Hi again! now when I looked at the filament roll I saw that it was abs so that must have been the problem. So I changed the settings to 220 on the extruder and 105 on the bed. But it still doesn’t stick to the bed. Here’s some video and pictures.

110 is way too high for PLA, ABS runs at 110, PLA runs at 60, so why your prints are not sticking is they are not setting, if your using the Dreamer slicer then check your settings, you should be able to change from PLA to ABS and vica versa.

IF your using Replicator G, then you have to go to the code after you generate and look for 109 S110, change the 110 to 60 then save, then save to SD or print from the program

MY Flashforge runs PLA at 230 Hot end and 60 Heatbed. Everything is perfect

But the white filament on the pictures I’ve sent is abs running at 230 and 110 so should I use lower or higher settings for abs for the extruder. //Fabian

Hey Texeliez,

Look I´ve had a Dreamer for over a year now, printing on ABS is not exactly for beginners, you must be patient and keep trying, 230 is too high, keep it to the lowest probably 210 or 220 and 100 for the platform, use loads of hairspray on the platform and you must keep the printer completely closed, also don´t ever mix filament, if you want to print double color use PLA, PLA or ABS, ABS on each extruder, no filament mixing because you´ll get extruder jams, also level again, and again, and again and pull down your printing speed, and pull it up once you start getting good results, also if you have tried the sample models and they´re fine, then probably the one you are trying to print now is not as friendly as the test ones so try using a raft and support, the newest version of flashprint does verny nice support, not a great raft but the supports are quite good.

I suggest you try to get rid of that ABS and print only with PLA you´ll definitely get better prints.

G

The best I could say there is definitely bed level, as the setting your using are the same as my Flashforge, so I would double check the bed level.
I can usually put down a print without raft or brim with no problems of lifting off the bed.

Is your print bed leveled maybe that can cause problem and your temperature should be tinkered.

Hi Gerardo! Thanks for all the replies today, you have really saved my day and given me info that will help me a lot in the future and now. I will get rid of the abs filament for now because as you maybe can tell i am a beginner ;). I will use the information of yours and I will try to print my first successfully thing. Thank you again //Fabian

Hi austweb! I really appreciate all the support today and information you have given me. It has helped a lot for now and for the future :slight_smile: I hope you have an nice evening and hopefully when I get as good as you I can maybe help you with something :wink: //Fabian

Thanks for the help today Colin and now I know why the tips didn’t work. I used the wrong material as dumb as I am but I can blame it on a beginner mistake. I’m sry if I confused you before but I will defiantly use your tips thanks again //Fabian

Haha great maybe Isent the right word but thanks anyways :slight_smile:

//Fabian

If you’re printing PLA, you don’t want to heat the bed. Take a look over the article, and good luck! How To Succeed When 3D Printing With PLA Filament | MatterHackers

Ok i will try that thanks! :smiley:

Same here the print just clumbs up without heat :confused:

The strangest thing of all is that the preprint or what you should call it when it goes in a straight line works great but then when it starts to print it clumbs up together like a ball on the nozzle

Your temps are to high for PLA, Try the extruder at 200 and the bed at 70, (Celsius).

I tried that now but it clumbed up on the nozzle. But the strangest thing is that it works fine when it goes on a straight line before the print itself

I can print the so called preprint or what its called. Anyway its before it starts the real print and just goes in a straight line. But then when the nozzle moves to the middle of the bed and starts to print nothing sticks to the bed and everything just clumbs up on the nozzle and i need to stop the print. Does someone know solution to this? or is my machine that i got yesterday broken?

//Fabian

is the problem that I sprayed hairspray on the tape over the bed so the tape lost grip?

Big possibility, I would definitely avoid doing that, as you said, that tape will more than likely come away under the spray.

Use either, but not both at the same time.

This is the best surface I have found so far

http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B0013HJBA4?psc=1&redirect=true&ref\_=od\_aui\_detailpages00

Google the product for 3D Printing, you’ll possibly find there are lots about it.

I have it on all my machines.

And this is the Tape to hold it to your bed

http://www.amazon.com/TapeCase-468MP-Adhesive-Transfer-Tape/dp/B007Y7D0I6/ref=pd\_sim\_328\_2?ie=UTF8&refRID=1JDC1ZJMREXW02ADKPYV

No, I have nothing to do with these sellers, I just bought mine from them…

I think that the problem was that I didn’t know that I was printing with abs and that’s why it didn’t stick to the bed because the settings was for pla. Then I tried hairspray and it still didn’t work and when I found out that I was using pla I changed the settings and so it would be for pla. But then I didn’t have any grip on the tape lbecause I had sprayed hairspray, or am I lost?

And before the machine starts the print it goes in a line on the outer if the bed and there it grips but not when it goes to the middle and that’s because I sprayed hairspray there I think because I did it only in the middle of the bed for like 2 sec or so