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CraftBot Desktop
Dec 15, 2014
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  • Page 1 CraftBot Desktop Dec 15, 2014 3D Printer User Manual...

  • Page 2: Table Of Contents

    Recommended use and warnings: READ FIRST BEFORE DOING ANYTHING ELSE! 01. WELCOME 01.01. Introduction 01.02. Specifications 02. SETTING UP YOUR CRAFTBOT DESKTOP 3D PRINTER 02.01. Contents of the box 02.02. CraftBot diagram 02.03. Unpacking your CraftBot 02.04. Freeing the extruder 02.05.
  • Page 3 RECOMMENDED USE AND WARNINGS *Always operate the CraftBot 3D printer with the utmost care, for both the machine and the user’s wellbeing. Respect the machine! *Never force anything, whether it be during unpacking, setup, operation, service. Never! *Never reach inside the machine when turned on. Different parts of the machine (mainly the extruder and heated buildplate) operate at very high temperatures and can cause severe burns.
  • Page 4 RECOMMENDED USE AND WARNINGS *The CraftBot should be operated on a flat and even surface parallel with the ground. *CraftBot should never be used in high traffic footpaths, or any footpath or walk- way for that matter. It should not be used in any area were any outside interfer- ence to the unit could occur.
  • Page 5 RECOMMENDED USE AND WARNINGS *Optimally the best mode for printing is directly with a USB card, which is unaffect- ed by the operations from a computer. If you are using the CraftBot directly, make sure that all systems that could possibly cause lag, such as screensavers, sleep or hibernation mode, or videos/programs that could cause delays, have been dis- abled.
  • Page 6 FCC standard. Modification is not recommended by CraftUnique, and if the operator defers from these instructions, they take all the responsibility into their own hands. Any alteration to the CraftBot by the consum- er will void the user the authority to operate the CraftBot 3D printer under the FCC guidelines.

  • Page 7: Welcome

    Chapter 1 Welcome...

  • Page 8: Introduction

    INTRODUCTION Thank you for purchasing the CraftBot 3D printer! Now, “Just what is 3D printing?”, you may ask. 3D printing encompasses a variety of different techniques to achieve one similar end result: the construction of solid, three dimensional objects which can be used in either practical, relative or artistic mediums.

  • Page 9: Specifications

    SPECIFICATIONS PHYSICAL DIMENSIONS PRINTING Frame dimensions: X: 40 cm Printing technology: Fused Filament Y: 36 cm Fabrication (FFF) Z: 37 cm Build volume: 25x20x20 cm With all parts X: 40 cm Layer resolution: 100 micron (high) attached even Y: 46 cm 200 micron filament guide tube: Z: 55 cm...

  • Page 10: Setting Up Your Craftbot Desktop 3D Printer

    Chapter 2 Setting up your CraftBot Desktop 3D printer...

  • Page 11: Contents Of The Box

    CONTENTS OF THE BOX Filament guide tube Filament guide tube Filament spool holder hoder Filament spool Hex wrenches USB Flash storage USB A-B cable AC power cable Spacer card 11 Setting up your CraftBot...

  • Page 12: Craftbot Diagram

    CRAFTBOT DIAGRAM [1] - Touchscreen LCD display [2] - Filament guide tube [3] - Nozzle [4] - Removable build plate [5] - Leveling knobs [6] - Z axis rod 12 Setting up your CraftBot...
  • Page 13 CRAFTBOT DIAGRAM [7] - Filament spool holder [8] - Filament spool [9] - Filament guide tube holder [10] - Extruder [11] - USB socket [12] - AC power socket 13 Setting up your CraftBot...

  • Page 14: Unpacking Your Craftbot

    Keep it at hand as you unpack the contentsof the box. If you feel that anything is missing, feel free to contact us by email at info@craftunique.com. Remove the accessory cradle from your CraftBot 3D printer. Setting up your CraftBot...
  • Page 15 Be careful! Don’t hurt yourself, the CraftBot 3D printer is made of good stuff, so it’s heavy! NOTE: You can download a PDF copy of this manual at http://www.craftunique.com/docs/ craftbot-user-manual 15 Setting up your CraftBot...

  • Page 16: Installing The Filament Guide Tube

    INSTALLING THE FILAMENT GUIDE TUBE Install the filament guide tube holder. Locate the guide tube holder. Using a hex wrench, install the guide tube holder onto the top of the CraftBot at a desired position. Insert the other end of the filament guide tube into the guide tube holder on CraftBot.
  • Page 17 INSTALLING THE FILAMENT GUIDE TUBE (continued) Install the filament guide tube. Locate the filament guide tube. Push the filament guide tube into the filament guide tube holder and push the other end into the hole on the top of the extruder. 17 Setting up your CraftBot...

