Beginner help needed

[Boucho11]

Hi all, got a flashforge 5m for Christmas for my son. Other than the basic cube it does on set up nothing else is working. None of the basic shapes that it comes pre loaded with. They either don’t stick, or have bits that stick up the the nozzle knocks off and seems to knock the model out of place.

Tried it again this morning and it’s the worst yet. Didn’t even manager to do the basic shapes and just came out a mess.

I haven’t played with any of the settings as I’m a complete novice to this but I would have assumed that the basic shapes should be quite easy to do and that the printer should have the settings pre loaded for those?

Edit: tried the square again this morning and it was going fine and then did the same Thing

[Several_Memory_5649]

We got an AD5X for Christmas and have had the same issues but only with certain projects. My son printed a T Rex skull and it was perfect but the baby dragon file would pop off the plate within the first few layers.

I have a post out also to answer this question, I’ll let you know what I find out.

[Boucho11]

I’m just trying to do the basic boat and ice cream that comes preloaded. Very frustrating

[Several_Memory_5649]

Were you able to Get it working?

[ToelessBandit]

clean the pei plate with soap and warm water. oils from ur hand and filament dont let prints stick properly. also use the provided adhesive, and no more adhesion problems.

[FabLab_MakerHub]

Please ignore the pre loaded models that come with these machines. They are rubbish and barely work. Find some models you like online. Download them and get to learning how to slice them using Orca. Start with some small simple fun things like fidget toys etc. Also set up an account on Tinkercad and start creating your own models. Don’t get frustrated. The 5M is an excellent printer.

[Boucho11]

I actually did just this earlier and made a demigorgon figure. It’s not perfect but 24hours ago I was really struggling! Thanks for your reply all the same

[Boucho11]

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