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Hello,

I have attached an image of how my Flashforge Creator Pro via Makerware is consistently creating ugly first layers. I am in the process of switching to a glass plate from my current kapton one; however, I am not convince that will reconcile my issues. I know that the outline speed is what controls this and I have it set to 40 mm/s. The one in the picture is 60 mm/s. Either should work. My travel speed is 150mm/s. Any ideas? I am printing ABS at 225c with a platform of 110c.

Also, my rafts are 10 mm/s.

Thank you in advance,

Erik

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Bump your temperature up to 230C or 235C. Reduce your bed temp to 95 or 100C.

When printing ABS on my flashforge I use a print speed of 40 mm/sec and a travel speed of 60 mm/sec. Make sure you set the first layer to print slower…can’t remember what I use off the top of my head - its the default for Simplify3D.

I suggest you try those settings

I had no problems printing on Kapton that came installed on the bed. I have since switched to glass with ABS juice for convenience.

I also recommend doing a calibration cube and setting your extrusion multiplier.

Good luck!

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Thank you for the quick reply.

I am inputting those settings now. Unfortunately, Makerware does not have an option to set the extrusion multiplier. I will most likely switch to glass and juice I have one ordered.

This may be a novice questions, but when I do the calibration cube, what do I look for? continuity of the layer passes, smoothness, etc… stuff like that?

Should I switch to simplify 3d? Makerware works wonderfully at school on the makerbots with glass plates. So I don’t see why it wouldn’t work here despite the lack of settings that simplify has.

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I frequently use these two guides for troubleshooting print problems -

https://www.simplify3d.com/support/print-quality-troubleshooting/

For extruder calibration, this is what I follow:

I’ve never used Makerware personally. Before switching to SImplify3D I used Slic3r. Its really a matter of opinion. I think $150 is a lot for the software - if it were $50-100 I’d say everyone should use it. I bought it because I wanted more customization for support structures without having to modify the base 3D file. Its also very easy to set up dual extruder prints. I like that you can easily save different profiles. Again, just a matter of opinion and cost.

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Thank you for the resources Johnny. I have checked out the links and they have helped immensely. I also purchased Simplify3D and all of a sudden my prints are turning out great. Only one issue… I can’t get them off the blue kapton plate now! The model has already ripped open one kapton covering (which I replaced), only to have it happen again. I never thought that I would have the problem of ABS sticking too much to the kapton. hmmmm

Any ideas? Thank you again for all of you help.

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Seems to be working better now. Will be switching to glass soon. Thanks again.

Erik

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Glad it worked. Yes, some times ABS sticks too well to Kapton and it rips when you remove. One of the reasons I switched to glass.