://umforum.ultimaker.com/index.php?/forum/82-ultimaker-international-nederlands/

I also thought of flexible filaments, but also to combine them with hard materials. And something as: Drilling a nozzle to make it a bigger diameter? Feeder alternatives?

Hi Guys, For a couple of editions we have been bringing back the interaction in the Ulti-evenings by first organizing a chocolate-hack and second by inviting Colorfabb to do a presentation about 'exotic materials'. Both seemed to be a huge success, and I want to start this thread as an open platform to post suggestions on what we should do on the next Ulti-evening What do you want to do / learn?

I am glad to read so many enthusiastic reactions!! We have a few idea's for next month to keep the interaction going but if anybody has any ideas on topics please feel free to post them he-...second thought. I am going to open a new topic for suggestions Edit: http://umforum.ultimaker.com/index.php?/topic/7099-ulti-evening-suggestions/

The video should be uploaded faster as last month And would you come to the Belgium Ulti-evening edition once i launches?

http://vimeo.com/104240416 is the documentation of lasts edition! The write up for the hack is still in the works