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I just received my Flashforge Creator Pro today and as I was setting it up I discovered that the spool holders are different and much larger than in the images etc and the Hatchbox PLA filament I purchased will not fit on the spools. I know that there are spool holders on Thingiverse I could have a local 3D Hubs 3dprint for me, but that seems like a big of an expensive approach although this would allow for many different brands of filament, but around $100 seems a bit steep. Can anyone suggest brands of PLA that will fit on the Flashforge’s larger spool holders other than ones directly from Flashforge or should I just buy the Flashforge filament? I should be able to return the Hatchbox PLA on Amazon and purchase other PLA spools that have the right size hole. Thanks.

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Didn’t you get two sample spools of filament with the printer? I’m not sure why you can’t print your own spool holders with the filament you got with the printer?

Personally, I would not let the size of the original spool holder dictate what filament brand I could buy…

The very first part I designed and printed for my Creator Pro was a spool holder patterned very closely after the original, but sized to accept HatchBox filament spools (both ABS and PLA).

http://www.thingiverse.com/thing:930910

I also made one for Taulman 1lb spools:

http://www.thingiverse.com/thing:985363

I would also highly recommend a filament tube standoff, such as the one from Makersome:

http://www.thingiverse.com/thing:805717

If you didn’t get any FlashForge spools with your printer, why not just use a makeshift setup (broom handle or something)

with your hatchbox filament to get a proper filament spool holder printed?

If you really want someone to print out a spool holder for you, I think you can do a LOT better than $100.

For example, my Hub could print the Hatchbox design above for under $25.

The ABS that came with my FlashForge is good filament, but I personally prefer Hatchbox - and it’s a lot cheaper.

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I did get spools with the printer but they are both ABS and although I have a large bedroom, the printer is near a window and I have a large Honeywell HEPA filter in my room, I am not sure if its safe to use ABS and since I’m new to 3D printing I am not sure if I can print something useful right away I may have trial and error just starting out. Also can you link me to your hub, most I tried on here cost more than that to 3D print that spool holder.

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I have a FlashForge Dreamer and I do not bother with the Dreamer spools or mounting spindles.

I lay my filament spool flat on the table next to the printer on top of an 8 inch in diameter turntable, the kind you might use to put spices on in a kitchen cabinet. I have been doing this for over a year and it works great and requires the least amount of force by extruder to pull the filament from the spool.

I ordered my turntables from the link below:

http://www.tapplastics.com/product/plastics/plastic\_displays/revolving\_display\_bases/355

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The ABS that comes with the Creator Pro does not smell that bad - I’ve used a lot worse. Keep the window open and you may not even notice the smell.

If you are trying to use RepilcatorG, you probably will have a lot of trial and error. I’d really suggest buying Simplify 3D software for your printer. Your learning curve will be about 10x easier. You’ve bought a great printer - it deserves great software to run it.

https://www.3dhubs.com/harrisburg/hubs/kdan