MAKERGEAR M2 Manuale utente
MAKERGEAR
M2V4 Rev. E
Made in the USA since 2009
USER GUIDE
Contents
1 - Welcome
2 - Warning & Important Safeguards
4 - What's Included
5 - Set Up
8 - Slicing .STL or .OBJ Files
10 - Changing Filament
11 - M2 Features
15 - What's The Function?
16 - Maintenance & Technical Support
17 - Shutdown & Storage18-Warranty
19 - What Does "M2 V4 Rev. E" Mean?
20 - About Us
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WELCOME
Your MakerGear M2 3D Printer has arrived!
Do not change your M2's firmware unless you
know exactly what you're doing or have been
instructed to do so by MakerGear Support.
Do not remove the film of yellow polyimide
tape from your M2's glass bed; this functions as
your print surface, and should be facing up.
With the exception of minimal set up, your M2 is ready
to print out-of-the-box. To ensure both safety and
high quality printing, carefully follow the Set Up
instructions included in this booklet. This machine was
assembled and tested at the MakerGear shop in
Beachwood, Ohio, USA and was fully operational at
the time that it was shipped, as demonstrated by the
sample objects included with your M2—these were
printed on your machine before shipping. This booklet
can also be found on the MakerGear website at
www.makergear.com/pages/m2-assembled, where
you can also access more specific instructions and
resources.
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READ ALL INSTRUCTIONS
CAREFULLY BEFORE
PRINTING!
PLEASE
SAFETY FIRST,
INSTRUCTIONS SECOND!
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Important Safeguards
1. To protect against electrical shock, do not put the
machine body, cord or electrical plug in liquid. If your
printer falls into liquid, do not touch it. Instead, unplug
the unit, then remove it immediately. Do not reach
into the liquid without unplugging the unit first.
2. This machine should not be used by children unless
supervised by an adult who understands the risks and
precautions involved in using this machine. To avoid
potential injuries, close supervision is necessary when
unit is used by or near children.
3. Unplug power cord from outlet when not in use. To
unplug, grasp the plug and firmly pull it from electrical
outlet. You should not ever pull the cord.
4. Avoid any contact with moving parts.
5. Keep hands/hair/clothing away from attachments
of printer while the unit is operating to reduce risk of
injury to persons, and/or damage to the unit.
6. Do not operate your unit if: damaged cord/plug,
malfunctioning, dropped or damaged in any way,
or not operating properly.
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What's Included
Power Supply— ensure
that the voltage setting is
correct for your
outlet before powering on.
Two 1 kg spools of 1.75
mm PLA (color may vary).
Tool kit, M3 driver, tweezers,
filament guide tube,
polyimide tape, USB
cord, feeler gauge, and 4
extra bed hold-down clips.
Spool holders with screws
and a sample print, both of
which were printed on your
M2 using files on the
included SD card.
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Set Up
Carefully remove the foam from the top of the printer
and from inside the printer frame. Remove the HBP
from its slot in the foam and place it on the 4 legged
“Spider” inside the frame, with the glass facing up.
Remove the printer from the bottom foam. Remove
(and please read) WARNING sheet from underneath your
glass bed by removing the binder clip. Rotate the bed
hold-down clips to point toward the front and back of
the bed in order to secure the glass in place.
Unpack the power supply and set the Voltage Switch to
the voltage supplied through your outlet. There are only
two settings: 115V (for 100 – 130V) and 230V (for 220 –
240V). To find the standard voltage level for your
country, visit www.worldstandards.eu/electricity/plug-
voltage-by-country/ .
Install the Spool Holders with the four screws using the 3
mm allen key, ensuring that the longer side is facing up.
Place your PLA on the Spool Holders so that each tip
unwinds upwards through its Filament Guide Tube. Cut
the PLA so the tips are flat, then feed the filament into
the Filament Guide Tube and into the Filament Drive (If
you have trouble feeding filament with a flat tip, then try
cutting it at a 45 degree angle).
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Insert the 6 Position Power Supply Connector into the 6
Position Electronics Connector in SECURELY IN PLACE
the electronics case—note that the power supply
connector should run under all other wires. Next, plug the
power supply into a wall outlet and flip the power supply
switch to the on position.
"Download the MakerGear via Quick Start App
www.MakerGear.com/pages/QuickStart-App. Carefully
follow the instructions below to set your starting height
and align your extruders' nozzles.
To use the Quick Start App with your M2e Dual, you must
first elevate your nozzle 2 (right) approximately 2mm
higher than nozzle 1 (left). After tightening the screw to
secure nozzle 2 in its elevated position, simply follow the
instructions provided by Quick Start in order to complete
the "Check Platform" step for Extruder 1.
Loosen the adjacent screw slightly in order to lower
Extruder 2 so that both nozzles are horizontally aligned.
Use your feeler gauge to ensure that Extruder 2 is at the
correct position. After you've placed Extruder 2 in the
correct position, tighten the screw to secure it in place.
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To access the
visit M2 Quick Start App Tutorial,
http://www.makergear.com/pages/quickstart-app
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Printing - Dual Extruder
Both Pronterface and Simplify3D work with Dual Extruder units with
only minor changes.
In S3D, to control the second extruder, you need only select "Tool 1"
from the "Active Toolhead" drop-down menu in the Machine Control
Panel; this will send any extruder control commands (Extrude,
Retract or Set Temperature) to Tool 1, instead of the default Tool 0.
Switching back to "Tool 0" as the Active Toolhead will allow you to
control Tool 0 again.
In Pronterface, you first need to change the machine settings - click
on the Settings menu, and then the Options item. In the "Edit
settings" window that opens, you can change your machine
preferences - we are most concerned with "Extruders count" at the
bottom, which you will need to change from "1" to "2". Once
changed, click "OK" to save the settings and close the window, and
then close and open Pronterface to refresh everything.
Once that change has been made, you will have a "Tool: " item next
to the Extruder controls, which will let you toggle between Tool 0
and Tool 1. All Extruder related commands (Set Temperature,
Extrude and Retract) will apply to the selected Tool.
To preheat both nozzles for printing, you would first ensure that Tool
0 is select, and then Set your target temperature; then, select Tool 1,
and Set that target temperature as well.
Once both extruders are up to temperature, you can select either
and click Extrude to extrude filament; before attempting a print,
ensure that both Tool 0 and Tool 1 have extruded filament.
Select Tool 0, and then select "MGkey.g" from the SD card to being
printing. In S3D, that is done by clicking "Print from SD Card" and
selecting "MGkey.g" from the list that pops up; in Pronterface, the
same list can be accessed by clicking on "SD", and then "SD Print".
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Slicing Files
If you try to download and print a file from the internet,
you’ll notice its format is either .STL or .OBJ, which your
M2 is unable to read. In order to print these files, you
must use special software designed to “slice” them into
“.g” or ".gcode" format - this file format, known as G-
Code, gives your M2 step-by-step commands for
where/how to extrude material. The steps listed below
will help you set up your slicer settings to convert .STL
files into .g format.
Remove your SD Card from the card reader on your M2
and insert it into your computer’s card reader—this will
enable significantly faster transfer of files between your
computer and the SD card (if your computer does not
have an SD card reader, then you can use an external USB
card reader).
Move “MGkey1.stl” and “MGkey2.stl” from your SD card
onto a folder stored on your computer.
Download the most recent version of Slic3r from
slic3r.org. Your slicer settings will be incorrect. To correct
them, click “Load Config Bundle” under “File” and select
the “DualConfig.ini” file available on your SD Card.
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