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Turns out it was bad cables on both the X and Y axis replaced both and now it is working. Go figure

So Flashforge tech support got in touch and told me to replace the Y axis stepper motor cable with the spare that came with the printer. I did and it seemed to fix the issue I put it back through...

Sorry warkmal I see what you are saying about cables moving when the Y axis moves my bad I was just looking at my stepper motors

Except that the Y axis cable isn't flexed and I know what you are thinking the heater overloads the system or the x axis moves and shorts out the Y axis movement or whatever. But I can turn on the...

Thanks for the responses. I am printing from the SD card so the connection is not the issue. Although I did try printing from the computer and had the same issue.
I actually have the bottom of the...

Update seems to be when moving on the Y axis it will work fine then get to a certain point and just stop then the printer reboots or just stops the print randomly. Playing with it in the replicator...

This is a new one for me last night I was trying to print a brain slug for my Halloween costume and just after the raft printed the print would just stop and finish. I watch it happen 3 times it was...

One other thing I found invaluable is I was getting filament that was coming out in a spiral pattern and it was driving me crazy and ruining prints. Found out it was a dirty print head. I have...

I had this problem with a few filaments I bought from random sites. It was driving me crazy because everything was perfect then I would switch filaments and everything starting going to crap. I...

Ya I hate to say it but the makerbot walls around the dual color prints works pretty well. Basically they run the extruder next to the wall each time the color changes so it can grab any excess...

slic3r is not bad it has a lot of settings to play with http://slic3r.org/
and here is a tutorial on installing it and the settings you will need for flashforge creator...

It's kind of hard to tell are those waves in the layers?

To me it looks a little bit like corner ringing look at this tuning site I found it goes over it pretty well...

No I don't. I don't like to mess with the belts and pulleys if I tighten them to much or misaligned something I would have to go throw all the calibration stuff again. And I just don't want that...

I tried the fan and my prints look immediately better I am actually upset at all the things I tried when the solution was so simple thanks so much for the help.

As for the lube it started for me as a loud squeak when the z axis would move up and down. So I asked a professional 3d printing friend about it and he recommended that I lube the z screw with super...

Thanks for the response I will give that a try and see if it helps.

I got it in my head that errant currents and temp changes made things worse not better so I have not tried putting a fan...

Here is my list of essential tools.
1. A good pair of snips and or pliers. You are going to have to cut a lot of filament.
2. Scotch brite heavy duty sponge the one with the rough green side. I...

So I have calibrated my machine as best as I can (I am by no means an expert) I have tried different programs to print the same model and I get the same defect over and over again.
I have tried 5...

So I have a flash forge creator pro and when tightening/ replacing the extruder head I broke it off inside the block. Before you ask yes I did preheat the block before I tried to change the head. ...