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List of Figures

4.3

Extruder idler release

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4.4

Extruder filament slot

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4.5

Nozzle height

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4.6

Z end stop trigger

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4.7

First layer adhesion

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5.1

Configuration Wizard: Welcome Screen

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5.2

Configuration Wizard: Firmware Type

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5.3

Configuration Wizard: Bed Size

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5.4

Configuration Wizard: Nozzle Diameter

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5.5

Configuration Wizard: Filament Diamter

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5.6

Configuration Wizard: Extrusion Temperature

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5.7

Configuration Wizard: Bed Temperature

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5.8

Configuration Wizard: End

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5.9

Shapesmith online CAD tool.

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5.10 Plater

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5.11 Minimug model.

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5.12 STL file loaded.

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5.13 Preferences.

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5.14 Simple Mode: Print Settings.

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5.15 An example of insufficient top layers.

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5.16 Creating a vase from a solid model.

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5.17 An example of an object printed with support material.

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5.18 An example of brim.

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5.19 Simple Mode: Filament Settings.

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5.20 Simple Mode: Printer Settings.

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5.21 Expert mode speed options.

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5.22 Infill pattern settings.

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5.23 Infill pattern: Line (344.51mm / 5m:20s)

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5.24 Infill pattern: Rectilinear (350.57mm / 5m:23s)

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5.25 Infill pattern: Concentric (351.80mm / 5m:30s)

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5.26 Infill pattern: Honeycomb (362.73mm / 5m:39s)

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5.27 Infill pattern: Hilbert Curve (332.82mm / 5m:28s)

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5.28 Infill pattern: Archimedean Chords (333.66mm / 5m:27s)

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5.29 Infill pattern: Octagram Spiral (318.63mm / 5m:15s)

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5.30 Infill pattern comparison in a complex object. Left to Right:

honeycomb, line

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Summary of Contents for TAZ 3.0

Page 1: ...TAZ 3 0 User Manual Aleph Objects Inc...

Page 2: ...e and or modify this document under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution ShareAlike 3 0 Unported license CC BY SA 3 0 Published by Aleph Objects Inc 626 W 66th Street Loveland Colorado 80538...

Page 3: ...ter Software 37 3 1 Software Overview 38 3 2 Installing Drivers 38 3 3 Printrun 38 3 4 Using Printrun 41 3 5 CAD and 3D Modeling Software 45 4 Your First 3D Print 47 4 1 Bed Leveling 48 4 2 Set Temper...

Page 4: ...Printing with the Graphic LCD 133 7 Maintaining Your 3D Printer 139 7 1 Overview 140 7 2 Smooth Rods 140 7 3 Threaded Rods 140 7 4 PET Sheets 140 7 5 Hobbed Bolt 141 7 6 Software 141 7 7 Belts 141 7...

Page 5: ...CONTENTS Index 155 Glossary 159 v...

Page 6: ...und the bed wires and through the strain relief slot 23 1 11 Remove the tool head screw 24 1 12 Mount the extruder tool head 25 1 13 Connect the two tool head connectors 25 1 14 Power and USB receptac...

Page 7: ...5 14 Simple Mode Print Settings 80 5 15 An example of insufficient top layers 81 5 16 Creating a vase from a solid model 82 5 17 An example of an object printed with support material 83 5 18 An examp...

Page 8: ...ns Printer Settings Tab Extruder 106 5 45 Plater with multiple filament options 107 5 46 Multiple extruder options Print Settings Tab 108 5 47 Multiple extruder options Tool change G code 108 5 48 Ext...

Page 9: ...List of Figures 6 1 GLCD Info Screen 133 6 2 Main menu 135 6 3 Configuration Menu 137 6 4 Configuration Menu 138 ix...

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Page 11: ...WARNINGS Safety Information...

Page 12: ...touch the extruder nozzle or heater block without first turning off the hot end and allowing it to completely cool down The hot end can take up to twenty minutes to completely cool Never touch recent...

Page 13: ...hing the printer especially the electronics Electrostatic discharge can damage electronic components Ground yourself by touching a grounded source Age Warning For users under the age of 18 adult super...

