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We all wouldn't use printers melting plastics if we were thinking about the environment in the first place Skint. From my experience so far, there has not been enough wasted material to recycle to even make a difference.

Personally, unless you are using multiple printers running a business, I don't think it's worth it. I have bought rolls of filament for $20 per roll with almost perfect sizing throughout. Sometimes you get a section that is deformed, but to me, it's totally acceptable for the price it's purchased at. After buying the plastic extruder, pellets, cleaning up shavings from old prints, time spent extruding plastic, time spent rolling up plastic that has been extruded, and shipping costs, I would rather just buy a $20 roll that can be loaded into my 3D printer. (TIME IS MONEY) The only other reason I would think about buying one of these plastic extruders is to recycle all of my mess up prints or old parts.

This is for Makingzone & Skint. Sorry it took so long to get these files up. I redesigned the base and I am making a few more mods for the gears. The Dremel Workstation is now on Youmagine! https://www.youmagine.com/designs/dremel-workstation-press

This might not be a stunning print to all of you out there, but to me this is a huge deal. I finally have a UM2 that can reach it's limitations! I would like to thank Ultimaker for sending me a new printer and illuminarti for the g-code file.

No worries gr5. As I said in the first post, it's a minor issue. In any case, I always respect and learn from the wise advice that you and more experienced assets of these forums bring to the table.

Thanks Daid!

Oh and btw, the new printer is printing flawless!

gr5, I sense a bit of sarcasm! The hot-end travels to far as to physically make contact with the front of the case, which is not a good thing. Do you really think i would be complaining about the hot-end moving to the front? that's just as ridiculous as your comment. Illuminarti, I confirmed tonight, that this only happens during the initial setup.

Illuminarti, Thanks for the reply. I haven't performed the second filament change yet. I shut the printer off when it happened the first time. Then I powered it up again and the same thing happened. I let the filament finish loading on the second try and figured I would ask around on the forums. It's good to hear that it is a firmware bug on setup. I'll change the filament tonight and make sure this only happens during the initial setup. After waiting for almost 2 months, I can finally start printing again!

I just received my 2nd UM2. After fixing all of the shipping loose ends, I found a minor problem that i was hoping to find an answer to. When I change material, the hot-end slams into the front of the case and when this happens, it gets stuck there until it is done changing material. Is this part of the g-code, a problem with Cura, or do I need to try a factory reset? The printer came with Cura 14.03 already installed. Any help would be much appreciated!

Braddock, Your work is so insane! I just finished looking at your website. I'm completely blown away with your artistic abilities.

Neat! He looks a lot like Abe from that old game called Abe's Oddysee. http://www.oddworld.com/oddworldgames/abes-oddysee/

My package arrived to the Netherlands in a few days, but Ultimaker never received it, so now the same broken printer is being returned to me with shipping charges unless someone can catch the package before it leaves the Netherlands. Sander? I have emailed Marrit with the Old tracking number and the new Return ID#. I am also going to send it to you via IM.

Lennart, I believe you can find almost any nut and bolt CAD file right on the McMaster's website. They have a slew of 3D files with different formats!

Thanks Sander! Very quick response and you took care of this within 1 hour of me posting. I waited until today to post an update to make sure the shipping went well. I tracked the package and it already arrived in the Netherlands!

Thanks!

I'm about to take back my extremely nice compliments to the Ultimaker company in a recent post. I have been waiting for 1 month for DHL to pickup my printer to exchange it for another! Yes that is 4 weeks to this day. What is the hold up? I have been going back and forth with Marrit via email and this is starting to get annoying. I have been more than patient enough after waiting 2 months to receive the printer, then dealing with all of the issues I had. Now I am waiting for excessive amounts of time to send it back. This is unacceptable. Sander, please contact me and get this done for me.

I just wanted to make sure that my post didn't come through the wrong way or give the wrong impression. I just realized that not everyone has heard of, or understands the impression, "Second to none". In my book, it means number 1, like no other, the best. Just thought I would clear that up so nobody takes it in a negative fashion. :cool:

Hey Nicolinux and Braddock, I feel your pain! I have been waiting for almost 3 weeks to have DHL come by and pick up my printer to exchange it for another. They finally contacted me today. I am out of options to try and fix my under extrusion problems. On the positive side, The Ultimaker Team has been one of the best companies to deal with ever! Their customer support is second to none. I can't wait until these issues are finally solved and fine tuned. Sometimes it takes a few patient people to find the answer.

Ian, By my calculations, everyone on that list has a year or less to catch up to you going by their date joined! :cool: Except Daid.

I used plastic epoxy a couple times with tools that I printed out of PLA. It works fantastic!

@makingzone & skint Most of my really good or useful designs I don't post or share, but this one I can definitely share. I would not recommend printing the 25 hour base, because there is a lot to lose.(time/filament/sanity) The smaller 6" base is perfect, but I need to fix the stl file. Or I can just give you the 3dm file and you can modify as you see fit? There are a total of 9 objects to print if I remember correctly. (Not including the linear printed bearings) which work quite nice! I'll post this on youmagine when I get a chance. thanks for the interest and compliments.

Here's my first print with abs using the stock hot end from the UM2. This was a w hour print that came out surprisingly well. It's a light bar for the roof rack of my Summit Truck that harnesses (5)-5mm leds.

Glad I made the right choice after days of searching!

Well, this is certainly not my latest print, but definitely my longest/biggest print so far. I printed these tools about 3 weeks ago and had many problems during the prints. You can't tell where the flaws are from the pics, but they are there. I was able to get these to finish in between babysitting it and sleeping. This is the first prototype, which didn't have enough support for the machined rods. I accidentally dropped it and the fall broke the tiny supports. (The base is 6" x 6") This is the second version, which is much stronger and I scaled it to take up the entire buildplate right around 8". This print took 25 hours at 0.2 layers using transparent blue(Because it's my least favorite). 50+meters of material used! (this print was an emotional rollercoaster....lol) In the end it looks ok, but I had to shave off the outermost layers on every side because it did not adhere, creating a flimsy sheet of plastic. The carriage has 4 10mm linear bearings inside and a hand knob on the back to secure the carriage in place for grinding and buffing. In front of the carriage there are gears that interlock ever 45 degrees so the dremel can be multi-positional. The base has slots on the bottom for level, measuring tools, and clips to hold objects into place. This baby is super accurate and sturdy! On the top I made a cap to hold the wrench to change bits and a place to hold 8-10 bits. ***Oh, I forgot to mention that everything is printed except for the rods and hardware to put everything together. Right now I have printed 10mm bearings that work just fine until my real bearings arrive***