Wanhao Duplicator I3 3D Printer

[Cyber Akuma]

375? What!!?? Thats giving it away.

They kinda were, I think that was a preliminary at-cost price. I am kicking myself for not ordering one sooner, literally overnight on the day I was considering ordering one the price has gone up to $430

[Sebastian Finke]

I wouldn't mind one of these. They go for about R8000 here, which is a steal.

[JonHence]

Thanks for sharing the new 3D printer introduction here. I am new in Robotics and looking for a 3D which can help me to design the robot parts according to my specifications.
I want to know the full specification of the product you shared. Also in which type of applications it will be helpful.
I have the need to design Gears most of the times.

[curious aardvark]

work out at £350 in the uk.

These are hands down the best value for money printer around at the moment.
Just need to see some prints from them :-)

[Sebastian Finke]

work out at £350 in the uk.

These are hands down the best value for money printer around at the moment.
Just need to see some prints from them :-)

Touche...

[rhd]

I may have spoken too soon on my previous excitement about this printer. I've cross-posted this to Google Groups, but thought maybe someone here may have a repair solution, in case Wanhao doesn't come through.

My unit printed fantastically for a couple days, but now it doesn't seem to be able to heat up the extruder reliably. When I tell the machine to heat to PLA temperature, or load a GCode file, the temperature does nothing. It just sits at room temperature, and heats up a few degrees (to maybe 30 or so) from the radiated heat it absorbs from the hotbed. Then, if I play around with the cables, it will randomly start heating up. Sometimes (as in the attached video), it will heat ALL the way up to extrusion temperature. However, if I start actually printing something, it will immediately fall back down again, eventually back to room temperature.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Nv4X3aZnNdw

I've contacted Wanhao, and they were initially fairly responsive, asking for more photographs. I provided more photos, but haven't heard back from them yet.

As a side note, I've also noticed that my unit is missing the vertical "CNC drag chain", and instead they've just wrapped the wires in something less protective. I'm wondering if that indicates that they had a problem with the wiring on my unit, played around with it, thought it was fixed, and then shipped (without replacing the drag chain).

[LambdaFF]

I may have spoken too soon on my previous excitement about this printer. I've cross-posted this to Google Groups, but thought maybe someone here may have a repair solution, in case Wanhao doesn't come through.

My unit printed fantastically for a couple days, but now it doesn't seem to be able to heat up the extruder reliably. When I tell the machine to heat to PLA temperature, or load a GCode file, the temperature does nothing. It just sits at room temperature, and heats up a few degrees (to maybe 30 or so) from the radiated heat it absorbs from the hotbed. Then, if I play around with the cables, it will randomly start heating up. Sometimes (as in the attached video), it will heat ALL the way up to extrusion temperature. However, if I start actually printing something, it will immediately fall back down again, eventually back to room temperature.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Nv4X3aZnNdw

I've contacted Wanhao, and they were initially fairly responsive, asking for more photographs. I provided more photos, but haven't heard back from them yet.

As a side note, I've also noticed that my unit is missing the vertical "CNC drag chain", and instead they've just wrapped the wires in something less protective. I'm wondering if that indicates that they had a problem with the wiring on my unit, played around with it, thought it was fixed, and then shipped (without replacing the drag chain).

I would think one of the cables of the heater failed mechanically. I suggest you change (request to support) all the wires for the hotend.
You can whip up a cable chain like this :
https://www.youmagine.com/designs/pr...us-cable-chain

[Cyber Akuma]

What site did you buy it from?

[TeamTEOR]

Hello everyone. I have one on order as well. Paid the $375 price for it. I look forward to being a part of this community, and sharing experiences with our new machines. So far I have no indication that my machine has shipped, and it was ordered via the WanHao USA website. If anyone is in the Phoenix area and is part of any groups please let me know.
Tom

[TeamTEOR]

Just got notification that my printer has been shipped!