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  • Page 1 Product User Manual IdeaWerk ™ 3D Printer WT150...

  • Page 2: Table Of Contents

    Contents Contents 1. Unpack and checking...................1 1.1 Check the Machine..................1 1.2 Check the Accessories................3 2. Brief Introduction....................3 2.1 Precautions and Safety................3 2.2 Appearance and Structure................4 2.3 Technical Specifications................6 3. Software Installation.................... 8 3.1 Software Installation.................. 8 3.2 Port Confirmation...................

  • Page 3: Unpack And Checking

    1. Unpack and checking 1. Unpack and checking 1.1 Check the Machine 1) Open the packing carton box, unwrap the EPE covering, remove the machine and accessories from the box. 2) Overall observe the machine to make sure there is no serious damage. If any problem, please contact with the after sale service staff in time.
  • Page 4 1. Unpack and checking Teflon tube filament guide Filament passing-through assistant Cut pliers Tweezers Allen wrench Clips Power adapter and power cord USB Cable Build plate...

  • Page 5: Brief Introduction

    1. Unpack and checking Spool holder SD card Acupuncture Needle (Pic 1.2-01) 2. Brief Introduction 2.1 Precautions and Safety  Place the machine in dry environment when operating.  To avoid blocking the nozzle, do not heat up the extruder before feeding the material ...

  • Page 6: Appearance And Structure

    1. Unpack and checking your skin or cause fire.  Gloves are required when removing the printed part to avoid harm of cutting, scratching or burning. 2.2 Appearance and Structure Extruder X axis Filament Spool Z axis Y axis Build Plate （Pic 2.2-01）...
  • Page 7 2. Brief Introduction Note: the direction of the clip must be parallel to the X axis （Pic 2.2-02） Please note how to insert SD card （Pic 2.2-03）...

  • Page 8: Technical Specifications

    2. Brief Introduction Power Switch Power Input USB Port （Pic 2.2-04） 2.3 Technical Specifications Dimensions: 298mm × 221mm × 403mm Printing Dimensions: 150mm × 150mm × 140mm Layer Thickness: 0.18~0.3mm Speed: 30 – 150cm Net Weight: 7.5kg Material: PLA Materials Printing Temperature: PLA 220 - 230°C Power: Input: AC 100-240V, 1.6A, 47-63Hz;...
  • Page 9 2. Brief Introduction Maximum Operating Power: 63.6W Input Format: STL/X3G/GCODE Operating Systems: Windows XP/Vista/Win7/Win8/ Mac OS (Lowest version: OS x10.8.5 Latest version: OS x10.9.0) Operating Software: ReplicatorG-0040(optimized by Weistek1.0) Environment Temperature: 5℃～35℃ Relative Humidity: 30%～90% When using the Mac OS computer system: 1.

  • Page 10: Software Installation

    3. Software Installation 3. Software Installation 3.1 Software Installation 1) Copy the software from the disc before connecting the machine with your computer. Decompress the file. （Pic3.1-01） 2) Refer to the power and USB interfaces in the picture 3.1-02. Choosing “install from a list or specific location (advanced)(S)”...
  • Page 11 3. Software Installation 3> Select “Include this location in the search” in the below pop-up window, then clicking “Browse” Check this out （Pic 3.1-03） 4> Select a folder for WAY in the pop-up window Browse For Folder, and find “drivers” folder, then clicking [OK]. Then, click [Next] in the window of Hardware Update Wizard.
  • Page 12 3. Software Installation 5> Click [next] when the following interface pops up. （Pic 3.1-05） 6> waiting till the below window pops up, then clicking [Finish]. Until now a serials of ports were installed successfully （Pic 3.1-06）...

  • Page 13: Port Confirmation

    3. Software Installation 3.2 Port Confirmation After finishing drives installation, please use the below methods to confirm whether it is successful or not 1> right click「Computer」, choose「Manage」, and then choose「Device Manager」 （Pic 3.2-01） 2> Select “Ports (COM&LPT)”in the below pop-up window,. If no ? or ! ahead of “USB Serial Port”...

