CraftUnique CraftBot 3, User Manual

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Page 2: ...4 6 Other menu settings adjusting the lighting 19 5 4 7 Activating the fans 20 5 4 8 Sound settings 21 5 4 9 Report function 21 5 4 10 Dome menu 21 5 4 11 Configuration of colored red strip 22 5 4 12 Printing modes 23 5 4 13 Reset settings you can reset all the printer setting 23 6 NAVIGATE THE BUILD PLATE AND THE EXTRUDERS 24 7 USING THE PRINTER 25 7 1 Using CraftWare to convert 3D design into pr...

Page 3: ...rk The CraftBot 3D printer makes solid three dimensional objects out of melted plastic filament Design Your objects with the help of a 3D design program Then use the CraftWare program downloadable from www craftunique com craftware to transform Your 3D design files into printing instructions for the CraftBot 3D printer Transfer this to Your CraftBot 3D printer via USB drive or USB cable The CraftB...

Page 4: ...persons with reduced physical sensory or mental capabilities or lack of experience and knowledge Only under supervision and adequate instruction concerning the use of the appliance in a safe way understanding the hazards involved Cleaning and user maintenance shall not be made by children Children can receive great educational benefits from designing 3D objects But the printing process should not ...

Page 5: ...ack of the printer Make sure not to touch the extruder or the electronic panel inside the device 8 Consider its weight Request physical help if needed Lift the printer from inside the plastic cover and remove it from the cardboard packaging 9 Place the CraftBot 3D printer on a stable and even surface with sufficient space around 10 Remove the cardboard panel fixing the two heads inside the printer...

Page 6: ...uide tube 3 Separated dual heads 4 Removable build plate 5 Leveling knobs 6 Filament spool holder 7 Filament spool 8 FMS encoder 9 USB for flash drive 10 USB for PC connection 11 AC power socket and ON OFF switch 12 Encoder 1 connection 13 Encoder 2 connection 14 Z Spindle 15 Z screw top support screws 1 4 11 15 14 5 ...

Page 7: ...nd beneath the USB connector on the side of the machine The upper one is number 1 and the lower one is number 2 When looking at the machine the extruder on the left side is number 1 and the extruder on the right is number 2 7 CraftBot 3 3 2 INSTALLING THE FILAMENT GUIDE TUBE Fit the filament guide tube to the top of the extruder and the top of the encoder 3 3 INSTALLING THE FILAMENT SPOOL HOLDERS ...

Page 8: ...filament spool holders so that the filament feeds directly up into the Encoder and up into the guide tube 3 5 ATTACHING THE POWER CORD Ensure that the power switch on the CraftBot is set to the OFF position Find and insert the AC power cord into the power input on the back of the CraftBot ...

Page 9: ...arrow icon Select the temperature icon The unit can be changed by pressing the right or the left arrows at the top of the screen Use the left arrow at the bottom of the screen to get back to the main menu 4 4 SETTING THE CLOCK You can set the time and reset the operating hour counter This function helps to track printing time between maintenance sessions Select the Settings menu on the LCD screen ...

Page 10: ...he bottom row Scroll down with up down arrows Select desired network with the left arrow Enter password Confirm password with the tick mark In the right bottom corner Selected Wi Fi network is displayed indicating host name and LAN IP By pressing the eye icon you can toggle the wifi s visibility on off SSID You can modify the printer s unique identifier name click on the SSID icon to the right mak...

Page 11: ...menu indicating both Head temps plus the Bed temp Select the Extruder icon and the Bed icon line with 3 wavy lines above to commence the heating process Once the extruder reaches the target temperature of your filament keeping in mind that different materials such as PLA ABS and PET have different temperature settings you can start printing 5 2 LOADING THE FILAMENT 1 Heat up the printer 2 Remove t...

Page 12: ...o heads and the build platform can now be set individually 5 3 REMOVING THE FILAMENT FROM THE EXTRUDER Never remove the filament from the extruder if the extruder is cold Always preheat the extruder before removing or changing filaments Removing the filament from a cold extruder might damage it You don t have to remove the filament between prints 1 Heat up the extruder first to the correct temp fo...

Page 13: ...er plate There is one knob at the front in the middle and two in the back left and right corners of the build plate Do not force them Locate the 0 35mm spacer card that are located in the Nozzle kit boxes among the other accessories that came with the printer This card will ensure the optimal distance between the build plate and the extruder nozzle Please keep this card for future use The preprogr...

Page 14: ...ilding plate should be evenly calibrated 8 You can return to the main menu by pressing the right arrow 5 4 2 DUAL HEAD CALIBRATION Z The Z axis must be calibrated so that the two heads are at the same height and are at the same distance from the build platform If there is a height variation between the two heads it will be visible on the printed object Calibration process 1 Heat up the heads and r...