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Page 15: ...Setup Your Printer...

Page 16: ...rrectly You will then be on your way to your first print Use Fig 1 1 to see which direction the three axes move as the following instructions will reference the X Y and Z axes Figure 1 1 Axes movement...

Page 17: ...1 1 HARDWARE SETUP Figure 1 2 Locate the four Y axis bolts Figure 1 3 Remove the four Y axis bolts 17...

Page 18: ...kets will line up with the Y axis bolt holes on the Y axis assembly Thread the four Y axis bolts through the brackets into the Y axis assembly Fig 1 5 page 19 Before completely tightening the Y axis b...

Page 19: ...and Y axis connectors Pull the print bed completely to the front of the printer to get access to the Y axis connectors You will find matching male and female 4 pin stepper motor connectors and two pi...

Page 20: ...ectors found at the rear of the Y axis 5 Locate one of the three small black zip ties that are included in the documents bag Wrap and tighten the zip tie around the Y axis wiring and the black Y axis...

Page 21: ...he Y axis wires to the Y axis frame 6 Locate the two connectors to the left of the print bed Connect the matching female and male large two pin heat bed connectors and the small two pin thermistor con...

Page 22: ...e included in the documents bag Fig 1 9 page 23 Wrap the two zip ties through the slot located on the left rear of the aluminum bed plate and around the print bed wires Fig 1 10 page 23 Tighten the zi...

Page 23: ...1 1 HARDWARE SETUP Figure 1 9 Locate the two zip ties found in the bag with the manual Figure 1 10 Tightly wrap the zip ties around the bed wires and through the strain relief slot 23...

Page 24: ...bottom first The extruder mount will slide into the bottom portion of the carriage and self center Fig 1 12 page 25 Make sure that the tool head mount is fully seated Use the 2 5mm driver and the prev...

Page 25: ...1 1 HARDWARE SETUP Figure 1 12 Mount the extruder tool head Figure 1 13 Connect the two tool head connectors 25...

Page 26: ...r air conditioner vent 12 Unwrap the power supply and USB cables MAKE SURE THE POWER SUPPLY IS COMPLETELY UN PLUGGED BEFORE MOVING ON TO THE NEXT STEP 13 Locate the power supply and USB receptacles al...

Page 27: ...1 1 HARDWARE SETUP Figure 1 14 Power and USB receptacles Figure 1 15 Power supply 27...

Page 28: ...Setup Your Printer Figure 1 16 24V DC Power supply plug and receptacle Figure 1 17 The power supply plug correctly plugged in 28...

Page 29: ...ot into a power strip The TAZ 3D printer can potentially pull more current than the power strip will support and may lead to undesirable performance 15 Plug in the USB cable B plug smaller square plug...

Page 30: ...Setup Your Printer Figure 1 19 Filament Guide Mount Figure 1 20 Filament Guide Setting 30...

Page 31: ...1 1 HARDWARE SETUP Figure 1 21 Axes movement directions Figure 1 22 End stop locations 31...

Page 32: ...page 145 for instructions in preparing the ABS Acetone Glue for use when printing with ABS As it will take some time to dissolve the ABS into the acetone it may now be a good time to make the solutio...

Page 33: ...Loading Filament...

Page 34: ...er reel and spool types 1 On the front right hand side of the TAZ 3 0 3D printer you will find the filament arm fig 2 1 page 34 Place the filament reel on the filament arm with the filament feeding co...

Page 35: ...gh the guide 3 Your filament reel is now mounted and ready for the next steps 4 When changing filament slide the opposite end of the filament through one of the holes in hub of the filament spool This...

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Page 37: ...3D Printer Software...

Page 38: ...ads section at LulzBot com support downloads You will also find instructions there for installing each program onto your PC You can also find downloads specific to the TAZ 3D printer on the TAZ produc...

Page 39: ...tomation Plater allows you to arrange and combine several STL files into one More information on the other programs within the Printrun package can be found at https github com kliment Printrun Printr...

Page 40: ...is command to install the dependencies sudo apt get install python serial python wxgtk2 8 python pyglet python tornado python setuptools python libxml2 python gobject python pip avahi daemon libavahi...

