LePaul

I'm sorry to read your Olsson Block upgrade went badly

I've had my UMO going since August 2013 and only replaced the nozzle last fall (jammed it up good). I had bought the dual extruder upgrade so I had spare parts available! I'm curious about picture where you printer looks encased in something...?

I honestly don't know why this thread exists when it comes across as an endorsement of a Chinese rip off. Lock it/close it/ delete it would be my opinion

I haven't found their forum very useful yet. I inquired about a profile for the heated bed upgrade and effectively got told to make my own. Well, sure...how! I guess I was being lazy, hoping such a profile already existed and some suggestions on how to do it. I can't say my experience with S3D has been very good so far. I've grown to like the current Cura release

Hi @valcrow, thanks for chiming in I'm finding I have to level for each print, which probably isn't a bad idea. I guess from my many months of watching Ultimaker 2 videos of first prints and such, I expected much the same. I certainly don't recall seeing any videos where people are hurriedly adjusting those screws while the skirt is printing. Maybe it's just this way with the UMO? I mean, I do view the U2 as a better printer than mine...since it was professionally assembled and all Like everything in 3D printing, it's an ongoing education.

I found one of Robert's contributions on Thingiverse....a PCB Vise. I have been doing a lot of soldering of Arduino UNO shields lately and this looks very handy! The first piece came out great using basic settings... ColorFabb PLA/PHA at 200, 40 mm/sec, 0.2 layers and bed at 60C But the "claws" sort of turned into a mess. I wonder if the bed temp killed the overhangs? Or some support should've been added?

You make a lot of good points, there should be some better education on bed leveling, calibration and how to best use the heated bed. I melted my first Ultirobot test print...poor overhangs!

It's tough to gather tone/mood/meaning from text. I understand your frustrations. These machines are expensive and it can be maddening how it is smooth sailing from the day it is unboxed for some...and a struggle for each and every print for others. (Me! But I have a UMO, so very experimental)

Well I thought my first calibration and good print....a small box (1 inch square) in the middle of the plate, would suffice. But when I moved on to a print that was 6" wide, i had to re-level since I was running into the same issue, no filament extruding/bed too close, again. Experiment, experiment, experiment. Boy, all this information, from installing the upgrade to getting good prints will make quite a video

I'm glad to see you are on the path to successful printing. You come off rather unappreciative of the steps gr5 offered you, though.

I wonder......How much leveling/bed calibration do UM2 users go through? Each print? Every few days? I know the UMO is for the Experimenter....and yes, it is certainly living up to that role! It seems prior to each print is requiring some tweaking. Not horrible, now that I'm using the extra skirt/adjust method gr5 details.

Wow, what is that "hood" you've made? Love the dinosaurs!

I thought you might have been talking about The Palette

Please, no Jar Jar. Do I have to suit up in my Stormtrooper suit and visit Ultimaker HQ?

And...just printed a larger piece and had to do more adjustments for that. Looks like skirt and tuning is a good regular habit to get into I need to make the skirts spread out a tad...hard to see them after that 4th pass

Aww, you can tell those dogs are loved! 'Pudgey' was full of personality and had a loud, raspy meow. Actually, he was quite the talker. Thus the house feels way too quiet He wasn't crazy about pictures being taken Loved to sit or lay in weird positions Looked to be missing feet when begging with his buddy Momma Cat (sole survivor now) Loved snuggling his older brother (Mokey passed away in Oct) And was in charge of grocery bag inspections

Tonight I had a chance to use your ideas....I downloaded a test print, added about 6 levels of skirt and did the 'crazy finger dance' to manually raise/lower the bed to get the smooshed plastic result. Of course, I had to write myself a note... As usual black filament photographs poorly (and I hate how the top of this print looks!) BUT...note the skirt is properly squished in there (sorry, no idea why sideways)

That's a really good point...but I am not a carpenter =)

I have to measure the boxes, I'll be happy to share that here. I know we have some immensely talented YouMagine contributors

Well, I'm thinking about something that holds both of those wooden boxes and perhaps room for a picture above each. I have an idea but I need to sketch it out some Pets are something. You sort of take them for granted over the years. I just never thought I'd loose 2/3 of them in a 3-month span. I had a dog years ago and I thought about getting another....but I am gone a lot, so the cats were easier.

Life is about the journey and the friends we make

Well the emergency vet called last night to report my cat's cremated remains were ready for pick up. It was exactly a week ago I brought him there in respiratory distress. The staff was very nice, i was a little choked up at how nice they were. I'll print something nice in the future...but for now, a picture will work

Word!

What's your process? Heat the bed and nozzle prior?

Thanks for the comments. The cat is very lonely, never been the only cat in the house. I've bought her some new toys and spent some quality time playing with her instead of printing I'm going to wait a bit before I consider adding another one to the house hold...she might decide she likes having the house all to herself!