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Nov '15 - First and foremost, don't use the filament ctc gave you, its crap and you'll waste your time. You should of brought your printer with a few rolls anywa...
Jul '15 - All makerbot software had a similar start code with the printed line, and yes the Makerbot 3.7 is a bit different, and it's weird how it drops and rais...
Nov '15 - Hey what's up welcome to the CTC family lol. Me and my CTC have been to hell and back. We started from the bottom now we here. You're printing pla so y...
Jul '15 - What filament did you use for the shiny marvins on the right? Do you have more pictures of stuff printed with that?
Apr '15 - First, you don't need kapton tape it's a waste. Just get a glass bed and apply aquanet UNSCENTED. Also be careful what you wash the glass with, if you...
Oct '14 - Taulman melts at a higher temperature, so you're not going to want a printer that is lined with ptfe (teflon) for several reasons; you're going to want...
Oct '15 - The thermal barrier tube is held by a set screw. Unscrew that and take it out you're done. Btw you shouldn't mess with ptfe lined tubes…AT ALL… EVER. T...
Nov '15 - This is weird. Why can't you use Cura to generate x3g instead? I think what is happening is that you might have you're default extruder set as the left...
Nov '15 - You're doing too much bro. If your electronics are failing you need to take that thing back. I have never heard of this being an issue. Or just wrap th...
Mar '15 - Are you printing in ABS? Surprising to see it working without mods. Mine has threaded thermal barriers and cooling bar, with spring loaded drive mounts...
Dec '15 - It's the best way, and the only way. Don't use a glue stick. Use aquanet extra hold unscented. Quick spray and that's it. The thicker the spray and the...
Jan '16 - If they are refusing to honor their warranty, file a dispute with your credit card company for that transaction. Just say the whole thing stopped worki...
Apr '15 - I'm assuming you're printing with ABS to want to keep the warm air in. Why don't you just hang cardboards/towels on the sides? You could wrap some card...
Dec '15 - I think it sounds like the symptoms of using wrong machine type. Your machine is based on a replicator dual not rep 2 or rep 2x. Rep 1 dual is the corr...
Dec '15 - I also dont understand why you are convinced its a backlash problem. I always thought backlash simply causes ripples in the print.
Jul '15 - I wouldn't recommend using abrasive materials with ptfe liners at all. If you want to use those materials you should consider upgrading to all metal wi...
Jul '15 - If your printer is stock and unmodified it's probably because your filament slips due to you not having spring-loaded drive blocks. I say that because...
Aug '15 - Just set it to left extruder in the slicer.
Jul '15 - What temp did you use and do you have an internal screw type thermocouple or external tap style? Looks like some kind of replicator type machine in the...
Oct '14 - You should review the Makergear M2. After extensive research I believe this printer to be simply the best in every way, and should actually work "out o...
Oct '14 - I agree, with FDM you can print in so many types of materials, especially if you have an all-metal hotend with no teflon tube in it. Some of those mate...