Flashforge Creator (Wood)

[curious aardvark]

had my wooden creator for over 3 years now.

Has yours had any modifications ?
The most important one is a print area cooling fan.
I also printed levelling knobs, moved the on off switch to the front and dropped a sheet of printbite on it.
Great machine. I have never messed with her firmware, if it works - why change it ?

$300 is not a bargain but reasonable for a used flashforge - you can get a new ctc for the same money, but the ctc is vastly inferior build quality.

Software wise I primarily use simplify3d. But makerware desktop is good too.
Also take a look at flashprint - probably the best of the free ones for the creator.
http://www.flashforge.com/3-14-0-fla...-release-note/
When asked for printer, select the creator pro.

Filament - my current favourite is actually flashforge's own brand pla. Cheap, great quality and prints like a dream.
Most decent pla's will work fine. For flexible filaments stick to flexible pla - avoid the tpu (rubber based).
Flexible pla is a little stiffer and has no problem with the creator, the rubber filaments are floppier and generally get caught up in the extruder.
You can mod the extruder - I've never bothered.

[wozzie1]

had my wooden creator for over 3 years now.

Has yours had any modifications ?
The most important one is a print area cooling fan.
I also printed levelling knobs, moved the on off switch to the front and dropped a sheet of printbite on it.
Great machine. I have never messed with her firmware, if it works - why change it ?

$300 is not a bargain but reasonable for a used flashforge - you can get a new ctc for the same money, but the ctc is vastly inferior build quality.

Software wise I primarily use simplify3d. But makerware desktop is good too.
Also take a look at flashprint - probably the best of the free ones for the creator.
http://www.flashforge.com/3-14-0-fla...-release-note/
Select the creator pro.

Filament - my current favourite is actually flashforge's own brand pla. Cheap, great quality and prints like a dream.
Most decent pla's will work fine. For flexible filaments stick to flexible pla - avoid the tpu (rubber based).
Flexible pla is alittle stiffer and has no problem with the creator, the rubber filaments as floppier and generally get caugght upm,in the extruder.
You can mod the extruder - I've never bothered.

Stock creator
print area cooling fan? where do i find the stl? i found the knobs stl for leveling bed
i will definitely check out those the software
Thanks for all the valuable info!