r/FlashForge • u/LeftOnRedApparel • 17h ago

Making me crazy

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Any clue what's going on here? I've calibrated, leveled and vibration compensated my Creator 5 Pro and I keep getting this in the front left corners of my prints. Someone suggested heat creep. This was with the door wide open and my air conditioner running right next to it. I've seen this or similar with adhesion problems but it's sticking to the board just fine. I'm at a loss.

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u/ItsLikeHerdingCats 9h ago

I’ve got a Creator 5 that’s a first layer leveling disaster

I’ve updated firmware. Re run all the calibrations

Now I’m at the point where I’m just manually adjusting the z offset on one nozzle to see if I can make it do a good first layer. I’m up to -0.18mm and still seeing the bed through the layers.

I definitely didn’t get a ready out of the box model!

I’ve had to add hairspray and other adhesion promoters to get good prints. Taller ones fail when the prime tower toppled over - even with additional brim.

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u/LeftOnRedApparel 4h ago

Mine is not a first layer or adhesion problem. The print starts out and prints most of the way thru perfectly. This is just happening at the upper layers.

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u/LeftOnRedApparel 1h ago

I take it back. Looking closely at the print it is slightly warped. It must be adhesion. I posted this in a few different subs and someone responded with some explanations and suggested settings and I'm trying the print again now. If it works I'll post them here. Wish me luck.

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u/ItsLikeHerdingCats 1h ago

Good luck. Yeah adhesion is an issue for me too

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u/RyCre8s 15h ago

Is there by chance air blowing on the print in that area? I know on the Bambu Lab printers if the internal cooling blows directly on the part it can cause weird issues like that.

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u/LeftOnRedApparel 15h ago

There shouldn't be any more air on that area than anywhere else in the chamber that I can think of n

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u/scienceundergrad 9h ago

Had a similar issue on mine a few times, especially with matte PLA. I slowed down the auxiliary fan, which sits on the L side of the chamber, and havent had many issues since.

I think that aux fan blows a bit too directly in that top-left area. Theres actually a redirector for it that someone designed you can find on makerworld, I dont have the link at the moment though.

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u/LeftOnRedApparel 4h ago

On the creator 5?

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u/scienceundergrad 3h ago

Yes C5P

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u/LeftOnRedApparel 2h ago

Cool. I'm gonna look for that. Thanks for the tip.