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Thread: Printer to replace Z18
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07-24-2015, 11:04 AM #11
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EDIT (Sorry just realized the following question has already been answered): I agree with you on the D5S, plus being open means we could not do abs or nylon correct? Not that that alone is a deal breaker but seeing as most printers can do those materials its something worth considering.
The ultimaker 2 seems like a quality piece, however i noticed that the filament is 2.85mm. I have never seen this size before and dont want to get locked into a situation of were the only ones that make the filament for this printer so we can charge whatever. Are there other options for 2.85 filament, or would we be able to run 3.0 filament in the ultimaker instead?
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07-24-2015, 11:24 AM #12
ultimaker is not that big a print volume.
Most printers can be enclosed with perspex sheets and magnets pretty easily. So unless it's an open frame like the 3dp - having an existing enclosure isn't really an issue.
have you tried printing with nylon ?
It's a real bastard.
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07-25-2015, 06:04 AM #13
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07-25-2015, 07:54 AM #14
To print with ABS and nylon, high temp hot end, hot bed, enclosed printer body are a must,
or else you can only print with very small objects.
So Wanhao D5S series are not for you,
they are not equipped with hot bed, and have a not easy to enclose printer body.
And for Ultimaker 2, 2.85mm filament is not a common specification indeed,
I think you can confirm the compatibility to them.
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07-27-2015, 11:14 AM #15
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The Mankati Fullscale XT Plus seams like a really nice printer with some killer specs. Heck we could even buy like two or three of them for what we paid for the z18. Anyway, it looks to me like it uses a bowden style extruder. So would that have issues printing flexible filament like ninja-flex? If so how hard is it to convert it to a direct drive extruder?
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07-27-2015, 08:21 PM #16
Mankati Fullscale XT Plus is OK for NinjaFlex, but do not print with a high speed over 70 mm/s, or else, the thick melt filament will make the flexible filament curve in the filament tube,
this kind of problem also happens in some direct style extruder system, the flexible filament curves at the area under the feeder gear.
And I don't think NinjaFlex is the best choice of flexible filament, I found PolyMaker's PolyFlex is a better option for bowden style extruder, because its higher tenacity.Last edited by Magicolor; 07-27-2015 at 08:27 PM.
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07-27-2015, 09:56 PM #17
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Comparing the price and performance from Mankati Fullscale XT and Ultimaker 2, I find the Mankati is much comapetitve.
Can Ultimaker 2 print any flexible filament?
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07-27-2015, 10:26 PM #18
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@Magicolor
The speed is so slow! speed over 70 mm/s Do you mean the speed is for flexible filament?
What is the normal speed?
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07-28-2015, 12:37 AM #19
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Hi,
well, Z18 is only featured by its volume. actually you can find a lot of substitution if big volume is not a must.
usring small printers and separating the parts can also help save time from failure printing.
Actually from my experience, lots of printers like Zortrax, Ultimaker, Up can beat makerbot, of course not in volume.
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07-28-2015, 01:02 AM #20
Yes, I mean for NinjaFlex filament printing, a over 70 mm/s speed is too fast.
For normal printing, the highest printing speed I have tried is 200 mm/s.
In the slice software I can set it up to 300 mm/s, but I don't think at that speed the printer will give good results...
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