Detailed 3D Prints! Ultimaker 2 Extended Plus
Linus Tech Tips
·Linus Tech Tips
·2016-05-06
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welcome to the ultimaker booth we are checking out the ultimaker 2 extended
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plus there's some pretty cool new features here mainly the new orientation
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of the fans the exchangeable print heads and the new feeder thanks to Squarespace
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for sending us here to CES 2016 this year their link is in the description
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down below starting with the print head ultimaker worked with the guys in the
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community that made the Olsen block so it's an exchangeable print head that goes from 0.25 to4 6 and then up to8 if
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you use much smaller filament material you can make something that's much finer
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more detailed print but it will take you a lot longer and vice versa s for the
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large stuff it'll take you less amount of time but it won't look quite as good
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on the topic of print quality we have the orientation of the fans this doesn't
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seem like a huge deal but changing how the fans are oriented allowed them to
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push a lot more airflow through which actually makes a huge deal and is allows
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you to make higher quality prints not just it's not that just things cool down
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a little bit faster it's that you're able to do more detail operations with
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the printer which is super important and the next main point is the new feeder
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it's much larger in overall format size than the previous feeder which actually
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makes a ton of sense a problem with the previous feeder was that the motor would
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make the gears too hot which would make the plastic too hot which was a problem
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now not only are the gears made out of nylon so they don't transfer heat that
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much but they're also a little bit further away from the motor so that heat
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transfer shouldn't be as big of a deal also very cool side note there's now a
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switch on the side of the feeder which allows you to disengage the gear
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allowing you to manually pull out the print filament which is great another
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random tidbit side note thing is that the little white bit of plastic I don't
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really remember the name of its job that it does but it sits in between the hot
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and cold zones on the actual printer it has had a durability increase which is
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great because when you're sitting in between a hot and cold Zone braking is
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going to definitely be a huge problem now are you sad because you have an
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ultimaker 2 or ultimaker 2 extended and you want the plus features but you don't
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want to buy any one cuz they're super expensive that's okay no launch date yet
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but they will be releasing ultimaker plus ultimaker 2 plus kits so you can
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upgrade your current kit to that it's not going to be the easiest thing to do
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but you might be able to take it to a center or something like that if you're worried about your
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abilities anyways guys thanks for watching this video I was super excited
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to check this stuff out I love my 3D printer so yeah I was very happy that
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this was here anyways come in the comments down below if you would buy a
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kit if you owned an ultimaker 2 or just don't that's also fine thanks to
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Squarespace for sending us here this year to CES 2016 check out their Link in
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the video description down below squarespace.com also add a/ Linus to the
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end and use the offer code Linus win purchasing your first purchase will be
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10% off if you buy a year at a time you get a free domain it's actually really
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easy to use if you have any problems with it they have 24/7 live chat and
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email support and they have a whole bunch of templates so you can make it look really pretty even if you're not
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very good at that whole aesthetic stuff anyways Squarespace build it beautiful
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we'll see you guys next time