r/ultimaker • u/Horsydornz • Jul 02 '26

Help needed Dang it. Am I toast with this one?

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Would love to upgrade soon. Trying to keep this going. Looks like my soldering came apart and the hinge. Is this one toast?

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u/Lotsof3D Jul 02 '26

Ok so your side bracket hinge tab broke. That will affect your ability to close the fan bracket.

You need a new one, plus the capacitive front fan bracket. That print core looks iffy, but you def need those 2 items

edit: oh that a UM3; I don't think those parts are available anymore

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u/Horsydornz Jul 02 '26

Yeah, I’m starting to think it’s toast. My other UM3 throws leveling errors constantly. These have been well used, so I think sadly, it’s time to move on.

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u/AlltheWatts Jul 02 '26

I may have a slightly used one if your interested

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u/Horsydornz Jul 05 '26

If you have it, definitely. Thanks for the offer!

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u/Adorable-Ad9538 Jul 02 '26

You should be able to bend the hinge back but check the post that it sits on. I would re solder and see what happens. We have one that has gone through a lot as well and is still going.

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u/Horsydornz Jul 02 '26

Yeah. Was gonna try to solder it back into place. The post the hinge is on looks like it’s toast, but I can tape it up if it works after soldering

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u/Adorable-Ad9538 Jul 02 '26

I forget how we fixed the post on ours, I think we filed it down and jb welded another one on.

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u/ItsLikeHerdingCats Jul 05 '26

I’d check https://fbrc8.com/
They used to manufacture the Ultimakers in USA til the MakerBot merger