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I'm very happy to post that I received my Ultimaker 2 in the U.S. just five weeks after I ordered it (ordered Friday May 10, received Monday June 16). When I placed the order, the lead time was listed as 8-10 weeks. Needless to say, receiving it a month earlier than expected was a really nice surprise!
In the box was a note that my Ultimaker 2 was assembled in the USA by fbrc8, "Ultimaker's official manufacturing & support partner in the USA." It's great to see Ultimaker expanding to meet the needs of its customers.
When I first set it up, I couldn't get the filament to feed into the extruder no matter how hard I pushed, so I had to loosen the tension a bit. I'm quite impressed with the prints I've been getting so far, but I've had to be mindful of keeping the filament relatively friction-free as it enters the extruder as documented in this thread. I was experiencing some under-extrusion problems with retraction enabled and combing turned off. The filament squeaked as it rubbed against the side of the opening on the bottom of the extruder and resulted in printing gaps. Turning combing back on (resulting in fewer retractions) and being mindful of the angle of the filament as it enters the extruder seemed to fix the problem nicely.
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I'm very happy to post that I received my Ultimaker 2 in the U.S. just five weeks after I ordered it (ordered Friday May 10, received Monday June 16). When I placed the order, the lead time was listed as 8-10 weeks. Needless to say, receiving it a month earlier than expected was a really nice surprise!
In the box was a note that my Ultimaker 2 was assembled in the USA by fbrc8, "Ultimaker's official manufacturing & support partner in the USA." It's great to see Ultimaker expanding to meet the needs of its customers.
When I first set it up, I couldn't get the filament to feed into the extruder no matter how hard I pushed, so I had to loosen the tension a bit. I'm quite impressed with the prints I've been getting so far, but I've had to be mindful of keeping the filament relatively friction-free as it enters the extruder as documented in this thread. I was experiencing some under-extrusion problems with retraction enabled and combing turned off. The filament squeaked as it rubbed against the side of the opening on the bottom of the extruder and resulted in printing gaps. Turning combing back on (resulting in fewer retractions) and being mindful of the angle of the filament as it enters the extruder seemed to fix the problem nicely.