Builder Extreme 1000, Extreme 2000 User Manual

User Manual

Extreme

BUILDER V3.5

BUILDER V3.5

Introduction

Introduction

This user manual is designed and allow you to easily and securely install and congure our product.
Please read this manual carefully before installation, and use the printer according to these instructions.
Store this manual for later reference.

Warranty

The Builder 3D printers Extruders are warranted only to the original purchaser for a period of three months

from the original purchase date (when the Builder 3D Printers are used with the approved lament delivered

by Builder 3D Printers, normal use and service and without opening the Builder 3D printer) against defective
workmanship and material. The warranty of the extruder system will expire immediately when printing
materials which are not delivered/recommended by Builder 3D Printers. All other parts are warrented for 1
year.

The warranty of the Builder 3D printer will expire when;

• the product is damaged

• neglect

• immersion in water

• abuse

• improper installation

• disassambled

• improper service

If you experience any problems with your Builder 3D printer please visit our YouTube channel which provides
you with service videos that might solve the issue:http://www.youtube.com/user/builder3dprinters. When

sending the Builder 3D printer back to our HQ please contact the helpdesk rst. We need to diagnose the
issues you experience rst before taking any action. Contact helpdesk: [email protected]. If we

are unable to solve the issue by phone or by using one of our YouTube videos we will inform you if the issue
is a “warranty issue”.

BUILDER V3.5

Safety and compliance

Pinch points. Do not reach inside when the machine is in operation.

WARNING

Hot surface. Risk of burns. Always allow the printer to cool down before
touching the buildplate.

WARNING

Moving parts can crush and cut. Do not touch the belt when the machine is
in operation.

WARNING

Machine starts and stops automatically. Do not reach inside the machine
after initiating a program.

WARNING

Breathing fumes may be hazardous to your health. Machine cannot

protect from fumes.

WARNING

Hot surface. Risk of burns. Always allow the printerhead to cool down
before servicing.

WARNING

Hazardous voltage. Risk of electric shock. Always unplug the printer before
doing maintenance.

DANGER

!

Hazardous voltage. Risk of electric shock. Always unplug the printer before
doing maintenance.

DANGER

Hazardous voltage. Risk of electric shock. Always unplug the printer before
doing maintenance.

DANGER

BUILDER V3.5

Printing Printer

Print technology: FDM / FFF Dimensions printer

(LxWxH):

Extreme 1000: 1006x1016x
1500
Extreme 2000: 1175x1016x
2300

Build volume (LxWxH): Extreme 1000:

700x700x820 mm
Extreme 1500:
1100x515x820mm
Extreme 2000:
700x700x1820 mm

Weight: Extreme 1000: 220kg

Extreme 1500: 200kg
Extreme 2000: 250kg

Resolution: Low quality : 0.6 mm

Normal quality: 0.4 mm
High quality: 0.2 mm

Frame: Aluminium proles

Print speed: Extreme 1000:

< 80 mm/s

Extreme 1500:

< 80 mm/s

Extreme 2000:

< 80 mm/s

Print platform: Heated glass plate

Travel speed: Extreme 1000:

< 200 mm/s

Extreme 1500:

< 200 mm/s

Extreme 2000:

< 200 mm/s

Certication: CE certied

Position accuracy

stepper:

X: 10 micron
Y: 12,5 micron
Z: 2,5 micron

Nozzle diameter: 0,4 - 0,8 - 1,2 mm Temperature

Filament diameter: 1,75 mm Operating temp printer: 15 - 32° C

Operating temp

nozzle:

180 - 250° C Storage temp printer: 0 - 35° C

Electronics Software

AC input: 100 - 240 V 50/60Hz Software: Simplify3D, Cura

Power consumption: 800 -1800W Operating systems: Windows, MAC

Connections: WiFi, Stand alone from

SD card

Colormix software: Only for Windows

File types: STL / OBJ / AMF / DAE

Overview

Specication printer

Subject can be changed:

