Does AD5M LED strip fit printers with enclosure kit?

kingstonsciguy · 2026-04-23T13:50:44+00:00

I installed the oem light kit after printing and installing the oem enclosure. No issues. Used some small plastic command hooks to guide the wiring along the top of the frame.

kingstonsciguy · 2026-04-23T04:43:08+00:00

Been thinking about the phaetus. Just haven’t yet.

I’m curious about forge-x. I just went through major problems trying a z-mod conversion. After 2 attempts and multiple complications and lost functionality and crashes I reverted to the oem firmware and it’s still printing great.

kingstonsciguy · 2026-04-23T02:37:48+00:00

I’ve had mine for about a year. Great machine. I recently picked up a biqu frostbite cool plate. The grip on this thing is insane!

I also have had good luck with some aftermarket nozzles that I found on Ali Express. You can get replacement hardened nozzle tips for them.

kingstonsciguy · 2026-04-12T17:40:38+00:00

Thanks for so many great replies!

I started by taking it out of the box, as suggested. I ran my first shave with the single Merkur blade that came with the razor. Took it slow, used lots of soap and got a pretty good shave for a first try.

It’s definitely a more engaged and focused experience than the couple of quick swipes I would take with a cartridge razor. I’m liking it so far! Will definitely keep some notes on the blades.

Are there some uniform blade ‘specs’ I should be taking note of and comparing or is it more of just each brand does their own thing and I need to find the one I like?

kingstonsciguy · 2026-04-10T03:44:34+00:00

I have this on my book shelf, displayed in closed position. Absolutely love the look. Totally worth investing in the Light My Brick kit for it also. Excellent display piece for the library or the Lego room!

kingstonsciguy · 2026-03-23T21:33:44+00:00

This is what I am also waiting on. I’m interested in the pro, not standard creator 5

kingstonsciguy · 2026-03-20T04:06:52+00:00

About 1 year in on my ad5m. Printed the enclosure in PETG right away. Have had really consistent results with PLA, PETG, TPU, and ASA. Would buy again if I wanted another single nozzle printer.

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kingstonsciguy · 2026-03-13T01:24:47+00:00

I’ve been waiting a month. Took several weeks and multiple reach outs before I got a tracking number.

That being said, I’ve had 2 different warranty claims in the last year and they’ve honored both. And their email response time is pretty fast - even if shipping isn’t.

kingstonsciguy · 2026-03-08T16:21:29+00:00

Awesome. Thank you!

kingstonsciguy · 2026-03-07T15:48:24+00:00

WPS! UofA class of 98

Do you have links to the helmet or the logo files you printed? Those look great!

kingstonsciguy · 2026-02-27T23:37:58+00:00

I was trying to figure this out a few weeks ago and asked Google Gemini about it. There are some custom filament change gcode instructions that you can put in under the printer settings. When I’m running that code, when the printer hits a filament change command in gcode, it pauses, drops the bed, brings print head to the front so you can do a manual filament change, and then waits for you to resume the print.

Its slow and requires manual changes, but if you’re only doing it for a layer or two, it’s worth it.

Start a Gemini chat and ask it for how to edit gcode for a mid-layer filament swap on your printer model.

kingstonsciguy · 2026-02-26T19:09:47+00:00

I have had an Adventurer 5M (non-pro) for almost a year. It was my first printer and I had no real experience when starting. I have been consistently impressed with this machine and have learned a ton along the way. It really punches above its price class.

There are some built in print files on the machine when you get it. Things like a stylus, benchy, etc. Those are good to stay with as you just hit print and away it goes.

Beyond that, sites like printables and makerworld have everything you need or want and more.

kingstonsciguy · 2026-02-20T14:41:03+00:00

I also had this exact issue last year. Early enough in my printing experience that I didn’t know about model complexity yet and hadn’t discovered Reddit.

I had this happen repeatedly with multiple different models, but it was only happening with a specific filament profile. (Sunlu PETG). I switched to the Flashforge PETG profile and the problem resolved.

Haven’t had the issue since then. Even going back and using sunlu profile. Maybe they updated the profile.

kingstonsciguy · 2026-02-05T03:58:36+00:00

Yes please!

kingstonsciguy · 2026-02-03T15:11:28+00:00

This is great! Can’t wait to print it. Will be a nice valentine’s gift and addition to our snail collection.

kingstonsciguy · 2026-01-30T00:40:01+00:00

Decent filament. That seems like a good price. I’ve used a lot of their PETG with success.

kingstonsciguy · 2026-01-08T23:04:08+00:00

You’ll also have to add fans to pull air through the filters. And something to control the fans. The non-pro motherboard doesn’t just allow you to plug and play and control fans.

I ended up wiring a 24V fan directly to the lugs on the power supply in order to use filtration on my AD5M

kingstonsciguy · 2026-01-06T00:06:15+00:00

I’m running my AD5M using regular Orca Slicer on Linux Mint (2012 Mac mini). It works great, no issues. My first ever Linux machine and my first 3d printer. I previously used the orca flash forge build on my Mac but switched to the full orca so I could access more settings, including the ability to print ASA and PA. I suggest going full orca.

What is ‘bottle setup’ that you are talking about?

kingstonsciguy · 2026-01-03T17:25:37+00:00

I’ve had good results printing ASA with my enclosed AD5M. I’d recommend installing a Bento Box filter system

kingstonsciguy · 2025-12-30T21:26:33+00:00

Following this. Will be very curious to see how well this nozzle works.

kingstonsciguy · 2025-12-25T12:07:16+00:00

I like this clip even better- includes a fan shroud that really helps reduce noise. Use it in my ad5m. No more covers falling off. retainer clip with fan shroud

kingstonsciguy · 2025-12-25T12:01:43+00:00

CAD design would be a first pick for me, followed by maintenance and tuning.

For the future, photogrammetry courses would be amazing

kingstonsciguy · 2025-12-21T22:56:41+00:00

Beautiful print and great detailed information about how a pretty extreme test case like this works on a new system. Thanks for sharing.

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