Flashforge Creator Pro | 3D Printed Twisted Vase

Flashforge Creator Pro 3D Printed Twisted Vase from Thingiverse.

Printed using gold PLA. The print took 2 hours and 11 minutes at 200 microns.
Get the 3d model
http://thingiverse.com/thing:18672

FlashForge Creator X, Pro & Dreamer Series 3d printer , Nozzle Height Adjustment

 

FlashForge Creator X, Pro & Dreamer Nozzle Height Adjustment. 
Note: Please make sure you know what you are doing before taking apart the extruder.

Cleaning maintenance the Extruder Drive Gear on a FlashForge Creator Pro 3D Printer

This is one of the more common maintenance procedures for any 3D printer. Occasionally, the drive gear that feeds the filament gets clogged with plastic, which will lead to under-extrusion and poor print quality. To correct this issue, the extruder needs to be removed so the drive gear can be cleaned manually.

Upgrading Flashforge Creator Pro, Improve filament feeding

How you can improve the performance of the Flashforge Creator Pro Series of 3D Printers. Improve filament feeding from the spool.


FlashForge Creator PRO Filament Tube: http://www.thingiverse.com/thing:409297

Flashforge Creator PRO Extruder Cable: http://www.thingiverse.com/thing:416889

FLASHFORGE Creator X 3D Printer - 05. Setting up Replicator G

Video Tutorial Series for FLASHFORGE Creator X 3D Printer.

Replicator G is a slicing software that comes with the Creator X 3D printer. This video offers a quick rundown of the basic settings required to make your 3D object in Replicator G.

FLASHFORGE Creator X 3D Printer - 04. Leveling the Build Plate

Video Tutorial Series for FLASHFORGE Creator X 3D Printer.

A flat build surface is essential to getting perfect and smooth prints. When the result of the print is far from your expectations, an improperly leveled build plate is often one of the culprits to blame.

This video walks through the basic procedure for leveling the build plate using the Creator X. The main idea is to leave just enough gap (the thickness of a letter-sized paper) between the nozzle and the build surface on all areas of the build plate.

Note: This is the most important procedure, with the built plate properly level 95% of your print will be good... Please put some effort leveling the built plate. Good luck...

FLASHFORGE Creator X 3D Printer - 03. Loading / Unloading Filament

Video Tutorial Series for FLASHFORGE Creator X 3D Printer.

Filament is the building block of your 3D object. This video runs through the procedure of feeding the filament into as well as removing it from Creator X..

FLASHFORGE Creator X 3D Printer - 02. Hardware

Video Tutorial Series for FLASHFORGE Creator X 3D Printer.

In this video, we will walk you through the steps to installing the hardware to get your Creator X up and running. Assembly includes bolting down the extruder assembly and installing the filament holder. With this guide, you should be able to get your Creator X up and running in 5 minutes.

FLASHFORGE Creator X 3D Printer - 01. Unboxing

Video Tutorial Series for FLASHFORGE Creator X 3D Printer.

The first thing to do after receiving your Creator X 3D printer is to remove it from the box. This video shows you how to properly remove the Duel extruder from the box and the two filaments under the build plate.

Flashforge Creator Series 3D Printer: Disassembling the Extruder

Extruder clogs or jams are common in 3D printing and is mainly due to the quality of the filament being used. By disassembling the Creator Pro 3D printer’s extruder, bad filament can be removed and extruder components can be replaced. Follow the steps in this video to easily take apart the extruder assembly.

Flashforge Dreamer 3D Printer: Feeding Filament

Feeding filament into the Dreamer is a breeze using the Dreamer’s touch screen display. You are ready to start printing once the build material has been fed into the Dreamer's print head.

How To Upgrade Glass Bed For FlashForge Creator X Pro 3D Printer With Brenden Macias

Maker some has introduced their Glass Bed Upgrade Kit. A Borosilicate glass bed upgrade is an excellent upgrade to your printer if it didn’t already come with one.

The Flashforge Creator X Pro and Flash Forge Dreamer are excellent machines and print wonderfully just the way they come from Makersome. We found this small and simple upgrade makes them even better to use.

At Makersome, we generally print with heated beds even with PLA to keep prints from warping. When I finish a print I want to get it off the bed and start using it right away. This would generally mean getting a little rough with the machines in order to pry the print off before it cooled down, which we do not recommend at all by the way (Note: If you wait for your bed to cool down completely your prints will generally pop off very easily).

The solution for us was a removable glass bed. It has worked out great! It’s allowed us to print even quicker than before by hot swapping out plates. When one print is complete we can remove the glass plate from the printer (be careful it will be HOT) and swap it out with a different plate already prepped for printing. It also allowed us to have multiple glass bed plates setup for different printing materials to make printing with multiple materials less of a headache. We can be printing our second print as the first one cools down. It’s a great system when you have a lot of printing to get done quickly. Another advantage is that, once removed, we can apply a little measured force to the prints to coax them off the glass bed plate without having to be rough with the machines at all.

To help prints sick to our glass plates we like using hairspray for PLA and PET tape with ABS Juice (aka ABS slurry) for ABS prints. A couple of things worth noting, it will take a little bit longer for your bed to heat up with the glass bed plate in place. You will also loose a tiny bit of build volume to the thickness of the glass plate.

3D Printing a Diamond Vase by Dizingof on a Flashforge Creator (3D Universe)

This was printed on a Flashforge Creator at 0.15mm layer height. The actual print time was about 15 hours. The print material is ABS (plastic), which was then treated with acetone vapor to create a smooth finish.