BUILDER V3.5

1005,00 mm

1011,00 mm

420,00 mm

420,00 mm

335,00 mm

1005,00 mm

1011,00 mm

420,00 mm

420,00 mm

335,00 mm

1011,00 mm

400,00 mm

170,00 mm

420,00 mm

1005,00 mm

1011,00 mm

663,87 mm

1508,00 mm

788,01 mm

663,87 mm

1508,00 mm

788,01 mm

Overview

Outside dimensions

Extreme 1000

Extreme 2000

BUILDER V3.5

64

32

5

1

64

32

5

1

1. Emergency stop

2. LCD display

3. Control Box

4. Printhead

5. Print frame

6. Heated bed

Overview

Extreme 1000

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4 6

3

5

2

1

4 6

3

5

2

1

1. Emergency stop

2. LCD display

3. Control Box

4. Printhead

5. Print frame

6. Heated bed

Overview

Extreme 2000

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1 2 3

64

5

1. Emergency stop

2. LCD display

3. Control Box

4. Printhead

5. Print frame

6. Heated bed

Overview

Extreme 1500

BUILDER V3.5

1. Level printer

Place the printer on a concrete oor and check
if the printers is level

2. Spirit level

Level the printer with the included spirit level.
Check all the three axis as shown. Be sure al

the three axis are levelled if not use a wrench

to move up or down the machine feet to get

the machine level

4. Placing control box

When the printer is leveled correctly, place the
controlbox on top of the printer.

Installation

Levelling the printer is important for making
good quality prints.

3. Measure

Measure both diagonals of the printer and
make sure the lenghts are the same. Should
be around 1580 mm. For the Extreme 2000
the length should be around 2437 mm.

1580 mm1580 mm

Installation

Installation printer

BUILDER V3.5

Control Box

Connect all the cables to the controlbox and

switch on the printer with the on / o switch at
the back of the controlbox

53 421 53 421

1. Emergency stop

2. Light switch

3. LCD screen

4. LCD control button

5. SD card slot

Emergency stop

Push the emergency stop in case of an
emergency situation the printer shuts o
the power. Rotate the emergency stop to
deactivate.

Light switch

Rotate the light switch to switch on and o
the LED light during (night) printing.

ON

OFF

LCD control button
Rotate/Push the LCD control button to control
the LCD screen.

LCD Sceen

The display provides information about the
printer and object as shown in the image.

1. Line one tells you the hotend
temperature/ target temperature
and the (L) extruder ratio. When the

extruder ratio is 60 % the left extruder is

feeding 60% and the right extruder 40%
material at the same time.

2. Line two shows you the heated bed
temperature/target temperature and the
Z height of the print head.

3. In line three you can nd the feedrate of
the printing progress, SD card progress
and the printing time.

SD Card slot
Insert the SD Card upside down into the SD
card slot. Push the SD Card to eject. On the SD
card you can nd some printer ready Gcodes.

25/0 L:100:0%
25/0 Z:0000.0
100% SD---% --:-­Extreme Builder

1.

2.

3.

Control Box

Layout

5

3

4

2

1

5

3

4

2

1

Extreme 2000 Control Box

Extreme 1000 Control Box

BUILDER V3.5

Main
Auto Home
→ Bed leveling
Disable steppers

Bed leveling

Follow the next steps to level the print head.
Use a screwdriver and a piece of paper for
the calibration.

Prepare
To level bed
Adjust offset Z
→ Point 1

The head will now move to point 1 on the bed

surface and start to level the frame

If there is not enough clearance the folded

paper will not t. Then you will have to adjust
the endstops triggers in the left front column
upwards

LCD Screen

Bed leveling

Info Screen
→ Prepare
Control
Settings

When the head and the frame is no longer
move, then you should be able to slide a

folded piece of paper (0.2mm) between the
head and the bed.

If there is more than enough clearance the

folded paper will t very loosely then you will
have to adjust the endstop trigger in the left
front column downwards.

