Official videos
Five videos, all on the Ginger Additive channel. They show the machine being handled, which no amount of writing replaces — where a video exists for what you are doing, watch it alongside the note.
Building the machine
Section titled “Building the machine”Ginger G1 Assembly Tutorial — Full Step-by-Step Build Guide · 21:37
Section titled “Ginger G1 Assembly Tutorial — Full Step-by-Step Build Guide · 21:37”The complete build, start to finish, and the longest thing published. If you are assembling a machine, work through this with the assembly manual open beside it.
Goes with: Frame · Belts and pulleys · First boot checklist
Running it
Section titled “Running it”How the G1 Automatic Feeding System works · 4:07
Section titled “How the G1 Automatic Feeding System works · 4:07”The whole feed path, from the dryer to the screw — the pellet gate, the tubes, the hopper and the suction cycle. The most-referenced video in this wiki.
Goes with: Automatic feeding system · Hopper · Vacuum pump · Hopper suction problems
Levelling the bed and preparing the print surface.
Goes with: Bed leveling system · Bed surface · Z offset and first layer
The short version of a nozzle change: remove the ring, open the heat cover, free a seized nozzle, PTFE tape, refit.
Goes with: Nozzle replacement · Nozzle set
The dryer
Section titled “The dryer”D1 Dryer — Unboxing, Setup & First Assembly · 4:23
Section titled “D1 Dryer — Unboxing, Setup & First Assembly · 4:23”Unboxing the D1 and putting it together for the first time.
Goes with: D1 dryer setup · Dryer · Starting the dryer