I have purchased a Flashforge Finder, It came today and began printing after following the instructions. I then printed an example cube and when I finally finished printing it, it was stuck.
How can I prevent this in the future?:
What should I do to get it off?:
Sorry, if its a dumb question.
If you have a heated bed, just wait until it is cooled down and it will pop off,
if you don’t have a heated bed, just put the bed into the fridge and the cool temp should also help to get the print off.
And remember there are NO dumb questions, just less experienced, and we all have been there,
keep on asking questions, and have fun
Thanks.
I use a can of compressed air upside down to cool off the base of the parts, and then I use a thin spatula to pry the part off.
https://www.amazon.com/ToyBuilder-Labs-Print-Removal-Tool/dp/B00VB1U886 28
I’m using a flashforge creator pro, seems the finder has the same bed size and by default both are equipped with the blue build tape. I had similar problems trying to remove my prints from this tape when I started a wile ago and when using special material like knife, spatula you might leave scratches on the tape or leave marks for the next printout. Ending up in having to replace the tape completely. I also tried the blue painter tape, which you need to apply every time again for each print in nice straight lines without overlapping. this works well, yet too time consuming for me and when trying to remove it from the printout, it sometimes leave some marks too.
A solution that works very well for me is to use frosted glass, which you could order at several places or just on the flashforge site => Add3D - Frosted glass build platform - 248x162mm 38
use a Z-offset spacer (available on the link provided) or find one on Thingiverse.
Yes, you lose a couple of mm (depending on the height of your glass), but it’s worth it. Apply some 3D-Lac before you start a printout and use the heated bed, I’m using 55°C for PLA and 100°C for ABS. When printing has finished just remove the glass from your printer and let it cool down, sometimes you can even hear it popping off. Just wash the glass (when it has cooled down) with some hot water and your done, if you want to start a new one in the mean time, just place a second glass and directly start printing again.
I think its a bit too big
I can’t argue about that statement, it is just a little bit bigger, better a little bigger than to small.
You can always use some nice clips to solve that issue, or use these braces => Locking glass bed braces - FlashFarge Creator Pro by giantpune - Thingiverse 25
The openscad file is also provided, so you are able to make modifications to make it fit perfect on your printer too, somebody did the same to make it fit on a wanhao duplicator 4. Published a remix myself to fit my needs and they are working perfect for me => Braces for Flashforge Creator Pro by JoPri - Thingiverse 5