When the folded paper ts some what tightly,
then you can move on to point 2 and 3.

Point 1

Point 1 Point 2

Point 3

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Printhead

Installing Printhead

Printhead

For easy maintaining it is possible to remove
the printhead from the printhead frame.

Power
Heater

When placing the printhead be sure the
power is switched o. Check power light on
the printhead frame

Placing printhead

Slide the printhead onto the printhead

frame.

Be sure the connectors are alligned in front

of eachother. Push the printhead untill the

connect

Check if the clips are snapped into place

Inserting lament

Push down the button and insert the lament
until you feel some resistance. Now insert
the second lament by doing the same. Keep
pushing the buttons, then push down the
lament until it comes out of the nozzle. Do
this with both laments.

Make sure when priting with the Dual-Feed
both extruder holes are lled with a lament.

WARNING

!

BUILDER V3.5

Changing nozzle

Wait untill the printhead is cooled down. Take
the printhead out of the printer and loosen
the heaterblock.

Remove the nozzle using a 17mm wrench
or the included tool. If the nozzle is stuck,
place the extruder in the machine and heat
up the hotend. When it’s reached a temp of
210 degrees Celsius switch o the printer and
take out the extruder to remove the nozzle

The extruder is hot when heating up the
hotend for easy removement.

WARNING

!

When installing the nozzle make sure you
don’t tighten the nozzle too much.

Printhead

Changing nozzle

Nozzle diameters

The nozzles are marked on the top of the
nozzle.

0.4 mm 0.8 mm 1.2 mm

When using nozzles 0.8 and 1.2 mm be aware
the extrusion speed needs to be very high. To
avoid under extrusion tighten the pressure
screws in the levers.

First layer height

The rst layer height depends on the size of
the nozzle. Here are a few examples for the

diferent nozzle sizes:

Nozzle 0.4 mm First layer 0.3 mm

Nozzle 0.8 mm First layer 0.4 mm

Nozzle 1.2 mm First layer 0.6 mm

BUILDER V3.5

Main
→ Prepare
Control
Print from sd card
Change sd card

Prepare
Auto home
→ Bed leveling
Dissable steppers
Preheat
Cooldown
→ Move axis

Bed leveling

→

To level bed

→

Adjust offset
Point 1
Point 2
Point 3

To level bed
→ Move Z1
→ Move Z2
→ Move Z3

Move axis

→

Move 10mm

→

Move 1 mm

Move 10mm
→ Move X
→ Move Y
→ Move Z

Move 1 mm
→ Move X
→ Move Y
→ Move Z
→ Extr. Left
→ Extr. Right

Main
→ Tune

Control
Print from sd card
Change sd card

Tune
Speed
Nozzles
Bed
Fan speed
Flow
Change filament
Parking

Info screen while printing

Prepare: Menu to prepare printer for printing
Control: Menu to change speed, temp and extruder ratio
Print from SD card: Choose gcode le from SD card
Change SD card: Select when inserting SD card

Auto home: Moves printhead to his home position

Bed Leveling: Menu for level the nozzle relative to bed

Dissable steppers: Shuts o all the stepper motors

Preheat: Preheat bed (60) and nozzle (220)

Cooldown: Shuts o bed and nozzle to cooldown
Move axis: Menu for moving printhead and extruder

To level bed:

Adjust oset: Create an oset between nozzle and bed
Point 1: Move to calibration point 1
Point 2: Move to calibration point 2
Point 3: Move to calibration point 3

Move Z1: Move Z motor 1 up and down
Move Z2: Move Z motor 2 up and down
Move Z3: Move Z motor 3 up and down

Move 10 mm: Move X,Y and Z axis in steps of 10 mm

Move 1 mm: Move X, Y, Z axis and extruders 1mm

Move X: Move the X axis in steps of 10 mm
Move Y: Move the Y axis in steps of 10 mm
Move Z: Move the Z axis in steps of 10 mm