  • Page 18: Installing The Filament Spool Holder

    INSTALLING THE FILAMENT SPOOL HOLDER Locate the filament spool holder. Using a hex wrench install the filament spool holder next to the filament guide tube holder. Note: The spool holder must be installed beside the guide tube holder. 18 Setting up your CraftBot...

  • Page 19: Mounting The Filament Spool

    MOUNTING THE FILAMENT SPOOL 1. Open the box containing the PLA filament and take the filament spool out of the bag. 2. Fit the filament spool onto the filament spool holder so that the lead end keeps it’s course when the filament is fed into the guide tube holder. 19 Setting up your CraftBot...

  • Page 20: Attaching The Usb Cable

    ATTACHING THE USB CABLE 1. Take the USB-A to USB-B cable from the accessories. Insert the USB cable into the USB-B port on the right side of the CraftBot. You can attach the other end of the USB cable directly into your computer. 20 Setting up your CraftBot...

  • Page 21: Attaching The Power Chord And Powering Up

    ATTACHING THE POWER CORD AND POWERING UP 1. Ensure that the power switch on the CraftBot is set to the OFF position. 2. FInd and then insert the AC power cord into the power input on the back of the CraftBot.

  • Page 22: The First Steps

    Chapter 3 The first steps...

  • Page 23: Navigating Through The Touchscreen Lcd Menu

    NAVIGATING THROUGH THE LCD MENU Introduction The following text is presented in a way in which every visual display of the CraftBot touchscreen is shown, and below each illustration is an introductory text explaining just what you are seeing. You can find further examples of the LCD touchscreen displays used in owner’s manual as their implications are relevant to the operation (examples: leveling the bed, loading the filament).
  • Page 24 NAVIGATING THROUGH THE LCD MENU Heat menu If you touch this option in the main menu display, you will be redirected to another display in which, as in the main menu, both the “Head temp” and the “Bed temp” can be readily seen. The first number represents the current temperature and the second number, after the slash (/), represents the target temperature that the component, either the head or the bed, will heat up to once engaged.
  • Page 25 NAVIGATING THROUGH THE LCD MENU To change the temperature of either the head or the bed, click on the Degrees icon to the far right end of the options at the bottom. You will be redirected to a new display in which these two values can be changed to the user’s personal printing preferences by touching the arrows located to the right of each temperature.
  • Page 26 NAVIGATING THROUGH THE LCD MENU Axes menu Click on the button in the main menu display with the X, Y and Z meeting by three lines in the center, and you will be redirected to the Axis/Axis control menu. The first “back” button will, of course, return you to the main menu.
  • Page 27 NAVIGATING THROUGH THE LCD MENU USB PRINT menu Touch the “USB Print” button with the pendrive icon to precede to the next display. At this point, if you have already inserted a USB card into the top of the CraftBot, you will see a list of the contents.
  • Page 28 NAVIGATING THROUGH THE LCD MENU SETTINGS menu Find the icon with the gears, “Settings”, found in the main menu and select it. Here you will see the information containing the current firmware version uploaded to the CraftBot (HMI version/pr3Dator version). At the bottom of the screen you will find a whole bunch of different options which you can use to set up your CraftBot in the...
  • Page 29 NAVIGATING THROUGH THE LCD MENU Bed Leveling: Find the button with the three crossed circles (which represent the three knobs and screws used to raise and lower the heated build plate). Touch the button and you will be directed to another display in which you will be walked through the process step-by-step.
  • Page 30 HOW TO LEVEL THE BED/HEATED BUILD PLATE A level bed is essential for the optimal performance of the CraftBot 3D printer. If the extruder is too high off of the build plate then you will have a difficult time getting the objects to stick. If the extruder nozzle is too low, then the nozzle and plate can collide and either damage one another or the Kapton layer.
  • Page 31 HOW TO LEVEL THE BED/HEATED BUILD PLATE By moving forward via the touchscreen, the extruder will first of all go to the “home” or zero position as a reference. From here it will move directly above the center knob and will ask you to “Adjust the front knob under the extruder until the spacer card slides freely but with just a small amount of resistance between the nozzle and the extruder”.

