Newbie with FlashForge Creator

[Terabyte2007]

I am a newbie to 3D printing, I jumped into it with the Creator 3D. I think I did everything correctly, but I am not sure how to correct the error in cubes. Any help would be greatly appreciated. A globe turned on perfectly round and looked good, but cubes tend to start smaller on the bottom and have a slight taper outward towards the top. I have attached a link to the pic.

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[Terabyte2007]

Sorry for the additional question. But, I also seem to have a problem with the filament lifting off the Kapton tape. Plate is 110 and the extruders are 220. Any ideas?

[34Ford]

Have you looked at the Google groups? https://groups.google.com/forum/#!forum/flashforge

Not much activity here.

[jdg56]

Hi,

I picked up my PowerSpec 3dX (Flashforge Creator X clone) about 2 weeks ago, and spent some time before that reading up on the issue of proper adhesion to the build surface.

What I read, and what I have found to work quite well, is to use glue stick. I use the Elmer's washable school glue. The stick itself is purple. I washed down the build surface and applied a very light application of glue stick on a cold bed. I've been printing with ABS, 220C and 110C on the heated bed, and have had very good success.

I wash my bed off every few days when it appears that there's build-up of 'stuff' on the bed, and re-apply a new coat of glue. A very light coat of glue is all you need.

I'm happy with the results with my printer.

Cheers,

John

[JohnA136]

I agree with John, you need to add something to the Kapton tape to aid in sticking. We have used the ABS Slurry for a couple of years with great success, on my Kossel Mini, I have tried the glue stick with good results as well.

[Mjolinor]

My Wanhao Duplicator prints cubes like that one so it's obviously a distortion in the space time continuum created by proximity to 3D printers.

At least it may as well be as far as me figuring the problem, in my case it certainly is not a problem of sticking to the bed, I printed it on a raft and it held fine.