Move X: Move the X axis in steps of 1 mm
Move Y: Move the Y axis in steps of 1 mm
Move Z: Move the Z axis in steps of 1 mm
Extr. Left: Move the left extruder in steps of 1 mm
Extr. Right: Move the right extruder in steps of 1 mm

Speed: Change printspeed
Nozzles: Change the printing temperature
Bed: Change the bed temperature
Fan speed: Change the fan speed
Flow: Change the ow of the material
Change lament: Pauses the print for changing lament
Parking: Pauses the printer and move to his park position

Tune: Menu to tweak the print while printing
Control: Menu to change speed, temp and extruder ratio
Print from SD card: Choose gcode le from SD card
Change SD card: Select when inserting SD card

LCD Screen

Layout

BUILDER V3.5

Control
Extruder ratio
→ Temperature
→ Motion
→ Machine info

Main
Prepare
→ Control
Print from sd card
Change sd card

Temperature
Nozzles
Bed
Fan speed
Autotemp
Min
Max
Fact
PID-P
PID-I
PID-D
PID-C
Preheat

Motion
Accel
Vxy-Jerk
Vz-Jerk
Ve-Jerk
Vmax x
Vmax y
Vmax z
Vmax E
Vmin
Vtravmin
Amax X
Amax y
Amax z
Amax e
A-retract
Xsteps/mm
Ysteps/mm
Zsteps/mm
Esteps/mm
Endstopabort

Machine info
Firmware
Factory reset

Prepare: Menu to prepare printer for printing
Control: Menu to change speed, temp and extruder ratio
Print from SD card: Choose gcode le from SD card
Change SD card: Select when inserting SD card

Extruder ratio: Choose percentage of the extruder
Temperature: Menu for changing temperature

Motion: Menu for changing motion related values

Machine info: Menu for factory reset and rmware version

Nozzles: Change nozzle temperature
Bed: Change Bed temperature
Fan speed: Change fan speed
Autotemp: If enabled right temperature will calculated
Min: Minimum temperature if autotemp is enabled
Max: Max temperature if autotemp is enabled
Fact: Factor multiplied by maximum feedrate.
PID-P: Extruder Potential Coecient
PID-I: Extruder Intergral Coecient
PID-D: Extruder Dierential Coecient
PID-C: Heating power = Kc + e_speed, default = 1
Preheat: Menu for changing the preheat values

Accel: Absolute ceiling acceleration for all axis

Vxy-Jerk: Limits the change in acceleration over time for x,y
Vz-Jerk: Limits the change in acceleration over time for z
Ve-Jerk: Limits the change in acceleration over time for e
Vmax X: Maximum X axis velocity
Vmax Y: Maximum Y axis velocity
Vmax Z: Maximum Z axis velocity
Vmax E: Maximum extruder velocity
Vmin: Minimum velocity
Vtravmin: Minimum travel velocity

Amax X: Maximum X acceleration
Amax Y: Maximum Y acceleration
Amax Z: Maximum Z acceleration
Amax e: Maximum extruder acceleration

A-retract: Maximum retract acceleration
Xsteps/mm: Amount of steps for moving 1mm
Ysteps/mm: Amount of steps for moving 1mm
Zsteps/mm: Amount of steps for moving 1mm
Esteps/mm: Amount of steps for moving 1mm
Endstopabort: O, Dont stop if hit endstop while printing

Firmware: Check the rmware version of the printer

Factory reset: settings to original system state

LCD Screen

Layout

BUILDER V3.5

Print platform

Adhesion layer

Auto Home
Bed leveling
Disable steppers
→ Preheat

Add adhesion layer

If the bed has reached his temperature, wait
a few minutes. After a few minutes shut down
the printer and apply the adhesion layer
to the heated bed. Move up the printhead/
frame for easy access.

Preheat

Heat up the machine before applying an
adhesion layer to the bed. Select preheat in
the menu to heat up the printhead and bed.

Adhesion layer

The adhesion layer Builder recommends is

woodglue/water mixed