Review of the Up! on 3ders

[JuliaDee]

Nothing that we Up! users don't know already, but it's nice to see the word getting out

http://www.3ders.org/articles/20120615-review-of-the-up-3d-printer-by-forrest-higgs.html

[amd-tec]

Is the correct filament diameter for UP! 1.7, 1.73 or 1.75mm?

[wilsonj]

Yeah I thought that was an interesting thing to bring up at the end of the review. Personally I thought it was 1.75mm.

Out of interest it says on the PP3DP site 1.73mm. On the 3DPrintingsystems site it says 1.75mm. I tried to measure it with my verniers but its really hard to get reliable, repeatable measurements. At the end of the day I don't think it really matters much as most filament, even the UP stuff, varies a little in size. I'm not sure what the threshold is, and it probably depends a little on the material's melting point as well, but provided its not consistently ~1.6mm or similar it likely wouldn't be a problem. I don't think an increase in size, within reason of course, is an issue. YMMV.

[amd-tec]

Just thinking personally how many potential new customer scared out from UP! with that 1.7mm vs 1.75 mm issue.

[josejuako]

I've never had problems with the diameter of the ABS , I used all the manufacturers and the diameters vary , only have , I had problems with a manufacturer that no longer sells more for being an ABS adapted for use in UP, I wrecked the head several times and it only remains to carefully assemble , I agree with amd-tec .

[JuliaDee]

Just thinking personally how many potential new customer scared out from UP! with that 1.7mm vs 1.75 mm issue.

That's why I left a comment after the article saying that I use 1.75mm filament without any problems