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| ==== #1 Check Power ==== | ==== #1 Check Power ==== | ||
| + | {{:bukobotv2:img_4525.jpg?200|}} {{:power_supply_-_250w.jpg?200|}} | ||
| * Check that the power supply input switch is set to the right input voltage for your country (110 for the US, factory setting is 220). | * Check that the power supply input switch is set to the right input voltage for your country (110 for the US, factory setting is 220). | ||
| * Check power wire polarity, Power supply in (AC), Power supply out (DC), and Controller input | * Check power wire polarity, Power supply in (AC), Power supply out (DC), and Controller input | ||
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| ==== #2 Plug in Power and USB ==== | ==== #2 Plug in Power and USB ==== | ||
| - | * Open [[software-to-install|Repetier Host]] | + | {{:wiki:icons:usb.png?100|}} {{:software:repetierhost-box-trans-500.png?100|}} |
| + | * Open [[software-to-install|Repetier Host]] | ||
| Check [[host-slicing-settings|Printer Settings]], and select your printer from the drop down options (Do not select "Virtual Printer", it does nothing) | Check [[host-slicing-settings|Printer Settings]], and select your printer from the drop down options (Do not select "Virtual Printer", it does nothing) | ||
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| + | [[http://www.repetier.com/documentation/repetier-host/rh-installation-and-configuration/|See Repetier Documention for Details]] | ||
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| * MAC: "usbserial-XXXXXXXX" | * MAC: "usbserial-XXXXXXXX" | ||
| * Windows: COM(Number) | * Windows: COM(Number) | ||
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| If you have a dual extruder: | If you have a dual extruder: | ||
| - | * The left extruder should be the one that is turning | + | * The right extruder should be the one that is turning |
| - | * Select extruder 2 and repeat, checking the right extruder. | + | * Select extruder 2 and repeat, checking the left extruder. |
| ==== #4 Check Your Endstops ==== | ==== #4 Check Your Endstops ==== | ||
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| If your first extruder heats properly and you have two, check that the temperature reading is below 60 and that you haven't heated the other extruder, then check each of the heater blocks to see which is actually warm. You can use a thermocouple probe or an infrared thermometer for this if you have one, otherwise use your finger after CAREFULLY ensuring that neither extruder has been heated above 60C, otherwise you may burn yourself. | If your first extruder heats properly and you have two, check that the temperature reading is below 60 and that you haven't heated the other extruder, then check each of the heater blocks to see which is actually warm. You can use a thermocouple probe or an infrared thermometer for this if you have one, otherwise use your finger after CAREFULLY ensuring that neither extruder has been heated above 60C, otherwise you may burn yourself. | ||
| - | The left block should be warm, and the right should be cool. If the right block is the warm one, switch both the extruder thermistor connectors and the extruder heater wires on your controller board, then start over the "Check your heaters" procedure. | + | The right block should be warm, and the left should be cool. If the left block is the warm one, switch both the extruder thermistor connectors and the extruder heater wires on your controller board, then start over the "Check your heaters" procedure. |
| Switch to Extruder 2 and check it the same way. | Switch to Extruder 2 and check it the same way. | ||
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| Move the extruder and platform to one of the other screws and repeat this procedure until all three have been adjusted. | Move the extruder and platform to one of the other screws and repeat this procedure until all three have been adjusted. | ||
| - | Open the "{{:software:bukobot tram 200mm.gcode|bukobot_tram_200mm.gcode}}" file and click run (If you have a dual extruder, select extruder 2 for now, as this code assumes that your nozzle is touching the front left corner at zero). This will move the nozzle to the each of the screw positions and touch the platform, then pause to wait for you to adjust the screw if necessary. Once it has touched each position twice, it will print a border around the platform. Watch it print this to ensure that the thickness of the lines being put down is consistent. If the lines do not touch the previous line, that part of the platform edge is too low and needs to be adjusted up, if the lines are too wide and flat or the nozzle gets close enough to the platform to block the nozzle entirely and no plastic comes out, adjust that part down. If it's a corner without a screw, adjust the screw on the opposite corner in the opposite direction. If your platform is not correctly adjusted by the time it finishes printing the outlines, cancel the print and start again, otherwise click continue and the printer will begin a test print. | + | Open the "{{:software:bukobot_tram_200mm.gcode|bukobot tram 200mm.gcode}}" file and click run (If you have a dual extruder Bukobot shipped prior to the beginning of 2014, select extruder 2 for now, as this code assumes that your nozzle is touching the front left corner at zero). This will move the nozzle to the each of the screw positions and touch the platform, then pause to wait for you to adjust the screw if necessary. Once it has touched each position twice, it will print a border around the platform. Watch it print this to ensure that the thickness of the lines being put down is consistent. If the lines do not touch the previous line, that part of the platform edge is too low and needs to be adjusted up, if the lines are too wide and flat or the nozzle gets close enough to the platform to block the nozzle entirely and no plastic comes out, adjust that part down. If it's a corner without a screw, adjust the screw on the opposite corner in the opposite direction. If your platform is not correctly adjusted by the time it finishes printing the outlines, cancel the print and start again, otherwise click continue and the printer will begin a test print. |
| == If you have a single extruder, you're done! == | == If you have a single extruder, you're done! == | ||
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| == If you have a dual extruder: == | == If you have a dual extruder: == | ||
| - | You'll need to measure the offset of the nozzles to prepare for dual extrusion. To do this, make sure your extruders are loaded with two different colors of PLA and run "{{:software:combined_offset_test.gcode|combined offset test.gcode}}". This will print a test pattern to allow you to calibrate the extruder offset. Find the line in the vertical and horizontal test that match up best and look up the corresponding number in the table at the beginning of that file. Insert these numbers into the toolhead offset for your left extruder in Slic3r. | + | You'll need to measure the offset of the nozzles to prepare for dual extrusion. To do this, make sure your extruders are loaded with two different colors of PLA and run "{{:software:combined_offset_test_2.1.gcode|combined offset test 2.1.gcode}}". This will print a test pattern to allow you to calibrate the extruder offset. Find the line in the vertical and horizontal test that match up best and look up the corresponding number in the table at the beginning of that file. Insert these numbers into the toolhead offset for your left extruder in Slic3r. For more detail on this process, and for a brief tutorial on how to use a duo, download pdf file {{:software:usingyourduo2013.pdf|here.}} |
| ==== You're done and ready to start printing in 3D! ==== | ==== You're done and ready to start printing in 3D! ==== | ||
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