Setting the Z height
Congratulations! Your new Orion Delta™ 3D printer is alive! But before we get to
printing lets take a minute to set the Z height of the machine as it could have been bumped
during shipping and it needs to be super accurate to get the best first-layer adhesion of your
prints.
Using the control panel on the machine to set the Z height is really easy. You’ll find you
may need to do this from time to time or after changing to a new build plate or nozzle etc. Pretty
much anything that could change the height as measured from the tip of the nozzle to the built
plate.
To set the Z height you want to warm the bed and hot end to close to printing
temperature to let any heat expansion take place. To do so, click on the knob and scroll to
“Printer Settings” then “Preheat ABS” and press the knob. This will set the heated bed to 90c
and the hot end to 200c. This is less than the melt temp for ABS, but a good holding
temperature that will make sure that any ABS filament doesn’t burn as it sits in the hot end
waiting for the bed to heat up. It may take up to 15 minutes to heat the bed to 90c depending
on the room temperature, but it’s important to let it heat up before setting the Z height.
Once the bed and hot end are up to the target temperature, click on the knob to reach
the menu and scroll down to “Advanced Settings”. Then down to “Calibrate Z Height” and then
down to “Home Towers”. Press the knob to home the machine – we're giving it a starting point
for the next step.
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