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7. Manual filament change
1. Feed the filament: click via the Home menu: “Tools”-->“Preheat”-->“Preheat PLA
(for example)”. After it reaches to the target temperature, press down the handle at
the extruder as shown in
Fig. 36
, and manually push the filament through the Teflon
tubing till the hotend and there should be filament melt through the nozzle.
2. Remove the filament: click via the Home menu: “Tools”-->“Preheat”-->“Preheat
PLA (for example)”. After it reaches to the target temperature, press down the
handle at the extruder as shown in
Fig. 36
, and firstly manually push in the filament
until seeing the filament melt through the nozzle, then quickly remove/draw out the
filament.
(Figure 36)
Tips:
For easy feeding the filament, it is suggested to cut off the bent tip of the filament.
Press
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