For more information, please visit:

http://3duniverse.org
https://www.facebook.com/3duniverse.org

The model is by Dizingof and can be found at: http://3dizingof.com

3D Printing an Equation (Math Art by Dizingof) on a Flashforge Creator (3D Universe)

This was printed on a Flashforge Creator at 0.15mm layer height. The actual print time was about 9 hours. The print material is ABS (plastic).

For more information, please visit:

http://3duniverse.org
https://www.facebook.com/3duniverse.org

The model is by Dizingof and can be found at: http://3dizingof.com

3D Printer Tutorial Flash Forge Creator pro ABS Batman

3D Printer Tutorial Flash Forge ABS filament Batman. and others marvel characters.
Enjoy.

Flashforge Dreamer 3D Printer - Benefits of Extra Cooling

 This is a video showing the benefits of extra cooling. I came across my first model that simply would not print because the Flashforge Dreamer does not have enough active cooling to cool the part which leads the the overhangs to lift upwards and ultimately, ruin the print. This may be overkill with 2 big fans, but it shows how important good cooling is while printing PLA and overhangs.

http://www.thingiverse.com/thing:29700

Active cooling power mod, Flashforge Creator pro 3d Printer

Here is a quick how to, to software switched power for a fan on a flashforge creator pro. Good for when printing PLA 3d model. PLA need to be cool.
Here is a link to the cooler model https://www.thingiverse.com/thing:537918

Flashforge Creator Pro 3D Printer: Enclosure Kit Installation

Video Tutorial for Flashforge Creator Pro 3D Printer.

Creator Pro's enclosure kit acts as a barrier to keep prying hands away from the hot components inside the build chamber. It also keeps heat inside, providing a uniform printing environment for ABS filament.

This tutorial walks you through the steps to assemble the lid and front panel.

Flashforge creator pro 3D printer : Built plate or print bed no level.

My sharing : This will happen if built plate not level or calibration not done properly. Also what paper thickness you are using to level extruder to  built plate. I used to using A4 paper like some suggested. Still giving bad printing result.
Finally a friend used his name card to level the built plate. And test print and finally works, printing without problem.
Note the round cal disc model was the test print.

 

Bad print-out from bad leveling  

 

Result of proper leveling. (test calibration level disc)

Flashforge 3d printer PDF manual

 Need flashforge 3D printer PDF manual , follow the link to down load : flashforge_PDF_manual

Free Down Load 3d models (Site) for Flashforge Creator pro 3d printers. Free STL files / models, Free 3d models web site list,

Free 3d models web site list
Not all 3d printers are designer, 3d modelers, or know how to use a 3d modeling software like Blander, sketchup etc...  For layman who have no knowledge of getting 3d models for your 3d printer. Not to worry I have listed down below link where you can get FREE 3d Models that the public have share. There are many more but these site will be enough to keep your 3d printer busy printing. 
3D Models Free For ALL.. 
Suggest you book mark this page!!  

http://www.thingiverse.com/

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https://cults3d.com/en

https://pinshape.com/

http://repables.com/

http://www.shapedo.com/

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Flashforge Creator Pro 3D printer extruder wire re-adjust

Flashforge Creator Pro 3D printer extruder wire re-adjust:

Found the the bunch of wires leading to the dual extruders. Wires was nick by the mounting screw and washer. Don't want the wire to break after long term used.
I decided to re tidy it. You need a wire cutter and a small cable tie.

 

Cable tie and washer nick the wires. 

 

Cut cable tie, careful not to cut the wires. 

 

Next, rearrange all wires away from the washer. 

 

Next, used the same size cable tie to re tied the new arrangement of wires.

Ensure wire are not press against the washer.  

 

Top view of the new wire arrangement.  

Flashforge 3d printer, camera Benbo1 tripod caps

My old Benbo1 tripod feet caps  disintegrated . So decide to replace them. Model it and printed it. 50% infill to make it strong and solid. But take longer time to print. It was a tight fit, and but it fit well. I try ramming the feet against the floor to see if the newly printed ABS caps will break. But it did not crack or chip. Very happy with the print out quality. Download model: http://www.thingiverse.com/thing:751142

 

The feel on the print out is smooth to touch!!! 

 

 

As you can see the Top rubber cap still attached to one of the legs, while the other two disintegrated and await for new cap to be fitted on.

 

Above new cap fitted in perfectly!!!

 

 

Now my old tripod look new.

 

 

How to Setup Flash Forge Creator Pro Software Part 3 of 3

In this video tutorial you will find how to setup the software that are needed to make your 3D prints easy using FlashForge Creator Pro. 

You will need to download 5 software:
* Replicator G : You can find it within the SD card or download it from raplicat.org
* PyPy - python library that Replicator depends on as interpreter. Download from : http://pypy.org/
* Slic3r - slicing software of your STL files to generate the G-Codes. Can Download from : Slic3r.org
* GPX - software that tells slic3r to produce x3g that way you can put it in the SD card and print it from the printer ( VS sending it via USB). Can be Downloaded here: http://www.thingiverse.com/thing:81425
* 3D CAD software: I'm using 123D Design. Can be downloaded here:http://www.123dapp.com/design

The text file for setting up the profiles in slic3r can be found at this google drive location: https://drive.google.com/folderview?i...

You can also download the files from my website here:
http://robopapa.com/3DPrinter/Slic3rS... 

credit to Robo Papa