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3D Dual-Extruders Printer
Start Up and Instruction Guide
Version1.0_2014.10 

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  • Page 1 3D Printer        3D Dual-Extruders Printer Start Up and Instruction Guide Version1.0_2014.10 ...

  • Page 2: Table Of Contents

    3D Printer        Wexler - 3D Dual-Extruders Printer Start Up and Instruction Guide Contents Precautions ........................2 What's in the box? ......................2 Unboxing .......................... Initial Hardware Installation ....................Special Notes to Win8 users before Software Installation ..........7 Software Installation ......................

  • Page 3: Precautions

    Precautions [★★★ Make sure you read and understand the steps detailed in this guide] The Wexler 3D Printer is very sensitive to static electricity, so make sure you contact a grounded object before operating the machine. Before repairing or making any alterations to the Wexler 3D Printer it is essential that the machine is turned off and the power cord is unplugged.

  • Page 4: Unboxing

    “parts inside” and then pull out the foams packing that encloses the Wexler 3D Printer. Inside the long box you will find a power cable, USB A to B cable, 2 filament guide tubes, and 2 spool holders.
  • Page 5     Now take the Wexler 3D Printer out of the box. Gently lift and transfer the printer to your work surface. You will find the extruder in the protective packaging along with the black cable, carefully remove the protective packaging.

  • Page 6: Initial Hardware Installation

    3D Printer        Initial Hardware Installation First is the installation of the spool holder. Install one on each side. The installation of the spool holder is very simple – just insert it into the circular opening and tighten the nut behind. Then install the filament guide tube to the empty spot on the extruder, put one end of the guide tube into the hole.
  • Page 7 3D Printer        Next, with the power switch in the 'OFF' position, confirm that the power cord is plugged into the power outlet next to the power switch. Now plug the USB A to B cable into the USB B-type port, do not plug the other end in yet. Finally take the filament out of the box, install it on the spool holder and screw in the nut, however the nut should not be over tightened.

  • Page 8: Special Notes To Win8 Users Before Software Installation

    Software Installation ReplicatorG0040 is the best software to use with the dual extruder Wexler 3D Printer. It can be downloaded from its official website at: http://replicat.org/download ReplicatorG0040 for Windows users can also be found in the SD card, which shipped together with the Wexler 3D Printer.
  • Page 9 3D Printer        The following gives an introduction on how to import files (.STL) into the Replicator G software and then generate Gcode to print your creation. Click File > Open, then browse and select the file (.STL) that you would like to print, import the file by double-clicking.

  • Page 10: Explanation Of Gcode Settings

    3D Printer        Explanation of GCode Settings A new window will open up, giving you several options on how the Gcode will be generated: Slicing profile: select Replicator slicing defaults for ABS printing, and select Replicator 2 slicing defaults for PLA printing. This tells the printer which extruder to use for a dual-extruder head printer, either the left head or the right head can be selected.
  • Page 11 3D Printer        Click Generate Gcode and a progress bar will appear. NOTE: For users who did not choose the default installation path in the installation of Python, clicking the Generate Gcode button in Replicator G, will result in dialogue box popping up alerting that the executable Python file cannot be found.
  • Page 12 3D Printer        Click File > Preferences, then click Select Python interpreter on the Advanced tab. A window will pop up, navigate to the Python installation directory and select python.exe and click ‘Open’. Click ‘Close’ on the Preferences menu and you are done! The machine will now work as normal when generating Gcode.

  • Page 13: Usb Connection & Setting The Extruder And Platform Temperature

    3D Printer        USB connection & setting the extruder and platform temperature First, connect the machine and computer with the provided USB A to B cable. The USB port on the machine is bound by the red box in the above image. After connecting the cable, open the Replicator G software, we are going to connect the computer and printer.
  • Page 14 3D Printer        Locate the software driver shown in the red box, right click and select Update Driver Software. Click Browse… to find the location of ReplicatorG0040 on your system. Version1.0_2014.10 ...
  • Page 15 3D Printer        Click FTDI USB Drivers in the driver folder before confirmation and click ‘OK’. The drivers will then be installed. The next step is to connect the printer. Rescan the serial ports and select the one that appears on your machine (on our test machine the port was COM10, but different computers vary).
  • Page 16 3D Printer        If the red area turns green it means the printer is connected with the computer. Now we need to heat the extruder and build platform. An interface will appear by clicking the cross-shaped function key: Version1.0_2014.10 ...
  • Page 17 3D Printer        Input the following target values; 220 degrees for the extruder and 115 degrees for the heating platform. After entering the values, the platform will start to warm up. When the extruder temperature reaches 50 degrees, the cooling fan will activate and the current temperature value will display to the right as shown below.

