Your printer has finally arrived and you must be excited congratulations! - I decided to write this blog to try and create a central place for all the info I have gathered around this printer. It is my hope that it will assist you in putting your printer together successfully and producing some prints, most of the information here was gathered off the 101Hero unofficial Facebook page, Tom Gray’s blog posts http://blog.graywriterrv.com/?p=1600, Daiju Ishikawa’s blog post (in Japanese) https://fabcross.jp/category/make/20170104_101hero_01.html and my own experiences. I hope you find it useful.
Very important!
Inspect the parts, especially the limit switches at the top of the pylons see pic below:
You can gently click them with a screw driver to make sure they click - they very are important as they make the motor stop once it homes.
The 101Hero Video
The instruction manual points to this video which is great however as the stepping motors are very fragile and can cause problems (break) it is suggested that instead of moving the parts manually as can be seen in the video from 101HERO On Vimeo Start Guide Of Quick 101HERO Pylon 3D Printer around the 2:48 mark rather assemble the printer flat. On page 7 of the manual is a wiring diagram follow this then download the “BACK HOME” file from the official download page onto a clean FAT32 formatted SD card and let the motors run up the pylons themselves.
Very important!
Inspect the parts, especially the limit switches at the top of the pylons see pic below:
You can gently click them with a screw driver to make sure they click - they very are important as they make the motor stop once it homes.
The 101Hero Video
The instruction manual points to this video which is great however as the stepping motors are very fragile and can cause problems (break) it is suggested that instead of moving the parts manually as can be seen in the video from 101HERO On Vimeo Start Guide Of Quick 101HERO Pylon 3D Printer around the 2:48 mark rather assemble the printer flat. On page 7 of the manual is a wiring diagram follow this then download the “BACK HOME” file from the official download page onto a clean FAT32 formatted SD card and let the motors run up the pylons themselves.
It is also suggested to connect the motors in a counterclockwise manner from above in order A, B, then C.
The rest of the assembly should be done as per the video and manual, with the exception of some of the upgrades or recommendations below.
Upgrades and Recommendations
Most importantly ensure the filament is inserted all the way in and the door screws are tight (Do Not Strip Them!)
Blue painters tape is recommended instead of the supplied yellow masking tape.
Replacing the plastic rods and reinforcing them with cable ties, springs or rubber bands as can be seen in this post http://blog.graywriterrv.com/?p=1600
The filament supplied with the printer is of poor quality so it is suggested to use a better one, basically buy your own off amazon or another reputable seller.
Add a cooling fan, a 40x40mm is sufficient but should be powered off a separate PSU as the supplied one is only 3 amps.
I printed the upgraded filament feeder holder Hannes Brandstätter-Müller from
The SD cover by Tom Gray
Platform Clips and LED Holders by Tom Gray (also a picture of the blue painter's tape)
All these files are available from the 101Hero unofficial Facebook page under the files tab.
My printer uses loom bands as supports I am however wanting to change these to springs and upgrade the rods to carbon as soon as I find the correct size.
I also printed and made this adjustable spool holder off Thingiverse and I highly recommend something like it for your filament rolls http://www.thingiverse.com/thing:1902417
I pimped my printer and added LED strips on the inside of the pylons, they illuminate the print bed especially at night - these like the fan are powered off a separate Power Supply.
Another item worth printing and using is the controller Pylon Holder for 101 Board Block by Stéphane Keep Hérault (I am not using it as I use velcro and since my wires are spiral wrapped they do not reach the centre of the pylon)
I pimped my printer and added LED strips on the inside of the pylons, they illuminate the print bed especially at night - these like the fan are powered off a separate Power Supply.
Another item worth printing and using is the controller Pylon Holder for 101 Board Block by Stéphane Keep Hérault (I am not using it as I use velcro and since my wires are spiral wrapped they do not reach the centre of the pylon)
Stefano Marcon has been hard at work finding replacement motors - he has a google doc's spreadsheet which if you add your name to you will be included in the order for the replacement motors - the price for the motors is about USD1/each however the problem is shipping.
https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1pX7zOik5_W03YLlWctgQwfJjud6pgvYybdhRxxeSj7A/edit#gid=1370840311
Troubleshooting
Make sure you have power plugged in and the switch turned on a red light will appear on the controller box.
The SD card must be formatted FAT32 and all the print files must be named 101hero (without extension) - so basically 1 file at a time
If you want to print other non 101Hero supplied models
Download the correct driver files from the official download page
A slicer like Cura (it’s free) is needed, make sure you download the correct version of Cura (15.02.1, 15.04 or 15.04.6) https://ultimaker.com/en/products/cura-software/list
Also download the config file from the official download page
And use the settings as per the screen shots also on the Facebook group
There are two config files for Simplify3D (not free) courtesy of Hannes Brandstätter-Müller on and myself on the Facebook group.
Can you put the Cura settings (you reference they are on the FB page) on here too?
ReplyDeleteThey are on the next post ;)
ReplyDeleteCura 15.04.6 also works well, and corrects some slicing errors that occur with 15.02.1. No changes to settings are required and the user interface is almost identical. The only difference is that in 15.04, Nozzle size has been moved from Advanced tab to Basic Tab. And you don't mess with that one anyway.
ReplyDeleteGreat - will give 15.04.6 a try thanks!
ReplyDeleteHello, I Had a stop in Nozzle and took extruder apart. The heaterparts just fell out. Now I can not get it back. Do you have a picture how it is mounted original?
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