Loading Makerbot Filament - MakerBot Replicator 2X User Manual

LOADING MAKERBOT FILAMENT

Filament
Guide
Tubes
Filament
28 ONBOARD OPERATIONS
1. Remove the Enclosure Lid
2. Detach the Filament Guide Tube
3. Feed the Filament through the
Filament
Spool
NOTE: To avoid filament jams, always
ensure that any filament spool you mount
on the Makerbot 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.
Lift the enclosure lid from the top of
the MakerBot Replicator 2X and set
it aside.
Locate where the filament guide
tube enters the extruder. Detach the
guide tube by gently pulling it out of
the extruder.
Filament Guide Tube
Free the end of the MakerBot ABS
Filament from your spool. Use scissors
to cut away any bent filament and
feed the end of the spooled filament
into the filament guide tube 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.