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Help with Flashforge Creator Pro
Hello all!
I have to admit to being quite new to this world, but am learning fast. At work, we purchased a Makerbot method for printing a bunch of parts for some prototypes, and it is working beautifully. Printing PLA with PVA supports.
In order to keep up with demand for parts (and also to solve my desire to delve into 3D printing), I purchased a Creator Pro for home.
For the life of me I cannot get the PVA to play nice with the PLA. I can print PLA alone...no issues. PVA alone...no issues. Combine the two...disaster every time.
I have tried temperatures from 180-220 for each, bed temps from 50-80. Have changed to a borosilicate glass bed. Realized that one of the extruders had a bad hot end from the factory (installed poorly), so I replaced using Micro-Swiss All Metal conversion kit.
Purchased Simplify 3D for more control over the print.
Ran through all the specs of the Makerbot Print project file to try to find the differences.
Attaching pics of PLA, PVA and combination results.
Any suggestions would be greatly appreciated before I totally lose my sanity!!!!!
Thank you all ahead of time!!!!
still fighting the battle
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Originally Posted by
curious aardvark
try flashprint - for dual material prints I've always found it to be vastly superior to simplify3d.
As far as I can see that last pic - you don't have a purge wall or purge column. This is the problem I've always had with simplify3d and dual extrusion. It just doesn't work.
Have you tried flashprint for this ?
I have been working all week with flashprint...like the program, but still no luck. no issues with adhesion to the bed. raft forms beautifully out of pla...then it all goes downhill from there. I have worked PVA temps from 190-215. Tried first layer speed all the way down to 10 mm/s.
Tried both tree and linear supports.
tried purge tower, wall, both together.
Definitely at wits end...
any further thoughts on your part would be appreciated!