Questions tagged [wanhao]

3D printer manufacturer from China since 2011.

From the WANHAO 3D Printer page:

With great efforts from everybody of WANHAO 3D Printer team, WANHAO start oversea 3D printer supplying since Aug 8th 2012. After accumulating 6 months experience in China local retail market, WANHAO has gathered good experience in manufacturing 3D printing Robot and after sales service. Based on these precious experience and hard working of our team, we believe WANHAO can provide more professional service and better up to date affordable 3D printer to awesome people all over the world.

WANHAO has involve in 3D printer filed since early 2011. Several Roommates used all their pocket money and bought one Thing-O-Matic from Makerbot. This precious awesome machine brought these college students great enthusiasm in 3D project making and help these buddy build their dream. On 1st Oct WANHAO Replicate the Thing-O-Matic and named it DUPLICATOR ONE. This 1st Generation Made In China 3D printer has combined most of the advantage of RepRap and Makerbot, and upgrade the extruder to Non Block one.

In June 2012 WANHAO has invent it's 3D printer with LCD displayer which is now called REPLIATOR TWO. This is geat step that free your computer that you don't have to print while keep your computer running. Just a simple SD card will do all the rest job.

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Wanhao Duplicator i3 ABS settings

I am looking to others who have successfully printed in ABS using a Wanhao Duplicator i3. I have tried and get a lot of warping and delamination. I tried putting a large box over the printer which did help with the warping some but I am still…
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How to make moving parts not stick together?

I am new to the 3D printing world and I would appreciate if someone can give me advice on how to 3D print moving parts without them sticking together. I recently 3D printed the predator pliers from Thingiverse and it came out very nice except for…
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How do I calibrate the temperature of my hotend?

I'm using a Monoprice Maker Select v2 (a Monoprice-branded Wanhao i3 duplicator) and would like to calibrate temperature readings for my hotend. I used a thermal probe on my multimeter to determine the hotend is running about 5 degrees C above it's…
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Compensating for smaller extruder gear

Assume somebody has a Monoprice Maker Select and has changed from the original brass extruder gear to a D4 Plus one, which is slightly smaller (10.6 vs 10.9 mm outer diameter). This person might be wondering if he/she needs to compensate for this…
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Extrusion stops during print

I changed the filament (PLA) in my Wanhao Duplicator I3+. I ended the first try to print when I saw that the 'lines' were too thin. I re-sliced with a higher temperature (195°C instead of 190°C). Now the print started without a problem but after…
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Temperature offset on Wanhao Duplicator i3 Mini

I'm trying to print with PLA on a new Wanhao Duplicator i3 Mini. In regular temperature settings (200-210°C) the printer underextrudes and the extruder motor skips, which led me to suspect low nozzle temperature. Increasing the temperature to 225°C…
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Regular over-extrusion..?

Can anyone explain to me why I'm getting regular over-extrusion patterns on this extrusion calibration cube? Just upgraded the extruder from stock to Flexion HT on my Balco Touch (Wanhao i3 plus) and now I'm getting a strange pattern on my…
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After 1.5 hours of printing quality degraded

Testing my new Wanhao i3+. PLA plastic(Wanhao), basic normal quality settings in Cura (I guess 0.1 mm layer, 40 mm/s speed, 60c bed temp, 200c extruder temp). After 1.5 hours of printing quality degraded, it makes some loose structure. Edit: After…
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Wanhao i3 PLUS restarts when connecting USB

I just received my Wanhao Duplicator i3 PLUS. Everything prints and functions fine via SD card and the display but when connecting to my Mac computer the printer seems to restart. Baud Rate: 115200 Serial Port: /dev/tty.wchusbserial1420 Any ideas…
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Can't print on Wanhao Duplicator i3 Mini

After unboxing and setting up my brand-new Wanhao Duplicator i3 Mini, I can't seem to print. When selecting a model to print, the extruder does not heat up and the whole printer does nothing, yet the progress bar moves from 0 to 100 in a few seconds…
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Adjusting Z-axis (Monoprice Maker Select)

Have a Monoprice Maker Select v2 and have recently changed to an Anycubic Ultrabase glass plate. In Cura, the model I am printing is in the middle, as shown here: but the printer puts it around 2/3 of the way up in the Y dimension: Further…
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Jammed extruder. Wanhao duplicator i3 Plus

I am new to 3d printing having only recieved it for christmas. The filament is jammed somewhere in the extruder of my Wanhao Duplicator i3 Plus. I have tried removing it with the included hook but was unsuccessful. Is there anything else I should…
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Ultimaker Cura infill issues (weird vertical pillars due to underextrusion)

I have spent ages debugging this problem but I can't figure out what I am doing wrong. I have a Wanhao duplicator i3 (Prusa i3 clone) and until recently I used Wanhao's adapted version of the Cura slicer. But it's quite an old Cura version and I…
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Is the Prometheus system compatible with Wanhao Duplicator i3 Plus?

I'm trying to figure out whether the Wanhao Duplicator i3 Plus can easily be extended to print with two separate filaments using the Prometheus System by DisTech Automation using a single hotend (NOT with two separate hot ends/nozzles). According to…
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Wanhao Duplicator i3 Mini - Not reaching temperature -> screen freezes

I have been having some issues with my Cocoon Create Model Maker/Wanhao Duplicator i3 Mini. The hotend doesn't get up to temperature. I will go to any of the heating functions (start print, preheat, add filament, etc.) and it will begin to reheat…
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