  • Page 32: Loading The Filament

    LOADING THE FILAMENT Lets get the filament material loaded so that we can melt it down and create your first print with CraftBot! Loading the filament • Remove the the filament guide tube from the insert hole in the top of the extruder. •...
  • Page 33 LOADING THE FILAMENT (continued) Detach the filament guide tube Pull here Remove the the filament guide tube from the insert hole in the top of the extruder. Feed the filament through the guide tube Make sure that the filament spool feeds toward the guide tube holder (from the bottom up) so that the filament keeps it’s course.
  • Page 34 LOADING THE FILAMENT (continued) Begin heating the extruder After you’ve finished feeding the filament all the way through the guide tube, make sure that the extruder has time to heat up before loading the filament. Heat up the extruder by selecting the thermostat or “extrude” option in the LCD touchscreen menu.
  • Page 35 LOADING THE FILAMENT (continued) Changing or removing the current filament already fed into your CraftBot’s extruder If you intend to change the color or filament type first of all take warning that forcefully pulling it from a cold extruder could potentially damage vital components.

  • Page 36: Crafting An Object With Craftware

    Chapter 4 Crafting an object with CraftWare...

  • Page 37: Downloading Craftware

    Downloading CraftWare 1) Open a new browser session on the computer where you’d like to install CraftWare. 2) Enter the URL http://www.craftunique.com/craftware and download the installer. 3) Open the installer and follow the directions to install the software. Download a 3D model from yeggi.com Yeggi is a website in which the 3D printing community shares printable 3D objects.

  • Page 38: Bring An .Stl File Onto The Scene

    CRAFTWARE AND 3D MODELING Bring an .stl file onto the scene Find and then click on the “Add” button. Navigate to the location of the suggested CraftBot robot file “CraftBot.stl” and select it. Once selected you will see this file open up at the center of the virtual build plate.
  • Page 39 CRAFTWARE AND 3D MODELING Generate the necessary toolpath information needed to print To print a 3D object CraftBot needs toolpath information generated from 3D object files like .obj or .stl. Toolpath information is simply called gcode. Before generate gcode, select the print quality and the material you are using.
  • Page 40 CRAFTWARE AND 3D MODELING The GCODE visualizer When the gcode is ready, you can overlook it in the 3D gcode viewer. With the sliders you can go layer by layer and gcode by gcode and see how CraftBot will print your object in real life. When you are satisfied and ready, press the “Print“...

  • Page 41: Maintenance

    Chapter 5 Maintenance...

  • Page 42: Lubricating The Craftbot 3D Printer

    CraftBot and unplug it from the power source and get ahold of the professionals (us). We will gladly help you out. info@craftunique.com So, lets get this thing oiled up and working like it should!
  • Page 43 LUBRICATING THE CRAFTBOT 3D PRINTER While the CraftBot 3D printer is still on, set your build plate to the Ø, “Home”, or reference position, by moving it up to the highest possible point. You can find all your extruder and bed navigation commands in the “Axes” section of the CraftBot touchscreen’s main menu.
  • Page 44 LUBRICATING THE CRAFTBOT 3D PRINTER If you look beneath the build plate you will see three rods that run vertically in which the build platform moves up and down on. The two outside rods are smooth and the center rod is threaded. These three rods are known as the “Z-axis rods”.
  • Page 45 LUBRICATING THE CRAFTBOT 3D PRINTER Power up your CraftBot once again and move the build plate to the lowest point (“Axes” menu, home position and then go to the directional menu and press the Z down arrow until the bed reaches the lowest point). Turn the CraftBot printer off and unplug it from the electrical outlet.
  • Page 46 Chapter 6 Guarantee and Warranty...

  • Page 47: Guarantee And Warranty

    Once a return is received (for example a returned printer), CraftUnique will then send back a new unit. CraftUnique will pay to send out the printer and parts to correct a problem, but will not be responsible for return costs.
  • Page 48 There is no warranty issued when Craft- Bot is used with exotic printing material not personally recommended by us at CraftUnique. Foreign materials can damage the extruder. The warranty also does not cover operating the printer at unrecommended speeds and settings.
  • Page 49 This guarantee and limited warranty are sole and final as they stand in reference to CraftBot, CraftUnique and it’s products where permitted by law. Any implied war- ranty or fitness is limited to this 3 month (90 day) warranty starting from the date of purchase.
  • Page 50 Click below to find more Mipaper at www.lcis.com.tw Mipaper at www.lcis.com.tw...

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