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Topic: Wanhao Duplicator 4

Hello...

I just got my first 3d printer, i have not even seen one in real life before. As i undersund this is a china clone of Replicator 1.
So in my eyes it is built quite good but i am somewhat confused of wich slicer i should use. For my first prints i tested Makerware becuse it seem very easy and beginner friendly.

But i have a question about setting temp, i understun that this is very important to get good prints but any setting i put in Makerware does not work. Example, i set it 200 degress and start the print from computer to printer with usb-cord it preheat extruder to 200 degress but when print begins it always go to 230 degress and stay that way the hole print.

Is it firmware on printer that is bad or is it anything else i do wrong?

I have loads of fun with it anyway, it can print pla that come with printer even at 230 degress but small things kind of melts.

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Re: Wanhao Duplicator 4

The Replicator I use was 230deg which then became 240deg after the firmware update which added acceleration.

Solidoodle thermistors read lower, so everyone talks about 200deg here but that is not suitable for a Replicator.

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Re: Wanhao Duplicator 4

Damn i am a real noob!

I upgraded fw to sailfish 7.5 and flash went as it should. I use ReplicatorG but now X/Y way off, instead of starting the print in the middle off the platform it starts all the way to the left (x) and same with (Y). Z is as before just above platform. But i dont get to how change it so it is as before.

Under "Update Machine Options" it is same numbers as before as i wrote them down before flash. X home offset 152, Y home offset 75.

Is it bad flash or have i missed something?

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Re: Wanhao Duplicator 4

Check out https://groups.google.com/forum/?fromgr … cksreviews

A bunch of makerbot users hang out there. It was started as an alternative to the official Makerbot google group where the Makerbot-employed admin tends to delete posts about clones and competing products.

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Re: Wanhao Duplicator 4

Thx Ian, but i found the problem, i needed to download ReaplicatorG from thingiverse and the it worked. Finally happy again! I noticed one thing and whan i print a qube 30x30x30 it differs abot 0.6 from the two sides, can this be adjusted with calibration of some sort or is it just a mechanic thing?

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Re: Wanhao Duplicator 4

Flow rate can effect the dimensions.  If you over or under extrude it will change the width of the threads, making the perimeters too wide or not enough.  It can also be mechanical, but make sure the flow rate is correct first.

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Re: Wanhao Duplicator 4

I can't produce complete circle shape with duplicator4. I faced deformation circle. How could I solve that case?