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* Remove the lid | * Remove the lid | ||
* The direct-drive extruder (above the nozzle) has a silver tensioner arm with a knob at the top, there is a lock and unlock symbol beside it. | * The direct-drive extruder (above the nozzle) has a silver tensioner arm with a knob at the top, there is a lock and unlock symbol beside it. | ||
* There is also a printed add-on that locks the extruder tensioner in place (some people claim that the tensioner slips...). The add-on snaps into place. | * There is also a printed add-on that locks the extruder tensioner in place (some people claim that the tensioner slips...). The add-on snaps into place. Remove that piece and push the extruder arm to the right to unlock it | ||
* There is a filament sensor on the right side of the case, at the top. Push the filament through. You may need to cut the end of the filament to a point if it's difficult to get through. | |||
* Push the filament through all the way to the hot-end, you should feel resistance when it gets to the hotend. To check you can pull the filament back a little and you should see the tube wiggle a bit at the hot-end top. | |||
* Push the filament as far as you can, then re-lock the extruder arm by pushing it to the left, and put the printed-add on back on the print head to lock the extruder arm in place. | |||
* On the touch screen navigate to the "settings" window (it looks like 3 sliders tuning things, the button below the "Home" icon), a temperature and movement window should open. Go to the second tab, "Extrude/retract". Set the temperature and click "extrude". | |||
* When the temperature is reached, the printer should start extruding. You should feel the filament getting pulled in and see some come out of the nozzle. | |||
* It will extrude a little, then when it's done use tweezers to remove the extruded filament | |||
=== Usage - Load Filament (fast way) === | |||
* There is a filament sensor on the right side of the case, at the top. Push the filament through. You may need to cut the end of the filament to a point if it's difficult to get through. | * There is a filament sensor on the right side of the case, at the top. Push the filament through. You may need to cut the end of the filament to a point if it's difficult to get through. | ||
* Push the filament through all the way to the hot-end, you should feel resistance when it gets to the extruder. To check you can pull the filament back a little and you should see the tube wiggle a bit at the hot-end top. | * Push the filament through all the way to the hot-end, you should feel resistance when it gets to the extruder. To check you can pull the filament back a little and you should see the tube wiggle a bit at the hot-end top. | ||
* Turn on printer, on the touch screen navigate to the "settings" window (it looks like 3 sliders tuning things, the button below the "Home" icon), a temperature and movement window should open. Go to the second tab, "Extrude/retract". Set the temperature and click "extrude". | * Turn on printer, on the touch screen navigate to the "settings" window (it looks like 3 sliders tuning things, the button below the "Home" icon), a temperature and movement window should open. Go to the second tab, "Extrude/retract". Set the temperature and click "extrude". | ||
* When the temperature is reached, push the filament in and it should get caught by the extruder. You should feel the filament getting pulled in. | * When the temperature is reached, push the filament in and it should get caught by the extruder. You should feel the filament getting pulled in. | ||
* It will extrude a little, then when it's done use tweezers to remove the extruded filament | * It will extrude a little, then when it's done use tweezers to remove the extruded filament. You may have to click "extrude" again to get a good purge out of it, since the first part of extrusion was pushing the filament to the nozzle. | ||
=== Usage - Unload Filament === | === Usage - Unload Filament === | ||