Friday, January 31, 2014

Ultimaker2 3D printer

So after 2 months of waiting i finally received my Ultimaker2 the 3D printer!
It came in a big box like so:
On top there were the materials, to begin with i had a red ABS, skyblue&translumniscentgrren PLA.

Here is a bad photo of some other accessories for the printer:
The manual is printed in a high quality and is very clear, it even offers some troubleshooting solutions.
Included is also: Lube, spool(holds the material), Allen keys, stickers, more stickers, stick glue, computer cable, power supply and a test print made by the printer at the factory.
Getting the printer to run is easy, it takes about 10min.
When turned on it looks like this:
The only problem i encountered was leveling out the platform, at first i didn't level it correctly and parts on the left side got separated from the platform destroying the print.

The stick glue supplied with the printer is there so u put some on the build platform so that the abs parts stick.
PLA is not that problematic, as it sticks to the glass platform, but using glue with small parts is advisable.
Here are some prints:
this is the very first one, a tensioner for f5g boats.
many more, and a prototype pulley
the printer in action
a steering arm for the RC drift car, and an improved pulley
canting keel base, for F5g
An Ice scraper for my car
it is printed at a low quality, the biggest print yet(18x20cm)
and some more action
There is still a lot to learn as the printer has many many things to adjust, such as nozzle temp., speed, build platform temp. etc.

The software i am using is ultimaker's CURA, it is easy to use, just perfect for the ultimaker. It wants .STL files so it can create a G code for the printer to use.

I do not have the printer conected to the computer, becouse if the computer starts to hibernate or shuts down, then the printing is stopped. I use the supplied 2gb SD card as a data source for the printer.




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