  • Page 18: Feeding And Withdrawing Filament

    3D Printer        Feeding and withdrawing filament To make the process of feeding or withdrawing the filament easy, please follow the next few steps carefully: Setting the filament up First, remove the filament guide tube from the extruder head. When you have removed the guide tube you can remove the filament that is inside the guide tube.

  • Page 19: Feeding Using The Lcd Screen

    3D Printer        Feeding using the LCD screen 1. Start the machine, the display indicates: ▶Build from SD Preheat Utilities 2. Using the directional arrows to the right of the screen click the page down key to scroll to the next page.

  • Page 20: Withdrawing Using The Lcd Screen

    3D Printer        Withdrawing using the LCD screen Notes regarding withdrawing filament!!! A. If you just finished your printing or feeding the filament and want to withdraw the filament, at this moment, the extruder is still over 200 degrees, first push the filament in a little, and then directly pull it out.

  • Page 21: Feeding Using The Replicator G Control Panel

    3D Printer        Feeding using the Replicator G control panel The following can only be performed while the printer is connected to the computer. Open the Replicator G software, click the icon in the red box, this is the control panel icon. The dialogue box shown below will then pop up.

  • Page 22: Level Build Plate Before Initial Print

    However, it will get unleveled during long distance shipping. Please do level the build plate again before starting a print. At each stage of the script, your Wexler 3D Printer will ask you to test the platform height by sliding a piece of paper between the platform and nozzle.

  • Page 23: Initial Print

    3D Printer        Initial print Click File > Examples and then select the 20mm_Calibration_Box.stl The preview interface will then appear along with a virtual impression of the 20mm cube on the virtual printer bed. On the preview interface click Move > Centre and Put on platform so that the sample will be printed on the centre of the build plate.
  • Page 24 3D Printer        Next click Generate GCode, a dialogue box will pop up, after inputting your chosen parameters the Gcode will be generated. A loading bar will then appear showing the progress of the Gcode generation. Version1.0_2014.10 ...
  • Page 25 3D Printer        After the Gcode is generated, the temperature of the bottom plate needs to be changed, see below for the required modification. First select Gcode in the red box shown below and then change M109 S110 T0 to M109 S115 After modifying, click the file button to save the sample and click the left most button on the green bar near the top of the screen.

  • Page 26: Dual Extruder Print

    3D Printer        Dual Extruder print To use the two-color printing that comes with the Replicator G software, open it up and select Gcode > Merge .stl for Dual Extrusion. The following dialogue box will then appear: Click browse for left extruder; locate the folder 'examples' found in its installation path.
  • Page 27 3D Printer        Repeat the process for the right extruder and select Two_color_world_b.stl as shown below: Now you need to save it to the desktop with the suffix set to ".gcode." Now click Merge, two dialogue boxes will then pop up. In both boxes you need to remove the tick in front of the 'use raft/support' option and then click generate the Gcode for both boxes.
  • Page 28 3D Printer        After the Gcode is generated, click the Gcode in the red box and modify the temperature of the bottom plate like before. After making the modifications to the Gcode save the file and click the build button. Version1.0_2014.10 ...

  • Page 29: Technical Support & Customer Services Contact

    3D Printer        Thank you for using Wexler 3D Printer! Hong Kong sole agent: WELL LINK INDUSTRIES LIMITED Address: Units 1505-06, 15/F, the L.plaza, 367-375 Queen’s Road Central, Hong Kong Tel: 3977 2300 Fax: 3583 4989 Email: sales@a-well-link.com Technical Support or Customer Services at 3977 2333 or email: inquiry@a-well-link.com...

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