LulzBot TAZ 6 User manual

LulzbotTAZ6
OperationsTutorial
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AllinstructionsinthistutorialareforusingandcontrollingaLulzbotTAZ63dprinter
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AccordingtoyourOperatingSystem,downloadthesoftwarefrom‐https://www.lulzbot.com/cura
Refertoinstructionssheet“CuraTutorial”onhowtoinstallandusethissoftware.
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GraphicalLCD
SDCardSlot
ControlKnob
PowerSwitch
Extruder
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PowerPort(back)
P.E.I.PrintSurface
Y‐AxisAssembly
LeadScrew
FilamentReel
ToolHead
IdlerRetainer
HingedIdler
DriveGear
Lulzbotv2HotEnd
Nozzle

Unloading:
1. SlidetheIdlerRetaineronthetoolheadupwardtoreleasethefilament.
2. SetthegraphicalLCDtounloadthefilament.UsetheControlKnobtodoso.Thismakesthe
filamentheatupsothatitiseasiertopullout.
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3. Oncethetemperaturereachestoabout200°C,pullthefilamentupwardstoremoveit.
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Loading:
oCuttheendofthenewfilamentatanangle.
oMountthenewfilamentontothefilamentholderandpassitthroughthefilamenttubeguideandintothetool
head.
oLocatethefeedholeintheextruderbodyandfeedthefilamentthrough
theholeintohotendforprinting.DONOTTOUCHTHEHOTEND,ITMAY
BURNYOURSKIN!
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oPushthefilamentfirmlyandconsistentlyuntilsomeamountofthefilamentisseencomingoutofthehotnozzle.
oSlidedowntheIdlerRetaineronthetoolheadtolockthefilament.
oIfthefilamentstopscomingoutofthenozzle,seekStaffAssistance.
oRepeatuntilaconsistentstreamoffilamentisseen.
oWaitforafewsecondsforthefilamenttocoolandthenremovetheextrudedfilamentwithatweezer.
oGentlyscrubthenozzleendwithanozzlewipingpadtocleanit.
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Printing:
SelectPrintoptionfromtheLCDdisplayontheprinter.
Theprinterwillnowfirstcooldownandthetoolheadwouldnowmovetothefrontofthebedtocleanoffits
nozzle.
Afterthat,theprinterwillthendoabedlevellingsequence,heatupandthenstartprinting.Thiscantakeupto
5minutes.
TheprintingwilltakethetimetheCurasoftwareshowed.
Keepcheckingyourprintfromtimetotimetoseeifit’sprintingfine.
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OncethePrintisdone:
Theprintbedwillnowmovebackwardstocooldown.
DONOTATTEMPTTOREMOVEYOURPRINTEDOBJECTBEFORETHEPRINTBEDMOVESFORWARD.Doingso
maydamageyourprintedobjectorburnyourskin.
Oncetheprintbedmovesforward,theprintedobjectcanberemovedwiththehelpofascraper.
Athinlineoffilament,orskirt,aroundtheobjectcanberemovedanddiscarded.
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TargetTemperature
CurrentTemperatureoftheNozzle
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Feedhole