How to Change Filiment

Dial

The nozzle must be hot to properly take out old filament / put in new filament.

Click once on the dial to open the menu.

Select Control

Select Temperature

Select Nozzle

Turn dial clockwise and select 200° by pressing in on the button.

You will be able to see that the temperature was set properly in the top left of the screen.

Wait for nozzle to reach temperature

Push in on the spring-loaded extruder.

This will make space between the bearing and the extruder gear.

Pull filament out of printer from roll side.

Removing filament might require a decent amount of force at first to dislodge melted filament near nozzle.

If the last role ran out during a print, there is likely still some leftover filament.

You can likely see this filament if you look close enough!!

We will want to remove this before inserting more.

Remove clip from pneumatic fitting.

Press back evenly on pneumatic fitting AND...

If you are only pressing one side of the fitting, the tube will be extremely difficult to remove and could be ruined in the process.

Pull white tube out while fitting is pressed back.

Pull filament out of tube completely.

Removing filament might require a decent amount of force at first to dislodge melted filament near nozzle.

Re-insert Tube

Re-insert Clip

Remove filament role from all packaging.

Remove tape from filament.

Cut end of new filament at an angle.

Bend filament so that the first few inches are straight.

This will make life a lot easier when attempting to insert.

If available, place filament on roll holder to make the coming steps easier.

Press back on spring-loaded extruder handle.

This will make a gap in between the bearing and the extruder gear.

Insert filament from the left side of the extruder mount.

It will travel between the bearing and the extruder gear.

Push it through the small hole to the right of gear and bearing. This will be the trickiest part.

Continue pushing into the white tube until the filament is pressed against the nozzle.

If you look closely, you can watch most colors of filament travel through the white tube and towards the nozzle.

Your filament is clean and straight! Start your print.

Your filament is curling. Check out the blocked nozzle section of our 3D Printer Maintenance Practices.

If the previous color does not fully purge.

You may just have more filament left in the hottend. Just keep feeding material through.

You might have to disassemble the hottend to remove a gap between the PTFE (or heat break) and the nozzle inside of the heater block. Properly reassemble the hottend as shown here.