  • Page 14: Python Installation

    3. Software Installation Installation succeeded （Pic 3.2-02） Installation failed （Pic 3.2-03） 3.3 Python installation Install Python software after finishing driver installation. The installation steps are as following:...
  • Page 15 3. Software Installation 1>Double-click software ，click [next] in the following windows. （Pic 3.3-01） 2> Disk C is the default destination. Don’t change anything, just click [next] as following: （Pic 3.3-02）...
  • Page 16 3. Software Installation 3> Click [next] in the following windows. （Pic 3.3-03） 4> Click [finish] to complete Python installation. （Pic 3.3-04）...

  • Page 17: Preparations Before Printing

    3. Software Installation （Pic 3.3-05） 4. Preparations before printing Before start to print the SD card should insert in the 3D printer, or software will not able to connect the printer. 4.1 Platform Calibration and measuring Z height The plate should be calibrated before printing. Make sure the plate to be flat and level, and appropriate distance to the extruder.
  • Page 18 4. Preparations before printing Start this program (Pic 4.1-01) (Pic 4.1-02) 4.1.2 Click [Connect], Connecting devices.
  • Page 19 4. Preparations before printing Green arrows indicate equipment connection (Pic 4.1-03) 4.1.3Click [Roughly measure], the platform will go up and measure the height of Z axis automatically and stop at the height of 138mm. (Pic 4.1-04)
  • Page 20 4. Preparations before printing (Pic 4.1-05) 4.1.4 Select accurately measure step distance on the right of the [Accurately measure] button, then click [Accurately measure] to move the platform step by step, till only 0.3mm between the platform and the extruder. (Pic 4.1-06)
  • Page 21 4. Preparations before printing 0.3mm between the platform and the extruder (Pic 4.1-07) Tip: How to estimate the distance: put a card between the extruder and the platform, while no more distance’s left, make sure the card can slice between extruder and platform smoothly without any damage.
  • Page 22 4. Preparations before printing (Pic 4.1-09) Use the wrench to fasten or loosen the screws beneath the platform to adjust the platform if somewhere distance is not around 0.3mm. (Pic 4.1-10)
  • Page 23 4. Preparations before printing X axis Y axis (Pic 4.1-11) 4.1.6 After adjusting the platform, click [Meter Z], platform will go down again and stop when it touches the Limit Switch. This process is measuring the Z height. New data will be shown on the program.

  • Page 24: Select Temperature

    4. Preparations before printing 4.2 Select temperature 4.2.1 Open the tool showed below. s program Start thi (Pic 4.2-01) 4.2.2 How to select temperature: Extruder target temperature, 220~230 Target temperature (Pic 4.2-02)
  • Page 25 4. Preparations before printing 4.2.3 Click [Apply] and exit the program. Click Apply （Pic 4.2-03）...

  • Page 26: Introduction Of Main Functions

    5. Introduction of main functions 5. Introduction of main functions 5.1 Introduction of main functions 5.1.1 Software interface Please choose [Skeinforge] before printing, as picture shows. (Pic 5.1-01) Then choose Machine Type [Replicator 2] before printing, as picture shows. (Pic 5.1-02)
  • Page 27 5. Introduction of main functions Six main function bottoms: File, Edit, GCode, Machine, Thingiverse, Help (Pic 5.1-03) 5.1.2 When user firstly starts the software, the software will show a blank area without any model like below picture shows. (Pic 5.1-04)
  • Page 28 5. Introduction of main functions 5.1.3 Click 「 file」 , choose 「 Open」 to open an STL file of the model. The model will show up on the center of the interface. (Pic 5.1-05) 5.1.4 If your model does not show correctly on the virtual plate, use the bottoms on the right side of the interface to edit the model.
  • Page 29 5. Introduction of main functions 5.1.5 When the interface turns green and shows like the picture below, that means the software has connected to the right serial port. (Pic 5.1-07) 5.1.6 After editing the model, click 「Generate Gcode」 . Wait a few minutes till the Gcode is finished.
  • Page 30 5. Introduction of main functions How to deal with this problem: Choose [Defaults], then [Load Parameter]. After this step, the parameters will be correct as default. Parameter settings (Pic 5.1-09) 5.1.7 Please operate some more times to get skills of printing.
  • Page 31 5. Introduction of main functions (Pic 5.1-10) Setting Parameters Description A: Choose slicing profile: IdeaWerk。 B: If your model contains vacant part, you need to select support. None: None support Exterior support: select to generate GCode with exterior support Full support: select to generate GCode with full support C: Infill percentage.
  • Page 32 5. Introduction of main functions F: Feed rate should be 30-80mm/s. Best selection is 60mm/s. G: Travel feed rate should be 60-150mm/s. Best selection is 80mm/s. 5.1.8 Confirm the settings and generate Gcode. Click「OK」to continue. (Pic 5.1-11) 5.1.9 Wait several minutes till generation finished.
  • Page 33 5. Introduction of main functions (Pic 5.1-12) 5.1.10 Click to start building. Click「Proceed anyway」to continue. (Pic 5.1-13)
  • Page 34 5. Introduction of main functions If GCode warning is shown, please ignore it. Do not cancel and choose “Proceed any way”. Click here (Pic 5.1-14) 5.1.11 Click「Yes」to continue. Click(Yes) (Pic 5.1-15)
  • Page 35 5. Introduction of main functions 5.1.12 Model is printing. (Pic 5.1-16) Warning: Do not cut down power during printing process, or the printing plate will drop down without any tip. 5.1.13 Printing plate will drop down slowly when printing finishes. Caution not to pinch your hands.