Page 41: ...e printer first you will need to connect to the printer with Printrun Make sure you have connected the USB cable from your PC to the printer before launching Printrun If not close Printrun connect the...

Page 42: ...connected to the printer The printer control buttons on the left will also darken and become click able after connecting If nothing is displayed in the Log window verify you have the correct port and...

Page 43: ...an be moved by hand Keep in mind that there is no positional feedback so if you move an axis you will need to re home in order to re establish the hot end s position mm min XY Z These settings control...

Page 44: ...button to home the Z axis or the Home All button at this time In a later step you will need to set the Z end stop trigger before homing Z X Y Z Axes Movement Controls Prior to moving the X Y or Z axi...

Page 45: ...ftware listed below outputs millimeters as the unit by default FreeCAD Website http free cad sourceforge net Although still in development FreeCAD is a great free libre CAD application Containing a fu...

Page 46: ...e on the Blender org website Numerous video tutorials can be also found online Shapesmith Website http shapesmith net Shapesmith is a web based 3D modeling software This means there is no required sof...

Page 47: ...Your First 3D Print...

Page 48: ...se the Home Z button until after the Z axis End stop has been adjusted Make sure that the red shipping clamps on the Z axis smooth rods have been removed before continuing Rough Adjustment of the Z Ax...

Page 49: ...ly rotate one of the Z axis linear threaded rods by hand if needed to visually level the Z axis Raising the Z Axis Use the Z 10 button to move the Z axis up in 10mm increments Com mands sent in Pronte...

Page 50: ...ther side If the Z axis has been adjusted measure again to confirm that the left and right side of the Z axis are level in relation to the Y axis aluminum plate Fine Adjustment of the Z Axis End Stop...

Page 51: ...felt when moving the paper under the nozzle matches the tension felt previously To raise or lower the front right corner of the bed adjust the screw with the spring only Do not adjust the middle screw...

Page 52: ...wever you may need to adjust the temperature a degree or two depending on the filament source color and type Click the Motors Off button 4 3 Load Filament Once the hot end is heated to the correct tem...

Page 53: ...ed in mm min change the 300 to 250 Now use the Extrude button in Pronterface to test that the extruder is working properly You may need to extrude 40 60mm of filament to fully prime the hot end Slowly...

Page 54: ...se Once you have homed the axes and the hot end and bed have reached the correct temperature it is time to print 4 5 Z Print Height Load the bed level gcode file This file can be found in the calibrat...

Page 55: ...4 5 Z PRINT HEIGHT Figure 4 5 Nozzle height Figure 4 6 Z end stop trigger 55...

Page 56: ...n pause the print by pressing the Pause button Adjust the Z end stop trigger After making adjustments remove any printed material off the bed and home the axes and press Restart to restart the print M...

Page 57: ...luded in your printer kit Leather gloves are suggested to protect your hands from the clam knife blade It is also safe practice to not place your hand in the direction you are pushing the clam knife U...

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Page 59: ...Slic3r...

Page 60: ...at manual slic3r org Goals Philosophy Slic3r is an original project started in 2011 by Alessandro Ranellucci aka Sound who used his considerable knowledge of the Perl language to create a fast and ea...

Page 61: ...etween 32 and 64 bit versions to match their system Slic3r Slic3r can be downloaded directly from http slic3r org download Pre compiled packages are available for Windows Mac OS X and Linux Windows an...

Page 62: ...n instance of Finder should open together with an icon of the Slic3r program Navigate to the Applications directory and drag and drop the Slic3r icon into it The dmg file may then be deleted Building...

Page 63: ...ormation on loading and export Slic3r profiles please see page 116 Note that the pre set profiles will only work correctly when Slic3r is in Expert mode The pre set profiles will give you Slic3r setti...

Page 64: ...tware The configuration wizard asks a series of questions and creates a configuration for Slic3r to start with When using the pre set TAZ Slic3r profiles you do not need to complete the Configuration...