Page 15: ... press the change heads button in the middle 7 The First head will move back to the home position and the second head will move to the same reference point at the front of the build platform 8 loosen the two screws on the left side of the Black heatsink Drop the nozzle to the bed and tighten the screws 9 Repeat this twice to make sure that both heads 1 and 2 are at the correct same Z height positi...

Page 16: ...he 5th page Select the calibration icon to the offset coordinate systems 3 Head and bed temperature must be entered what material is placed into the extruder head ABS PLA PET 4 Start the calibration of the X Y or the automated XY axes 5 The printer will print the calibration lines with both printheads It will print the number 1 next to the first line 6 The user must determine which of the lines pr...

Page 17: ... then an error message will appear on the display the message will appear in the application and the printer will also send an email message Please note the wifi should be set up correctly first Left arrow you can step back to the X Y main menu Right to fine tune the X Y calibration settings in the Set the X Y offset page Up arrow you can enlarge the number s value X offset 1 Moving the lines to t...

Page 18: ... the system just go to the icon The printer will automatically send a message if it is unable to resolve a jam 4 Calibration can be initiated by touching the icon resembling an A with a cog You can set the head temperature here You can calibrate the appropriate encoder with the help of the first two icons 5 Atestmessagecanbesentaftercalibrationsotheusercancheckwhethertheemailfunctionisworking In a...

Page 19: ...y 5 4 5 WIZARD SETTINGS All calibrations are available in this menu If you start the wizard then it all calibration starts by itself 1 Select the Settings menu on the LCD screen and go to the 6th page Select the wizard settings icon magic wand 2 Select the right arrow in the right corner 3 Do all calibration 5 4 6 OTHER MENU SETTINGS ADJUSTING THE LIGHTING 1 Select the Settings menu on the LCD scr...

Page 20: ...ivated and set before printing starts 1 Select the Settings menu on the LCD screen and go to the 1st page select the Fan control icon 2 Switch between fans by pressing arrows at the top of the screen The name of the fan to be controlled is displayed on the left of the screen Fan Control Activate and deactivate the fans before or during printing to match your preferences Extruder and case fan setti...

Page 21: ...tched on if the printer is connected to wifi then the printer every day at midnight or at the very first power on that day it will send the actual hours of operation and the filament usage of the printer to the website On the website with the help of time filtering users can check their printers usage how many hours they printed on a day and how much filament used 5 4 10 DOME MENU 1 Select the Set...

Page 22: ...ntersecting rings icon 2 The operation modes will appear You must then decide which you would like to set Once you have made a selection the colour of the operation mode may be set with the help of the RGB colour sliders and will immediately appear on the LED strip so the current colour setting will be visible right away Once you have set the desired colour pressing the back arrow this will save t...

Page 23: ...ld platform there is the option of printing two objects at once that will be completely identical This way two objects can be made in time it takes to print one object The printer s productivity is therefore doubled Support printing If a model has been sliced for a 1 headed printer and it contains supports then the printer will recognize the supports automatically and will print them with the 2 he...

Page 24: ...with an X through it and you will see all of the house icons turn grey The motors have now been disengaged and you can freely move the extruders by hand if you wish to do so The directional button to the right of the home button can be used to move along the X Y or Z axis using the motors After clicking on this button you will be redirected to another display in which you will see six diffrent arr...

Page 25: ...software Once CraftWare has been opened up you will see a virtual build platform which represents your CraftBot s real build plate Please click on the Options button and select your CraftBot 3 Printer under the Printer tab page You can add objects stl obj files onto this virtual build plate and get an impression of what the real life print will look like before Printing 2 Select your desired Dual ...

Page 26: ...tBot if you are connected via USB cable The third way is to transfer it via the CraftBot app application on your phone or tablet or if you do not have this App you can send the file using Craftprint App on your computer you can send the file using the WIFI system directly to the USB in the top of the printer For detailed user s instruction of CraftWare download the user manual from https craftuniq...

Page 27: ... left area on the right side in the red area is the ghost of the original model After the Slicing you can see just the body in the left but don t worry about it it will be printed as well Options to print these duel print modes can also made on the LCD screen on the printer without using craftware ...

Page 28: ...tting in the Gcode 7 Printing will only start if the required operational temperature has been reached until then you will see the in print screen with the status message Heating with the H1 H2 B marked in red until the desired heating temp has been reached 8 During printing the status of the print is displayed on the LCD screen indicating progress based upon a percentage of the print completed 9 ...

