User manual

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LOADING MAKERBOT PLA FILAMENT
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 building,
you must load the MakerBot PLA Filament into the extruder. The extruder will heat the
MakerBot PLA Filament and use the melted material to build things.
What You Will Do
• Remove the end of the
filament guide tube from
the hole in the top of
the extruder.
• Feed the free end of the
MakerBot PLA Filament
from the spool into the
end of the filament guide
tube where it attaches to
the back of the MakerBot
Replicator 2.
• Push the MakerBot
PLA Filament all the
way through the
filament guide tube.
• Insert the free end of the
MakerBot PLA Filament
into the hole in the top of
the extruder.
• Wait for the MakerBot
PLA Filament to heat
and extrude.
• Return the filament guide
tube to the hole in the top
of the extruder.
Filament
Guide Tube
Extruder
Filament
Spool
STARTUP PROCESS: LEVELING, LOADING, TESTING