Page 65: ...he gcode produced by Slic3r is tailored to particular types of firmware The first step prompts for the firmware that the printer uses For the TAZ printer select RepRap Marlin Sprinter Figure 5 2 Confi...

Page 66: ...0 Be sure to measure from the lower left corner where the extruder nozzle rests when are the home position to the maximum distance the nozzle can travel in each direction Take into account that the X...

Page 67: ...r came from a source without a diameter given then carefully measure the aperture as accurately as possible One way of determining nozzle size is to very slowly 1mm s extrude some filament into free a...

Page 68: ...the filament used in FDM printers is sold as being either 3mm or 1 75mm this is only a general guide The diameter can vary between manufacturers and even between batches Therefore it is highly recomme...

Page 69: ...xotic materials will have a different range This is one parameter which you will want to fine tune when you start producing prints The optimal temperature can vary even between colors of the same mate...

Page 70: ...emperature the value will depend on the material used A rule of thumb is that PLA requires 35 C 60 C and ABS requires 85 C Note One may choose to control the bed temperature manu ally from the printer...

Page 71: ...5 3 FIRST PRINT At this stage the wizard is complete and the basic configuration is defined Figure 5 8 Configuration Wizard End 71...

Page 72: ...f thumb an additonal 5 is recommended Lower speeds Slowing down the extruder for the first layer reduces the forces applied to the molten material as it emerges reducing the chances of it being stretc...

Page 73: ...gh first layer height technique recommended above with this one Setting the first layer height to 0 35mm and the first extrusion width to 200 would result in a nice fat extrusion 0 65mm wide Bed mater...

Page 74: ...loped in response to the limited nature of the STL format In addition to describing the geometry of the 3D model it can also describe colors and materials as well as more complex attributes such as gr...

Page 75: ...5 3 FIRST PRINT Figure 5 9 Shapesmith online CAD tool Working with Plater Slic3r has a tool called Plater which allows one or more models to be loaded and arranged before being sliced 75...

Page 76: ...figure below the traditional RepRap Minimug9 is loaded and is viewed from above The ring around the model is a skirt a single perimeter several millimeters away from the model which is extruded first...

Page 77: ...ure 5 12 STL file loaded The model can be repositioned by dragging the representation of it on the left of the screen around the bed Note that the dimensions of the bed should match your printer as gi...

Page 78: ...o arrange or export the models Add Opens a file dialog to add a model to the plater as an alternative to dropping a file directly Delete Delete All Remove one or all models from the plater Autoarrange...

Page 79: ...Simple Mode Simple Mode Slic3r has two modes of operation Simple and Expert These may be chosen from the Preferences window found under the File menu Figure 5 13 Preferences Simple mode offers a redu...

Page 80: ...the previous one There are several factors that influence how high each layer should be Desired resolution Lower layer height should result in prints with less noticeable ribs or bands as each layer i...

Page 81: ...subsection of the perimeter is not printed correctly then the second perimeter will help cover it The upper and lowermost layers that sandwich the model are filled with a Solid layers pattern For the...

Page 82: ...would be a waste of material and take a long time Instead most models can be filled with less material which is then sandwiched between layers filled at 100 see Solid layers above A density value of...

Page 83: ...pport material is printed Figure 5 17 An example of an object printed with support material Tip It is sometimes worth considering altering the orientation of the model in order to possibly reduce over...

Page 84: ...ters to the first layer as a base flange in order to provide more surface area for the print to stick to the bed with in order to reduce warping see 5 3 The brim is then cut away once the print is fin...

Page 85: ...he value should ideally be set in the firmware it can be useful to test slight changes to the rate by altering this value It varies the amount of plastic proportionally and should be changed in very s...

Page 86: ...int around which the print will be centered A Bed size of 200mmx200mm and a Print center of 100mmx100mm would sit the print in the middle Should it be desired to print away from the center because of...

Page 87: ...imeters before travel The retraction will then be compensated for by the same amount after the travel move before starting the new extrusion path A value of between 1 and 2mm is usually recommended Bo...

Page 88: ...cker but also faster print times can be utilised in producing more layers i e lower layer height thus improving perceived print quality An additional benefit is that a faster travel movement between e...