Page 29: ...ion volume can be modified in percentage ratio to the original Use the reset button to change back the values of the gcode Light settings Lighting within the appliance and the display backlighting can be changed FMS settings The filament monitoring system observes the filament flow during printing 7 4 2 PAUSE NEXT LAYER MENU Pause next layer function will stop printing at the end of the current la...

Page 30: ...t to from the list Select and connect to the printer and you will be directed to the main screen 2 To Uploading a gcode to the USB placed in the CraftBot 3 Select one of the gcodes on the main screen or select the gcode file saved on your mobile device Confirm the file selection upload Once 100 of the files has been transferred close 3 Initiating printing via the CraftBot app Select Print on the m...

Page 31: ...in straw on the spray tin to reduce overspray and spraying directly onto the desired parts 2 separate lint free rags or thicker stronger paper towels Personal protection such as gloves and safety glasses goggles lighting to see the interior of the CraftBot correctly lamp 1 Move the build plate and the extruder to the Home position 2 Once the extruder and bed are in the home position turn the Craft...

Page 32: ...an move the extruder freely by hand 22 Use an oiled rag to lubricate the X and Y linear rails Do not spray from above Move the extruders back and forth by hand to both extremes of the axes When the extruders moves absolutely smoothly you are finished 10 TROUBLESHOOTING 10 1 PREVENTING FIXING A CLOGGED EXTRUDER The number one inconvenience that you will run across when 3D printing is clogging of th...

Page 33: ... hold the heat block and keep it from moving this is located under the red silicon cover Now with the 7mm wrench not provided start to remove the nozzle itself from the hot heat block Make sure to use an oven mitt to protect yourself from burns Also Please make sure that none of the wires are disconnected While removing the nozzle You can unclog the nozzle tip with a pin Or just simply replacing i...

Page 34: ...from Craftunique website https craftbot com craftware 2 Install the CraftPrint application on your computer 3 Download the pr3Dator firmware file from Craftunique website and extract the ZIP file on your computer Please read the attached Release Notes https www craftunique com firmware 4 Connect the printer to your computer with USB cable 5 Open the CraftPrint program 6 Select the Load custom firm...

Page 35: ...rom loaded file 10 When asked please turn off the printer at least 5 seconds 11 Turn the printer back on and wait until the update finished 12 When the update has finished power cycle the printer once again off on and Check the pr3Dator firmware version on the printer LCD screen select settings icon and go to the 1st page 13 Update is done ...

Page 36: ...utton Main PCB board To erase the controller PCB Board while your printer is still switched off use a piece of filament to insert into the erase hole which is located on the right side of the printer under the USB Encoder connectors Press and hold the button you should feel and hear a click as you push in this switch with the filament while powering up your printer again Wait 5 seconds and switch ...

Page 37: ...from between the plate and the sheet with a thin but solid object like an unused credit card Start from the center of the plate and move horizontally and vertically Once all the liquid has been squeezed out and the sheet is applied properly put the plate somewhere to dry Allow the sticky part to rest for 1 day before using giving time for the glue to set 13 USEFUL THINGS 13 1 G AND M CODES 14 G1 L...

Page 38: ...sition 51 M115 Get firmware version 52 M117 Display message 53 M140 Set bed temperature H L S 54 M190 Set and wait bed temperature S 55 M220 Set speed override percent S 56 M221 Set extrusion override percent S 57 M300 Play beep sound P S 58 M424 E F 59 M423 E F T 60 M422 Start Head Preparation 61 M425 Set nozzle wipe position S 62 M430 Head change ZHop settings F Z 63 M431 Head change Exit Retrac...

Page 39: ... command S 97 M1299 Queue report S 98 M1300 Set extruders PID D F I P W 99 M1301 Set bed PID D F I P W 100 M1401 Seat head heating curve D Q 101 M1402 Seat bed heating curve D Q 102 M1403 Flush 103 M1800 Set HMI Baud S 104 M1885 Set G1 counter S 105 M1886 Read restart data 106 M1887 Read startup GPBR 107 M1888 Backup Q S 108 M1889 Set RTC D S 109 M2001 Set max imp E X Y Z 110 M2002 Set ref imp X Z...

Page 40: ... M7008 Overwrite Wi Fi SSID 140 M7009 wifi reset pin check S 141 M8001 Read motor Q S 142 M8010 Read errors 143 M8020 Set thermal motor warning S 144 M9001 Set LED to function 145 M9003 ReadMotorDIAG 146 M9005 Enable disable cover S 147 M9006 Set print mode Q S X 148 M9007 Switch off calculation 149 M9008 Set nozzle diameter D T 150 M9090 Set parser limits S X Y Z 151 M9999 Set MicroStep E X Y Z 1...

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