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TRIPODMAKER BLACK EDITION
USER MANUAL

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  • Page 1 TRIPODMAKER BLACK EDITION USER MANUAL...
  • Page 2: Table Of Contents

    5. Troubleshooting and easy fixes..............36 for your purchasing a Tripodmaker! This is the user manual for your Tripodmaker Black Edition. In this manual, you will be guided through the printing process. Read this manual carefully and take the needed time to get familiar with your new product. This is a manufacturing device that requires thorough understanding.
  • Page 3: Specifications Of The Tripodmaker

    SPECIFICATIONS OF THE TRIPODMAKER BOX CONTENT Next to your Tripodmaker, which had the SD-card inserted, there are other HARDWARE components in the box. Here the list: technology FDM (Fused Deposition modeling) dimensions 42 cm x 53 cm x 101 cm...
  • Page 4: Terminology

    2. Probe 3. Push and rotate button 9. Filament driver 3. Cooling fans 4. USB Socket 10. Rods 5. Build plate 11. Carts (wheels or linear sliders) 6. Spool holder 12. Vertical slides mount location Tripodmaker // Specifications Tripodmaker // Specifications...
  • Page 5: Attentions And Warnings

    ATTENTION! Turning the -Tripodmaker ON lights up the LCD The TripodMaker is an electrical device and contains motors and hot elements. screen and the LED lights. During operation of the printer, be always aware of possible hazards. -Switching OFF can be done at any...
  • Page 6: Unboxing

    UNBOXING Put blue tape on the printbed. Go to prisma.tripodmaker.com and enter your device ID. The setup process will guide you with a series of instruction videos until your first test print. The steps are also covered in this manual.
  • Page 7: Calibration

    The print head will move to the front left tower. Now click to save and start the calibration. Wait for the calibration to complete. You are now ready to print Tripodmaker // Unboxing Tripodmaker // Unboxing...
  • Page 8: Plexi Covers

    Adjust the screw with a size 3 allen wrench until the nozzle touches the INSTALL PLEXI COVERS blue tape on the printbed. If you gor you Tripodmaker Black Edition with plexi covers follow the diagram to install the covers. Connect bolts as in the picture Repeat this for each door.
  • Page 9: Menu

    Access the main menu by pushing the button The menu on you Tripodmaker Black Edition can be navigated through the push and rotate button next to the display. After turning your Tripodmaker on the info screen will appear. You can scroll through 4 sections by rotating the button.
  • Page 10: Quick Settings

    > Quick settings > Change filament: > Print file Use this function to load or unload This will navigate to your SD card. filament. Now you can select the file you want to print. Tripodmaker // Menu Tripodmaker // Menu...
  • Page 11: Extruder

    > Extruder > Set Origin > Configuration > Manual Calibration: This menu has to be executed if This will enter the manual calibration instructed by our support team. menu. See page 13 step 4 Tripodmaker // Menu Tripodmaker // Menu...
  • Page 12 YOU ARE ALL SET NOW! Proceed with instructions received by our support team. Note that during the print the Tripodmaker shows the completions percentage of your print. Menus that are accessible during print can be modified (ex. temperature/fans etc) Use these features on your own risk during a print.
  • Page 13: Maintenance & Troubleshooting

    3 months or after periods of intensive usage. How use a printed cube to peel of the sticky plastic. to clean your extruder is explained from page 16 onwards. Tripodmaker // Maintenance Tripodmaker // Maintenance...
  • Page 14: Extruder Drive Cleaning

    Clean the extruder drive gear with a movable piece in the direction of the knife. The small blade fits inside the white arrow. Once squeezed inward, slots of the extruder drive gear. the nylon tube can be retracted. Tripodmaker // Maintenance Tripodmaker // Maintenance...
  • Page 15 Slide in the white tube and make sure it is deep enough. Push-pull- push-pull to be sure it is deep enough. Insert the extruder drive tension screw and retighten it. Done! Tripodmaker // Maintenance...
  • Page 16 Make sure the bowden is inserted deep enough until the point it can’t go any further. 4. Insert (light preferably colored) filament in the print head by bypassing the bowden tube Make sure filament oozes out of the nozzle Tripodmaker // Maintenance Tripodmaker // Maintenance...
  • Page 17: Troubleshooting And Easy Fixes

    Perform step 1 again. Alternate step 1 and 2 a few times until the clog is gone. In case this doens’t solve the problem, contact support: info@tripodmaker.com. Tripodmaker // Maintenance Tripodmaker // Maintenance...
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