$5,000 3D Printer with MAGIC dissolving plastic!
Linus Tech Tips
·Linus Tech Tips
·2017-05-06
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1,304 words · ~6 min read
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we've been using our ultimaker 2 for over a year now and in that time we've
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printed everything from GoPro mounts to RAM storage trays to projectiles for a
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vacuum Cannon it's an incredibly useful tool but it has left us wanting not
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being able to print models with complex overhangs multiple materials or colors
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and the need to set up a janky webcam rig to monitor prints when we're away
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from the office has been frustrating then there's the performance issues the
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main one that we ran into was with the feeder the hot motor was too close to
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the thermally conductive gears meaning that instead of moving the filament the
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gears would also melt the filament and it's these types of issues that well
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outside of the Monstrous cost are a big part of what's preventing 3D printing
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from reaching the mainstream right now let's see what ultimaker is bringing to
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the table with their third generation ultimaker 3 which they claim makes
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professional 3D printing accessible
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the B quiet purebase 600 features a versatile design noise isolation and is
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optimized for different liquid radiator configurations learn more at the link
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below first on ultimaker 3's laundry list of usability improvements is dual
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Extrusion oh my God I couldn't be more
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excited for this yes there were ways that you could do it before but it
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wasn't made for it so now we can make
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stuff like this using two different colors in one model it's awesome no more
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after print modding for this pla Soldier
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you can just have the material be the color you desire in the first place
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which will not only look better but will hold up better over time as well then
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there's PVA ultimaker PVA is a dissolvable filament what basically you
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can use print core AA to extrude normal
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CLA filament plastic stuff what we've
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been using for a while now then you can hot swap print core BB into the other
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side of the Dual extruder it has custom
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nozzle geometry optimized for support materials in this case it's just the
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stuff I just mentioned it's PVA PVA stands for polyvinyl alcohol it's a
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water soluble support material that works perfectly alongside dual Extrusion
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printers to help create complex models models with large overhangs or even
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models with deep internal cavities this incredibly Satisfied Man demonstrates
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how you can use PVA alongside pla to
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print something amazingly complex then
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just add water and the end result is
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Magic inspired we decided to print our
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own awesome thing Tyler found this badass Chinese lion statue that needed
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support filament and it worked great the whole process from dunking it into the
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water to rinsing it off in the sink and yes it is safe to dissolve into tap
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water and pour down the drain because it's fully biodegradable it took about 2
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hours and finally second on the list is the printer's much improved
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accessibility instead of just a full-sized SD card slot which it really
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should have been USB if you were just going to have one option you can now
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send print jobs over well USB type A a
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land connection on the back of the unit or even Wi-Fi which is awesome third
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place we have the built-in webcam its resolution is sort of garbage but it's
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mostly okay it does what it's supposed to do allowing you to remotely monitor
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the print so sorry if that triggers you or whatever but you don't need 4K 60fps
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stream just to make sure it's not totally screwed and get on with the rest
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of your day to be clear I'd never say no to high resolution and frame rate but
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most print errors are so obvious anyways
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that you'd probably want to go check it out in person even if you needed that
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more resolution the fourth awesome feature is smart material detection when
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you put a material spool or filament spool onto the back of the ultimaker
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containing an NFC chip your printer will read it and handle all of the Annoying
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fine tuning like adjusting print head temperature and bed temperature and
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other material specific settings this should help out newcomers in a huge way
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and even reduce troubleshooting time for experienced users and on the expert
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subject you can of course override those settings if you want which leaves us
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with feature number five the auto leveling bed this isn't last because
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it's unimpressive or anything there just isn't really a ton to say here the glass
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plate the thing that you print things onto it auto levels now which is awesome
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because manually leveling it was tedious
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so it just does it itself now I'm repeating myself at this point that's
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probably fine so in conclusion the overall quality of the final product
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when printing a single filament model that's within the capabilities of both
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printers and we tested this by by printing a test model with a bunch of
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different types of geometry on it gives only a slight Edge to the ultimaker 3
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which only stood out because it did a better job with the bridge at the top of
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the thing most improvements are more to do with quality of life which isn't a
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criticism because overall reliability was an obvious point of focus the
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ability to print with two different colors types of materials or even
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dissolvable materials is amazing the
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complexity and functionality of the tools and widgets that we can build is
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going to Skyrocket but after that rocket has been flying for a few hours well
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it's going to get to the price of this unit the ultimaker 3 costs about three
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times as much as the car that I bought when I turned 16 this is a serious
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investment and unlike previous ultim makers which seem to be geared towards
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affluent enthusiasts I expect only people running some form of business
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