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.