Assembly and start up of K8200 printer

K8200 3D Printer K8200 - Assembly and user manual
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Hi,
I bought my K8200 last Monday and am very happy with my purchase! It took about 12 manhours to assemble and another 12 manhours to wire up, working carefully and following the manual exactly. Calibration and commissioning took a few more hours. I did my first print (at the second attempt) last night and felt very happy.

The downloaded .pdf manuals are very good, detailed and comprehensive. The photos are good and make it quite easy. I only found one error, on page 487, the wire colours on the flat cable are incorrect, they should be red & brown, not black & white. Understanding what they do made it easy to figure it out.

Also, there were no circlips or screws in bag 19, but there were double the bearings, one of which is missing a circlip groove! Screws and circlips were bought locally, so no holdup was experienced. Also, a number of extra plastic parts were supplied; please advise whether these must be returned. Presumably, the cost of shipping will make it not worthwhile?

There is only one thing I need help with: at the end of a job, the bed stops at X= 0, Y=100. How do you to make it stop at X=0, Y=200 ? this will make it much easier to remove the part and prepare the bed for the next job.

Thanks for supplying a very good product, backed up with good documentation. From previous
experience, I know that I can rely on good support also.

Now my challenge is to print and learn what it takes to make a good one.

Wally

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Hi,

In the printer settings under “Printer Shape” make sure the X Max and Y Max are set to 200
Also make sure the “Print area” for all 3 W, D & H are set to 200.

Hope this helps.

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I guess in slic3r configure / printer settings / costum G-code /end G-code.
Change the line G28 X0 to G28 X0 Y200.

I hope it works.

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Hi Cees,

G28 homes all axes that are specified independent of the position that is specified, so G28 Y200 is equal to G28 Y0.

G28 X0
G1 Y200 F1200

in the end G-code should work though (edit F1200 if you prefer a different speed for the Y movement). If for some reason the Y axis is not where it is supposed to be, e.g. if the printbed has shifted during the print or was moved manually, going to Y200 may of course result in overrunning the axis end since there is no max endstop.

Cheers,
kuraasu

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[quote=“WallyL”]Hi,
… I only found one error, on page 487, the wire colours on the flat cable are incorrect, they should be red & brown, not black & white. Understanding what they do made it easy to figure it out.
Wally[/quote]

This is an old post. Can Velleman confirm that this colour error has since been corrected? Also, downloaded manual does not give page numbers. Only chapter numbers…