Difference between revisions of "WOW3D Printer"

Revision as of 22:26, 3 December 2014

Wow3D Printer (http://www.newstarway.com/)

Don't turn the power off with the printing bed at the top! The bed will crash to the bottom

Supposed to be an Afinia H480 clone (http://www.afinia.com/3d-printers)

Looks a lot like http://3dprintingsystems.com/products/up-plus-3d-printer

Windows 7

- driver installs as "Free Motion Card : 3D Printer@FreeMotion" - 3D Printer "UP! Plus/60629"

Printing Platform Preparation

-Use the bread board as base. -Set the Max platform height each time you use the printer. -The top is best if it is almost touching the surface. I set the nozzle so that 2 thickness of paper can just barely make it under the nozzle. -pre-heat the bed until it is at least 100C for 5 minutes. -put super hold hair spray on the bed when it is at least 100C. I use (TRESemme unscented Superhold in a pump bottle.) -print as soon as you can after applying the hair spray. -make sure the object being printed has most of its mass over the central heating element.

Problems noticed so far...

• printers did not ship with North American plug
• Windows software from Afinia.com installs malware
• No assembly or calibration instructions included.
• One printer, the vertical axis is broken, judders when trying to rise.
• if print fails, you need to power-cycle printer and restart software, otherwise next print fails and steppers overheat.
• Up software and Afinia Software would not recognize printer on Simon's Win 7 box. Looks like drivers are missing
• Mac software seems to default to a ridiculous amount of supports
• Adhesion to the print bed seems very poor. Probably an extrusion-temp issue. Simon looking at how to tweak.

3D Modeling

• Blokify looks interesting. But it's ipad only and has in app payment for more features.
• TinkerCAD
• 3Dtin