Loading Makerbot Filament - MakerBot Replicator 2X User Manual

LOADING MAKERBOT FILAMENT

1
Remove the Enclosure Lid
Lift the enclosure lid from the top of the
MakerBot Replicator 2X and set it aside.
2
Detach the Filament Guide
Tube on the Right
Locate where the right-side filament guide
tube enters the right extruder. Detach the guide
tube by gently pulling it out of the extruder.
3
Feed the Filament through
the Filament Guide Tube
Free the end of the MakerBot ABS Filament
from your starter spool. Use scissors to cut
away any bent filament and feed the end of
the spooled filament into the left side filament
guide tube [when viewed from the back]
where it attaches to the back of the MakerBot
Replicator 2X. Continue to feed the filament in
until it emerges from the other end of the tube.
NOTE: To avoid filament jams, always ensure that
any filament spool you mount on the Replicator 2X
feeds from the bottom of the spool toward the top.
Filament mounted on the right spool holder [when
viewed from the back] should always unspool
clockwise and filament loaded onto the left spool
holder should always unspool counterclockwise.
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Filament
Guide
Tubes
Extruders
Filament
Filament
Spool