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09-28-2020, 01:36 PM #2
download flashprint and select creator pro for the printer - and it'll run great :-)
https://www.flashforge.com/download-center
For $50 working - that's a helluva buy :-)
My first printer and while it's not fast, it is very good.
Mine finally got mothballed after 5 years of excellent and hassle free service.
make sure you go round the whole frame and tighten the bolts every 6 months or so - it's pretty much the only maintenance I ever did.
And the occasional wipe down of the rods with some lithium grease sprayed onto kitchen paper.
You'll want to make one of these: https://www.thingiverse.com/thing:537918
Buy a 24v 40mm fan, cab't remember what size bolts it takes - should be in the 'thing' info.
Looks like someone's covered it with kapton tape. Personally I never got on with kapton - but a sheet of cheap pei will stick just about everything.
You want the 230x230 (225x225 is the smallest to buy) and just cut it to size.
https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/235x235MM...wAAOSwL0pfMRi2
Actually thinkling back I think it comes with kapton tape.
I could never get anything to stick to it - so it got covered in blue tape fairely swuftly, then abs juice, then pva glue and finally a sheet of printbite - mand that was the charm :-)
Pei seems to be as good as printbite, and a helluva lot cheaper :-)Last edited by curious aardvark; 09-28-2020 at 02:01 PM.
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