Does anyone know of a good USA based distributor for an Ultimaker 2 heater block? Mine is pretty worn out and im starting to get inconsistent prints from it so I think its time to change it over. I have a feeling there is somewhere in the USA that has one but does anyone have any ideas? Only reason why I would prefer a USA distributor is shipping cost/transit time. I checked Ebay but that was Chinese knock-offs and I don’t know what kind of quality that stuff can be!
If there isn’t one in the USA ill order it from Ultimaker I just wanted to check before I did!
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Hey @CWCrawlers,
if you don’t mind custom heater block which proves to be awesome upgrade for UM2, check this website 2. Widely recognized among Ultimaker users from awesome UM forum. I use this heater block too, and I can confirm its really good. Maybe @swordriff can give you more information, but im 100% sure there is US distributor of those “Olsson Block’s”.
I’ll second that, the Olsson block is a great upgrade for the UM2, i am just also trying out the new 3dsolex RSB nozzles and they seem really good so far.
Check out the Olsson Block from 3dSolex.com 1. You can change or replace the nozzles. I fitted mine the other day. Overjoyed with it, I’m running a load of flow test on different filaments and I retested some of the filaments I had previously tested just the week before and not only does it allow a higher volume for temperature, and I’ve tested several PLAs from 190’ to 225’ to check, but the defination is also better for the standard 0.4mm nozzle. Depending where you are there may be somebody in the U.S. That is a stockist for them, I’d check out the Ultimaker forum when it’s relaunched on Tuesday I think, if they put back the previous forums under hack and modifications ( I think) search for Olsson or Swordriff, if you do go for it you will not regret it, you can also fit E3D-Online nozzles on it and 3DSolex are shortly bringing out a new steel one so you can use more abrasive filaments such as ColorFabb’s CF-XT etc.
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I think I decided on what I’m getting! I had a similar idea but never got around to it. I get why ultimaker did what they did with a single block design but for doing a lot of abrasive filaments you need to be able to swap the nozzles out! I’m noticing mine is really worn and it’s starting to show in print quality!
