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Ready to Build Your Kit?

Moments ago your friendly local postman stopped by to hand you a cardboard box stickered “MakerBot Inside.” Ready to build a robot? Or a new toolhead for your robot? Or another fantastic open hardware project?

Here are instructions for building your Thing-O-Matic, or a link to our general instruction page.  If what you want isn’t there, have a look on the MakerBot wiki.

Looking to Start Printing?

Now that you have a MakerBot sitting on the corner of your desk, it is time to get printing! You can fire up ReplicatorG and print with the built-in presets with no difficulty. But remember that when we design MakerBots, we engineer to offer MakerBot Operators maximum 3D printing flexibility. Ready to take your printing to the next level?

Here’s a link to our new Quick-Start guide for assembled machines.  We have also compiled some tips and tricks to get you printing beautifully.

Tune Up Tips and Improvements

One thing about a user-assembled kit – you are your own Indy 500 pit crew. After a few hundred laps, it might be time to pop your bot up on an pneumatic lift,  rotate the tires, and perhaps run diagnostics on the electronics.

Here are quick fixes and easy upgrades to keep your bot rolling.

Need More Help?

If our other resources don’t answer your questions, the customer support team is here for you! Our staff works Monday through Friday during normal business hours in an effort to respond to your customer support questions within 24 hours. On weekends, response times will be delayed until the start of the work week as our staff is not in the office.

Get in touch with us here, or fire off an email to support@makerbot.com.