  • Page 36: Forward And Reverse The Filament

    5. Introduction of main functions (Pic 5.1-17) 6. Forward and reverse the filament 6.1 How to feed material 6.1.1 To avoid material stuck inside the extruder, please make sure the filament is fed through the center of the hole. Filament feeding hole （Pic 6.1-01）...
  • Page 37 7. Build from SD card and control 6.1.2 First step, put the filament free end through the holder guide, and feed the filament through the guiding tube. Second, push the free end into the extruder feeding hole. 6.1.3 Select Extruder Target Temperature at 220 C.

  • Page 38: How To Reverse Material

    6. Forward and reverse the filament Feed the materials end to end. (Pic 6.1-04) Forward (Pic 6.1-05) 6.2 How to reverse material To reverse material, the extruder should be heated up first. Then click 「Reverse」until the filament is totally reversed from the extruder. Click 「 Stop 」 to finish this step.

  • Page 39: Build From Sd Card And Control

    7. Build from SD card and control Reverse (Pic 6.2-01) 7. Build from SD card and control 7.1 Build from SD card After generating Gcode of the model, click bottom to create an .x3g file. Save the .x3g file in your SD card. Note: 1.

  • Page 40: Operation On Control Screen

    7. Build from SD card and control (Pic 7.1-01) Should be .x3g format Click here (Yes) Click here (OK) （Pic 7.1-02） 7.2 Operation on control screen Control should be done on the screen when building from SD card. 7.2.1 Click anywhere on the screen to start operating.
  • Page 41 7. Build from SD card and control （Pic 7.2-01） 7.2.2 Scan the file as the guide shows. （Pic 7.2-02）...
  • Page 42 7. Build from SD card and control 7.2.3 Click on the name of the file to start building. (Pic 7.2-03) 7.2.4 The picture (Pic 7.1-04) shows the condition of the machine when building. Click Light to switch on the light inside the machine box, in order to observe the printing process more clearly.
  • Page 43 7. Build from SD card and control 7.2.5 Click Stop to end the process of building if needed. (Pic 7.2-05) 7.2.6 Error alert shows up if anything wrong when building. (Pic 7.2-06)

  • Page 44: How To Fix Common Problem

    8. How to fix common problem How to fix common problem 8.1 Resolution of filament feeding unsmooth What is unsmooth: During printing, the extruder can’t extrude filament or extrude intermittently, at this situation, 1: Check the extruder temperature if is too low or not, increase 5-10 C each time to see if the problem is solved or not.

  • Page 45: Resolution Of Nozzle Blocking

    8. How to fix common little problem 8.2 Resolution of nozzle blocking If the extruder is still not able to work, then you have to check if the nozzle of the extruder is blocked or not. This is always due to wrong operation of machine and use wrong filament or wrong operation of joining the filament.

  • Page 46: Acknowledgements

    8. How to fix common problem (Pic 8.2-01) Acknowledgements Thanks for using IdeaWerk™ 3D printer and thanks for your supports for Weistek. For after sale service please contact with your retailer.

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