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- Page 1 Shenzhen Weistek Technology Co., Ltd. www.weistek.net A-Box 3D Printer Manual V1.1 Bigger Size, Smarter Choice * Dream Bigger, Print Bigger * Your Ideal Printer at Affordable Price * Pause Printing, Easy filament Changing * Real Time Speed Adjust, You have the Control...
- Page 2 Any company or anyone is not allowed to revise print, copy or translate this manual without our permission. This manual is copyrighted and its final explanation right is reserved by the company. © Copyright 2015 Copyright belongs to Shenzhen Weistek Co., Ltd.
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Page 3: Table Of Contents
Shenzhen Weistek Technology Co., Ltd. www.weistek.net Contents Instructions and Important Safety Considerations ---------------------------- 1. Product Introduction -------------------------------------------------------------- 2. Printer Installation ----------------------------------------------------------------- 3. Software Installation --------------------------------------------------------------- 4. Software Setting --------------------------------------------------------------------- 5. Software Operation ----------------------------------------------------------------- 6. Operation Panel --------------------------------------------------------------------- 7. Start Working ------------------------------------------------------------------------ 8. - Page 4 Shenzhen Weistek Technology Co., Ltd. www.weistek.net Using Instructions and Important Safety Considerations During printing process, do not touch power cable or USB cable, do not pull out SD card, or printing will be stopped. If extruder does not extrude, please do not heat it for long time, or nozzle may be blocked.
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Page 5: Product Introduction
Shenzhen Weistek Technology Co., Ltd. www.weistek.net 1. Product Introduction 1.1 Product Introduction 1. Nozzle 2. Printing build bed 3. Control knob 4. SD Card Interface 5. Display Screen 6. Power Switch 7. Filament Feeding pipe 8. Spool Holder 9. Power Supply Socket 10. USB Interface 1.2 Product Parameters... -
Page 6: Printer Installation
Shenzhen Weistek Technology Co., Ltd. www.weistek.net Operation Environment Operation Temperature: 5℃～35℃, Relative Humidity: 30%～90% Electrical Parameters Power Input: 100～240V AC, 1.5A, 50/60Hz; Power Output: 19V/DC, 4.74A Maximum Power: 120W 2. Printer Installation 2.1 Open Package Accessories List: Name Note 1. Print Head Set 1 set 2. - Page 7 Shenzhen Weistek Technology Co., Ltd. www.weistek.net A. Open package. B. Take out acrylic. C. Take out glass build bed. D. Take out fixing part of X-axis: move it toward arrow direction, then take it up and out. E. Take out accessories.
- Page 8 Shenzhen Weistek Technology Co., Ltd. www.weistek.net 2.2 Installation of filament disk and build bed: Take out spool holder from accessory bag and fix it in installation hole on the back of printer, as shown bellow. Take out glass build bed, masking tape and knife, tape the whole glass build bed with masking tape, as shown below;...
- Page 9 Shenzhen Weistek Technology Co., Ltd. www.weistek.net 2.3 Print Head Installation Take out print head set and tools. Stuck print head in sliding rail, aim screw hole which is on the bottom of print head to the screw hole on stuck piece of sliding rail, install screw from the bottom, as shown below.
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Page 10: Software Installation
Shenzhen Weistek Technology Co., Ltd. www.weistek.net 3. Software Installation Before installation: To see SD card for Cura 15.04 Version, please copy it to your computer and then install it, do not update the version after installation is completed. Click Cura Installation Program. - Page 11 Shenzhen Weistek Technology Co., Ltd. www.weistek.net Select needed formats (STL is a commonly used format). Click “Finish” after installation is completed and start Cura software. (Installing Driver Window may pop up during installation, click “Install” to continue.)
- Page 12 Shenzhen Weistek Technology Co., Ltd. www.weistek.net Select “English” for language, select “Other” for machine, then click “Next” to continue. Select “Customer” and input parameters as shown below, click “Finish” to enter main interface.
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Page 13: Software Setting
Shenzhen Weistek Technology Co., Ltd. www.weistek.net 4. Software Settings Set parameters on main interface and maintain defaulted settings for unmarked parts, as shown below. (Following are defaulted software settings, experienced users can change them as they need.) - Page 14 Shenzhen Weistek Technology Co., Ltd. www.weistek.net About Expert Support Settings Click “Expert” and enter expert menu, click “Open expert settings” and change support settings. All settings are finished, connect your computer to printer and carry on next step.
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Page 15: Software Operation
Shenzhen Weistek Technology Co., Ltd. www.weistek.net 5. Software Operation Drag model file onto build bed Window, G-code will be formed automatically. For off-line printing, save G-code file in SD card, then insert SD card into operation panel and directly conduct printing on operation panel. -
Page 16: Operation Panel
Shenzhen Weistek Technology Co., Ltd. www.weistek.net 6. Operation Panel... -
Page 17: Start Working
Shenzhen Weistek Technology Co., Ltd. www.weistek.net 7. Start Working 7.1 Load Filament Take out filament feeding pipe and spool holder, install them on printer shell; open filament package, cut off curve filament beginning, press about 10cm of filament straight, transport filament into... - Page 18 Shenzhen Weistek Technology Co., Ltd. www.weistek.net 7.2 Print Filament Test 【take PLA for instance】 Connect power supply, turn on printer, operate on operation panel, insert print filament into white filament feeding pipe till it goes into print head. 7.2.1 Operate on display screen, turn knob and enter main menu, turn knob and make “>” move to “Prepare”, and then press down, as shown below.
- Page 19 Shenzhen Weistek Technology Co., Ltd. www.weistek.net 7.2.4 Press knob and enter main menu, turn knob and make “>” move to “Prepare”, press down, turn knob and make “>” move to “Preheat PLA”, and then press down, nozzle will be heated.
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Page 20: Notes
Shenzhen Weistek Technology Co., Ltd. www.weistek.net 7.3.1 Press button and enter main menu, turn knob and make “>” move to “Print from SD”, press down and enter file selecting menu, turn knob and make “>” move to file which needs to be printed, press down and enter print interface. - Page 21 Shenzhen Weistek Technology Co., Ltd. www.weistek.net 9.2 Repair and Maintenance of Extruding Nozzle 9.2.1 Please cool printer and cut off power supply for long time no use, because melted print filament may cause corrosion on internal metal part of extruding nozzle, if printer is heated for long time and melted print filament is not extruded out, carbonized filament may easily block extruding nozzle, even cause damage to extruding nozzle.
- Page 22 Shenzhen Weistek Technology Co., Ltd. www.weistek.net 9.3.2 Turn Z-axis clockwise and slowly, make build bed touch the limit switch of Z-axis (on upper left of build bed), stop when you hear a sound of “ka”, as shown below. 9.3.3 Examine distance between nozzle and build bed, if the nozzle is too further or closer to the build bed, adjust screw which is under build bed and form soft touch between build bed and nozzle【about...
- Page 23 Shenzhen Weistek Technology Co., Ltd. www.weistek.net 9.3.4 After one spot is adjusted, move extruder slowly with your hand and adjust the other three spots in same way, if screws are adjusted to their limitation, it means height of the whole build bed needs to be adjusted, then adjust height of build bed and limit switch, after that, adjust four spots again, as shown below.
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