Page 89: ...e value defined for infill A few general guidelines for each option Perimeters In expert mode this parameter can be increased slightly as the External perimeters option can be used to ensure blemish f...

Page 90: ...strands Experimentation is the key here but generally bridging runs slower than perimeters Gap fill Filling in small gaps results in the extruder quickly oscillating and the resulting shaking and res...

Page 91: ...5 22 Infill pattern settings Slic3r offers several infill patterns four regular and three more exotic flavours The numbers given in brackets below each figure are a rough estimate of material used and...

Page 92: ...Infill pattern Concentric 351 80mm 5m 30s Figure 5 26 Infill pattern Honeycomb 362 73mm 5m 39s Figure 5 27 Infill pattern Hilbert Curve 332 82mm 5m 28s Figure 5 28 Infill pattern Archimedean Chords 3...

Page 93: ...pattern each layer forming a strong vertical structure Figure 5 30 Infill pattern comparison in a complex object Left to Right honeycomb line Most models require only a low density infill as providin...

Page 94: ...Slic3r Figure 5 31 Infill patterns at varying densities Left to Right 20 40 60 80 Top to Bottom Honeycomb Concentric Line Recti linear Hilbert Curve Archimedean Chords Octagram Spiral 94...

Page 95: ...and materials Solid infill every n layers Forces a solid fill pattern on the specified layers Zero will disable this option Fill angle By default the infill pattern runs at 45 to the model to provide...

Page 96: ...preferable as the perimeter acts as a wall containing the infill Fighting Ooze Unless the material being extruded has a very high viscosity it will ooze from the nozzle in between extrusions There are...

Page 97: ...al after travel moves then it may be useful to add a small amount of additional material Minimum travel after retraction Triggering a retraction after very short moves is usually unnecessary as the am...

Page 98: ...start point to a different location for each layer See also subsection Sequential Printing on page 119 for another technique which can minimise strings forming between objects Skirt The Skirt setting...

Page 99: ...determining print quality Too hot and the material deforms too cool and layer adhesion may be problematic Applying cooling will allow the freshly deposited material to solidify enough to provide a goo...

Page 100: ...not cool any heated bed more than necessary It should also not cool the heater block of the hot end so as not to force it to do more work and waste energy The air movement should aim for the nozzle ti...

Page 101: ...n 5 3 detailed how im portant the first layer is and so it makes sense not to apply the fan until sure the print is securely attached to the bed Keeping the fan turned off for the first two or three l...

Page 102: ...s determined by several factors most notably layer height and extrusion width and is usually around 45 For models with larger overhangs a support structure may have to be printed below it This incurs...

Page 103: ...upport required Small models and those with small footprints can sometimes break or detach from the bed Therefore the Enforce support option will cause support structures to be printed for the given n...

Page 104: ...this attribute take into account the width of the support extrusion and the amount of support material that will adhere to the object Care should be taken to choose a support pattern which matches th...

Page 105: ...ill support or perimeters Multi material printing requires a suitably designed object usually written in AMF format as this can handle multiple materials see Model Formats in 5 3 Details on how to cre...

Page 106: ...ch are particular to multi extruder setups Figure 5 44 Multiple extruder options Printer Settings Tab Extruder The Extruder offset is to be used should the firmware not handle the displacement of each...

Page 107: ...extruder Assigning Filaments When a printer profile with multiple extruders has been selected the Plater tab allows the selection of a different filament for each extruder Figure 5 45 Plater with mult...

Page 108: ...ion of the Printer Settings tab has an option for inserting G code between tool changes As with all custom G code subsections placeholder variables can be used to reference Slic3r settings This includ...

Page 109: ...multi material AMF file Split the original design into the separate parts within the CAD program and export each part as STL Within Slic3r choose Combine multi material STL files from the File menu W...

Page 110: ...e it may be beneficial to modify extrusion widths Perimeter A lower value will produce thinner extrusions which in turn will produce more accurate surfaces Infill and Solid Infill A thicker extrusion...

Page 111: ...ctions and other parts could be printed with a finer layer height for example sloping gradients where layering appears more pronounced The model in fig 5 49 gives a rudimentary example of where variab...

