User's Manual Part 1

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end to feed i nto the printer (especially if the end is kinked,
or melted, or blobby); see Figure 2.2.
Figure 2. 2: S n i p end of filament
5. Feed the filament through the filament guide (the h o l e at
the top of the Polar 3 D printer); see Figure 2.1.
6. Stick the end of the filament into the filament feed hole at
the top of the print head.The“feel”ofthistakesabitof
getting used to: when sticking the filament into the feed,
you must push pa st some initia l resista nce: you must push
the filament in far enough to engage with the filament drive