Well, @DougJoseph - you’ve spent my $. I still want to build a Voron, but it’s time to move from my stock Ender speeds. I’m hoping faster printing means I will print more - and having a second printer will allow me to experiment with the Ender.
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I asked regarding connecting a dryer to it so that I can print straight from the dryer, still trying to understand this stuff. I think I have it figured out, at least on the dryer end.
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If there is any certain physical thing on the printer that you’d like me to measure with calipers, I am willing to try.
Thanks. I’m okay for now.
Is there a certain kind of PETG that is best for this printer? I’ll be starting off making mostly mounts/etc, so PETG seemed best.
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There is inside of OrcaSlicer, a Flashforge supplied “generic PETG” print profile. It worked well for me on some PETG. Recently I bought a 10-roll supply of Rangoon name brand PETG super cheap (like $7 per KG), and its temp requirements were specific and different from the generic profile, so I cloned the generic profile and edited as needed, and got great results.
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Retrofit the Minimal Enclosure onto the OG DIY Enclosure parts - get your touch screen back on metal frame. Save and reuse some parts.
Woohoo, my FlashForge AD5M arrived today. Thanks again @DougJoseph !
I used the 3D printer at the school I taught at until retiring. I haven’t had access to one until now. Wow is it nice. It prints way faster and better than the Makerbot we had at school and costs 1/6 the price. I’m very impressed so far.
Here is my first print:
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I’m still amazed by the speed
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Speaking of speed, starting off I will be printing PETG and I noticed there is the solid budget option of Overture PETG and this Elegoo Rapid PETG. I figured I would opt for one of those, just one spool to start before I make any bulk purchase of anything. This is a fast printer, so if I want to take advantage of that which I don’t always necessarily half to, should I use a fast filament or is any standard one fine?
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I have not ever bought a single roll of high speed filament and almost always buy affordable/ on sale filaments, and I’ve gotten great results even at high speeds. I’ve used default profiles mostly but I have tweaked a clone of a profile for some PETG that had specs shown. I’ve had success with PLA, PLA+, TPU, and PETG.
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I am interested in printing PLA-CF, PETG and TPU, so I looked at the specs on the FlashForge website. They say to use the 0.6mm nozzle.
Yes, my understanding is that both the 0.6 and the 0.8 nozzles are hardened and for use with the more exotic filaments that contain abrasive elements, so anything with carbon fiber in it (and there are other abrasive filaments I think, maybe GF).
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The 0.6mm nozzle worked for my prints of Pet-cf, it still alive.
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Well, my excitement was short lived.
I received my new Adventurer 5M from Amazon last Friday. I printed out the test cube and boat first. They turned out great. Then I printed out some other items and they printed out great also.
Then on Saturday I tried printing out some parts and part way through the print the filament stopped adhering and became very stringy. I reloaded the filament several times trying to clear out the nozzle. That didn’t work. I watched their video on clearing a clogged nozzle and tried that. That didn’t work either. Now everything I print comes out terrible.
I thought maybe overnight my filament had absorbed too much moisture so I opened a new roll of filament. It did the same thing.
I took out the nozzle and cleaned it as best I could, but that didn’t work either.
This is what it looked like before I cleaned it.
I don’t know what to do next.
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Hard to say from here, but my guess would be partial clog. So sorry.
Thanks Doug. I ordered some more filament and a 0.6mm nozzle. It will be here tomorrow. Hopefully the new nozzle fixes it. 
Do you always unload your filament when you are finished printing? I didn’t do that Friday evening.
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I’m not Doug, but… No. I don’t unload my filament unless I have to (e.g. out of filament or changing filament). I also live in a place where typical relative humidity is around 20%, so little harm for me to leave filament out.
That looks to me like a partial clog. That would be an internal clog, no amount of external cleaning will help it.
What brand of filament are you using, with what filament settings on the printer? How fast are you running material through the printer?
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Right now ours is at 60%.
I used the metal rod that came with it to try and clear the inside of the nozzle.
FlashForge PLA
I’m using the FlashForge 0.2mm Standard 0.4mm nozzle print preset.
I don’t know where to look in Orca-FlashForge to see how fast the filament is running through the printer.
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That lines up with my experience. Worked great for a few weeks then got a clog that I couldn’t get unclogged. I was also using Flashforge branded filament. I didn’t want to buy a new $40 hotend that soon so I returned the printer.
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I remembered your post about returning yours.
That’s what I was afraid of when it started happening.
Did you contact customer service? I filled out the form on the website. We’ll see what they say.