20150403
Wanaho Duplicator 4 arrived
- The (large!) Box had a crumpled corner but was very well packaged so no issues
- Assembled easily per website
- Looks good but I don’t think the acrylic chassis will hold together so will strengthen it later
Setup: followed manual, no indication as to whether it expects ABS on one side & PLA on the other so I just made a choice.
Levelled bed ok, loaded Filaments ok, started test print from SD Card, came out a bit crappy as the 2 nozzles get in the way of each other when printing
Ok now to try a model off the net.
- Installed Python 3,4 (Latest)
- Installed Replicator G
Issues re Windows 8:
- Drivers for this printer are for ‘MightyBoard S3G’ are not digitally signed so had to restart windows and temporarily disable driver signing..
Issue re Python:
- Replicator G doesn’t recognise 3.4, needs 2.x version, installed that and is good now.
Started Replicator G:
- opened model stl file
- scaled to 1.2
- saved model
- clicked generate GCode
Generate GCode dialog:
In defaults tab selected ‘Load Replicator defaults’:
Common options:
- Replicator 2 slicing defaults
- Use right extruder (ABS)
- Use Raft/Support: Yes
- Use support material: None
- Use default start/end GCode: Yes
- Use Print-O-Matic: Yes
Settings tab:
- Object infill: 10%
- Layer height mm: 0.27
- Number of shells: 1
- Feedrate (mm/s): 40
- Travel Feedrate: 55
- Print Temperature: 220
Plastic tab:
- Filament diameter (mm): 1.82
Extruder tab
- Nozzle Diameter (mm): 4
3:22 later… Some print issues mainly first layer not sticking to bed from what I can see
For the second print
- Recalibrated bed level for second print a bit more aggressively
- Set print temperature to 230
- Edit GCode set bed temperature to 120 (from 110)
8:44 later, ho hum… Still some issues not sticking in rear right corner.
20180105 Capturing settings before fresh install of the PC
ReplicatorG 0040
- GCode
- Generator = Skeinforge (50)
- Machine = The Replicator Dual
- Generate GCode:
- Replicator Slicing Defaults
- Use Right Extruder
- Raft = No
- Support = No
- Use Default Start/End GCode = Yes
- Use print-O-Matic = No