MakerBot Replicator 2X, User Manual

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LOADiNg mAKErBOT FiLAmENT
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STARTUP PROCESS: LEVELING, LOADING, TESTING
When you have completed the initial leveling tasks, the LCD menu will display the following
text: “Aaah, that feels much better. Let’s go on and load some plastic!” Before 3D printing,
you must load the MakerBot ABS Filament into the extruder. The extruder will heat the
MakerBot ABS Filament and use the melted material to build things.
What You Will Do
• Remove the enclosure lid.
• Remove the ends of both
filament guide tubes from the
holes in the top of the extruders.
• Feed the free ends of the
MakerBot ABS Filament from
the spools into the ends of the
filament guide tubes where
they attach to the back of the
MakerBot Replicator 2X.
• Push the MakerBot ABS
Filament all the way through the
filament guide tubes.
• Insert the free ends of the
MakerBot ABS Filament into the
holes in the tops of the extruders.
• Wait for the MakerBot ABS
Filament to heat and extrude
from both extruders.
• Return the filament guide tubes
to the holes in the tops of
the extruders.
• Return the enclosure lid to the
top of the MakerBot Replicator 2X.
Filament
Guide Tubes
Extruders
Filament
Spools