Page 112: ...t The variable layer height options are available by double clicking on a part name in the Plater window This will cause a pop up window to be displayed which contains two tabs The first gives some in...

Page 113: ...tab fig 5 52 presents a table where each row defines a layer height for a particular range along the Z axis given in millimeters In this example the walls of the model are printed at 0 4mm the steepe...

Page 114: ...3r Figure 5 52 Variable layer height options Layers The resulting G Code fig 5 53 shows a higher definition which should result in a higher quality print Figure 5 53 Example with variable layer height...

Page 115: ...ble layer height An additional feature of the variable layers height option is that by entering a zero for a range that part of the model will not be printed Fig 5 55 shows the G Code where layers bet...

Page 116: ...each minor change to a parameter may have to be duplicated across many configurations For this reason profiles are a more suitable way of managing multiple configurations This method also allows conf...

Page 117: ...NFIGURATION ORGANIZATION Figure 5 56 Saving a profile Profiles can be deleted by choosing the profile to delete and clicking the red delete button next to the save button Figure 5 57 Deleting a profil...

Page 118: ...bed here are all free at the time of writing FreeCAD Freecad16 is a comprehensive and free CAD program which comes with a mesh module in which repairs to degenerate models can be made The following st...

Page 119: ...than repair for example by removing important triangles Export the repaired model via the Export menu option or context menu 5 8 Advanced Topics Sequential Printing When printing several objects at on...

Page 120: ...he clearance that should be given around the extruder Take care if the extruder is not mounted centrally take the largest safe value Height The vertical distance between the nozzle tip and the X axis...

Page 121: ...file File to output gcode to by default the file will be saved into the same directory as the input file using the output filename format to generate the filename j threads num Number of threads to u...

Page 122: ...ions travel speed Speed of non print moves in mm s default 130 perimeter speed Speed of print moves for perimeters in mm s default 30 small perimeter speed Speed of print moves for small perimeters in...

Page 123: ...rom the supplied file default nothing toolchange gcode Load tool change G code from the supplied file default nothing extra perimeters Add more perimeters when needed default yes randomize start Rando...

Page 124: ...d Maximum fan speed default 100 bridge fan speed Fan speed to use when bridging default 100 fan below layer time Enable fan if layer print time is below this approximate number of seconds default 60 s...

Page 125: ...percentage over layer height like 200 first layer extrusion width Set a different extrusion width for first layer perimeter extrusion width Set a different extrusion width for perimeters infill extrus...

Page 126: ...G Code file that Slic3r generates All Slic3r configuration options are made available to the scripts by way of environment variables These all begin with SLIC3R The following script would write out al...

Page 127: ...5 8 ADVANCED TOPICS usr bin perl i use strict use warnings while modify _ here before printing print Figure 5 63 Example post processing script to print each line to output 127...

Page 128: ...g you should always choose a layer height that is a multiple of your full step length To calculate the full step length for the screws you re using take the pitch of your screws I recommend M6 with a...

Page 129: ...github com alexrj Slic3r wiki FAQ Blog Tips hints and advice are published on the Slic3r blog http slic3r org blog IRC Found on the irc freenode net server the following chat rooms are often filled wi...

Page 130: ...to read through the existing issues to see whether the problem has already been submitted Also make sure that the problem is a bug in the application support related questions should not be submitted...

Page 131: ...Printing with the Graphic LCD...

Page 132: ...hen performing calibration checks a number of manual movements are required Because of this it is easier and faster to make the required manual movements within Printrun Calibration checks can be done...

Page 133: ...ed gcode files drag and drop or paste the gcode files to the SD card Once the files have transferred eject the SD card from your computer and insert it back into the SD card slot on the left side of t...

Page 134: ...coordinates on the X Y and Z axes 5 Feed rate represents the current feed rate setting The feed rate is set to 100 by default which matches the speed set in the gcode generation When on the status sc...

Page 135: ...n knob to bring up the menu and select Prepare Select Preheat PLA for PLA filament or Preheat ABS for ABS filament This will set the temperatures for the hot end and heat bed and begin bringing the pr...

