Software. Derivatives. Parts. Improvements. Thingiverse. Blog. Ultimaker print quality | Dave Durant's Blog. A lot of the press that Ultimaker has gotten has been about the crazy speeds these machines can print at. That press is pretty well-deserved, IMO, because they can indeed move very, very fast. Scary fast. That kind of press is usually accompanied by several questions in the comments, wondering about the quality of prints. Can something that moves at such speeds actually produce high-quality prints or is Ultimaker just about speed? The answer is yes, an Ultimaker can absolutely produce prints of amazing quality.
A few weeks or so ago, I posted in the Ultimaker google group about this and asked for pictures of really nice prints folks have done on their Ultimaker. This blog post, which is a bit later than I wanted (life and such sometimes gets in the way of play.. annoying..), is some of my favorites. I’ve tried to hotlink all the pictures to their sources and include links to the people who originally did them. Here’s his copy of Yoda at a 0.02mm perimeter layer height: Yoda by Screal Wow.. Wiki. Ultimaker on Google Groups.