====== Your first print ====== Formlab todo: add more pictures ===== 1. Prepare the printer ===== - Power on - Turn on the computer. - Turn on the power supply on the left side of the machine. - Turn on the machine by pressing the round metal power-button on the left bottom of the front panel:\\ {{:hyrel:power_01_02_web.jpg?400|}} - Make connection - Open Repetrel on the computer (Repetrel is not running on the tablet anymore). - Test the connection by clicking on the ''Light'' button on top of the Repetrel UI:\\ {{:hyrel:light_banner_web.jpg?400|}} - **Home the X and Y axes** - **You NEED to home the machine before starting any other motion** - click on the ''Home X-Y'' button. - We will home the Z axis later ===== 2. Prepare the material ===== - Have a cylinder filled plasticine on hand. If not, [[hyrel:plasticine|load the plasticine yourself]] - Make sure it has a nozzle diameter of 1.5mm. - Attach it to the ''EMO-25'' tool head. - Rub a little plasticine on the bed (for adhesion) ===== 3. Set up Repetrel ===== - Install the tool head in slot 2 of the yoke - Check Repetrel control panel to check if the head is recognised. If so, the buttons in slot 2 light up. - //Repetrel is the software that slices the 3D model and controls the printer.// - Home the Z-axis (Set extruder head height). - Put a piece of paper under the nozzle. - Click ''Enable Z-calibrate''. When the button is red and the arrow on it's right is lit up yellow, It is now possible to //carefully// raise the bed to the nozzle. * The arrows show the motion from the perspective of the table: * UP = closer to the nozzle * DOWN = further away from the nozzle - Raise the bed until the paper is lightly pinched between the nozzle and the bed. - Un-click ''Enable Z-calibration'' to set the current position as Z-ZERO. - Set nozzle diameter to 1.5mm in the head-control section (picture) ===== 3. Load 3D model ===== - Click the big button: ''Object > Add STL file > Open STL'' & go to ''Desktop > TEST SHAPES'' and select ''Formlab testcylinder.stl''. - Offsets-tab. - Click the round target button to center it on the print bed. - Print-tab: select the desired Slic3r profiles. - Print: ''Formlab Plasticine Default''. Check if filename is correct - Printer: ''Unheated head''. - Extruder 2: ''No heat, no fan, no bed''. - Click the big ''Process'' button & select ''Slice with Slic3r''. ==== 4. Start the print ==== - Prime a little material. - When the G-code preview looks good, click ''Print'' - Use ''Z fine adjust'' (''Z+'' = bed closer to nozzle, ''Z-'' = bed further away from nozzle) - Use ''Kill Job'' when you want to stop the test.