Page 136: ...int Making Manual Movements With the Graphic LCD As noted previously page 132 making numerous manual movements is easier done using the Printrun host software However you can make manual movements wit...

Page 137: ...ion settings These settings include default temperature settings axis steps per mm and more The Store Memory and Load Memory functions will store and load the changes you make using the GLCD Controlle...

Page 138: ...Printing with the Graphic LCD GLCD Controller Menu Diagram Figure 6 4 Configuration Menu 138...

Page 139: ...Maintaining Your 3D Printer...

Page 140: ...based grease as it may compromise the plastic parts Apply the silicone grease both above and below the X ends on the threaded rods and wipe down the threaded rods Use pronterface to drive the Z axis...

Page 141: ...n printing quality parts as the hardware Each quarterly software update can bring advances in print quality The files are available at http download lulzbot com TAZ You can also find updated software...

Page 142: ...clean the nozzle with acetone 7 9 Electronics The electronics case holding the RAMBo board may need to have dust blown out occasionally Power down the printer and use the provided 2 5MM driver to rem...

Page 143: ...Advanced Usage...

Page 144: ...ing the nozzle to bind if turned Heat the hot end to 160 C This will soften the plastic inside the hot end and allow the nozzle to be loosened off the threaded extension Power off the printer and cont...

Page 145: ...and high temperature sources including the 3D printer Read the warnings label on your purchased acetone packaging for additional warnings You may find that during printing printed parts lift off of th...

Page 146: ...n top center of the X axis carriage Remove the extruder mount from the X axis carriage 4 Using a 3mm hex driver loosen and remove the two 4mm screws from the bottom of the extruder X axis carriage Thi...

Page 147: ...the correct path of all four wires snaking through each slot together 15 Place the hot end back down into the extruder mount Make sure the wires are facing the rear of the printer 16 Place the extrud...

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Page 149: ...Hardware and Software Source Code...

Page 150: ...er original source files 3D calibration objects and random novelties Production file for calculating large print runs Design files for all electronics and machined parts Budaschnozzle hot end RAMBo el...

Page 151: ...3D Printer Support...

Page 152: ...estions or help The latest version of this information guide is also available at http download lulzbot com You can also find more information including images videos and updated versions of this manu...

Page 153: ...Contact Information...

Page 154: ...zBot com Phone 1 970 377 1111 x610 11 2 Sales Email sales LulzBot com Phone 1 970 377 1111 x600 11 3 Websites Aleph Objects Inc the makers of LulzBot 3D Printers www AlephObjects com LulzBot 3D Printe...

Page 155: ...5 Budaschnozzle 150 burns xii bushings 140 C CAD 45 calibration 62 150 command line 121 community support 129 152 configuration export 116 import 116 Configuration Wizard 64 connecting 41 cooling 99 f...

Page 156: ...2 forums 129 152 FreeCAD 45 118 Freenode 129 152 G gcode 38 150 GitHub 61 glass 140 GNU Linux 38 45 grease 140 H hardware 150 hazards xii heater block xii 144 high resolution 144 hobbed bolt 141 hot e...

Page 157: ...irst layer speed 89 Gap fill 89 Infill 83 89 Perimeters 83 89 Small perimeters 89 Solid infill 89 Support material 89 Top solid 89 Travel 83 89 Support material 83 Enforce support 102 Generate support...

Page 158: ...0 Source Code 61 source code 150 speed 88 spool 34 spool holder 34 static xiii STL 45 74 150 cleaning 78 stl 38 support material 102 T technical support 152 temperature xii 38 52 99 threaded extension...

Page 159: ...stops Mechanical or optical switches that are used to mark the 3 home zero positions Filament Plastic material in string like form as is fed to the printer free libre Free Libre hardware and software...

Page 160: ...of the printer PEEK Polyether ether ketone an organic polymer used to insulate the hot end due to it s mechanical properties at elevated temperatures PET Polyethylene terephthalate PLA Polylactic Acid...

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Page 162: ...Colophon Created with 100 Free Libre Software GNU Linux L A TEX Memoir...

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