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In-Depth Information
While the extruder is heating up, the LCD panel will ask you to wait patiently
(
Figure 6-15
). After the extruder reaches 230° C, the LCD panel will prompt
you to load the MakerBot PLA Filament into the extruder. Click through the
instructions (
Figure 6-16
) until your MakerBot Replicator 2 asks you to press
the M when you see plastic extruding (
Figure 6-17
). Don't press the M yet!
Figure 6-15.
Heating things up
Figure 6-16.
Pushing the filament through
Figure 6-17.
Press M to stop… but not just yet!
Take the end of the MakerBot PLA Filament closest to the extruder and firmly
push it into the hole in the top of the extruder.
Push very firmly on the MakerBot PLA filament (
Figure 6-18
), and ensure that
the MakerBot PLA Filament goes into the center of the opening and doesn't
get caught at the edge of the opening. Maintain pressure on the MakerBot
PLA Filament and continue pushing it into the opening. After about five sec-
onds you should begin to feel the motor pulling in the MakerBot PLA Fila-
ment. Maintain pressure for another five or ten seconds and then let go of
the MakerBot PLA Filament.
