I have been printing with makerware for about 8 or 9 months it works. Just wanted to try Cura.
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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 you should be below 205. 220 is so hot that heat creeps upward and softens the pla, making it too difficult for the extruder to feed it. You have ptfe tubes so you should probably print lower than 205. You probably don’t have a third fan for active cooling so you will have to go even lower. I suspect around 185-195. I went the all metal route so I don’t have those issues.
adam… thanks for you patience on trying to help me… the 6 pic is the bottom layer the first one… i dont know what im doing… i just opend replicatorG and made the print of the cube… the temp. was 230 bed 110…
If possible help me do all the steps… from the beginner…Calibration… feedrat… what to do and what sould i expect!!?
this is my first printer… so… i dont know what to look for… and how does this work… 
Thanks for the help…
Can you try to print the attached file? Rename the file to 3dbenchy.x3g 3d hubs will not allow me to upload sliced file. Print this and put up a picture. This was sliced with my profile. Lets start with something that’s known. Since you said you measured 1.73 and 1.75 I input 1.74 into filament diameter. For PLA my bot uses an extrusion multiplier of .9, I use S3d, so a small number is smaller. With makerware, I believe, the larger number pushes less plastic. I don’t use makerware so I will be at a loss on the specifics of the slicer. I use S3d to produce code for my three printers.
3DBenchy.pdf 8 (3.65 MB)
5 months later
How did you get your printer to print my one wont read the files on my SD card have used different sizes and used fat16 all that even different file types and names. Also how did you get your printer to work fine on your PC as mine disconnects my mouse and keyboard when plugged in and doesnt detect in device manager. Any help would be great as im new to this as well.
1 month later
Hi Adam
What extruder do you have on you flashforge / CTC / replicator 1 ?
and one more question do you use Simplify 3D with this printer ?
i struggle with that ctc printer from 2 weeks and still no good results with prints.
Is there any way to contact with you directly? i can’t find any prv message on this website.
6 months later
You need to download a file on 3d warehouse so you can convert files to an .stl then go onto you SD card and save it but change the .stl to .x3g and it should pick it up.
You need to download a file on 3d warehouse so you can convert files to an .stl then go onto you SD card and save it but change the .stl to .x3g and it should pick it up.
29 days later
I’m using a ctc dual extruder and I can not print below 215c on pla. If I go below 215c it clumps up and gets a gritty look n feel to it and many many holes. I upgraded to sailfish 7.7 or 7.6 I forget. I’m using makerbot slicer. Hot end 220 Speed 60 Layer .02 Plat temp 90 Shell 3 Filament diameter 1.76 Retract distance 1.3 Retract speed .25mms Why can I not print pla under 215c I have a ptfe tube in it.