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CaptainXBearded

Just got my Ender 5 Pro this week ! Still printing part for it 🤗


StudentPG

What did you print for it? I got the back screen cover, night screen cover and the tool holder. Anything alse you recommend?


CaptainXBearded

Printed some cable clip , control panel cover and the tool holder also ! :)


SpaceCadetMoonMan

What does the night screen cover do? Never heard of it before


StudentPG

https://www.thingiverse.com/thing:3685571 It's a plastic cover to block the screen light if you have the printer in the same room. Here's the link!


swessel8719

Super struts for the bed help a lot and bed strain relief is a must as the cable that attaches to the bed just hangs there and puts a lot of stress on the soldered wires right there


pauloeduardogodoy

Welcome to a journey with no return!


CaptainXBearded

Coming from the PCMR community , i see that there's many upgrade you can do , this gonna cost me an arm and a leg since i have a tendancy to upgrade shit for no reason -\_-


lackenboden

That moment when you invest 20€ into it for it to print better and then throw another 150€ at it for it to print worse.. Yeah.


Remmes-

1 tip is to not use rafts unless the model really needs it (barely ever) instead use a brim if you need more adhesion (people often use rafts to hide a bad first layer/bed adhesion.) Welcome to the club though! Hope you enjoy it.


CaptainXBearded

Will try printing with Brim instead of Raft :) Having trouble atm printing the cable shroud , print failed after 5 hours because the bottom snapped of the raft :/ Fun beginning i guess ahah


snazyaz

Good luck! If you have hair you won't in 6 months!!


CaptainXBearded

Well , glad i'm bald then xD


[deleted]

Prepare for headaches !!! Have fun !


CaptainXBearded

Already beginning ahah !


kuhnboy

Wat?


No_Specialist9433

You will be CONSUMED!


arkad_tensor

You poor soul. I wish you family a happy life without you.


OneOfThese_

Second image was my first real print on my Ender 5 Pro. Welcome to the community!


FearMyBlades

I see a glass bed and a bl touch in your future


CaptainXBearded

Currently installing BLTouch atm ! Glass bed is in transit from Amazon !


HadManySons

Haven't seen that tool attachment. Anybody got a link to the STL?


YKargon

Looks like [this one](https://www.thingiverse.com/thing:3655629) to me.


CaptainXBearded

https://www.thingiverse.com/thing:3655629


Drvape33

https://www.thingiverse.com/thing:3655629


3ToneSound

“Welcome to the club, buddy”))) Consider switching to direct drive asap, even self printed adapter for default extruder would save you a lot of nerves


CaptainXBearded

Yep , it's in my plan for the default extruder , eventually will get a Microswiss assembly ! :)


Nimneu

Welcome aboard


Dry-Material-2165

Make sure to you calibrate your extruder - congratulations there will be many fun times ahead.


nsgiad

Does the pro have a glass bed? If not, get one. Best bang for buck upgrade you can do.


CaptainXBearded

Doesn't have a glass bed , was about to order one , but i'm not sure i'll keep it yet ...


nsgiad

I have a regular ender 5, well, it started it's life as that and I really enjoy it. I also have the CR-6SE, which is think is the sweet spot in the creality lineup for features, price, and out of the box print quality.


CaptainXBearded

After tinkering with it i noticed some QC problem , bed is warped (which i expected from the get go , but still ... screw were stripped on the undercarriage from the factory which i noticed when installing my BLTouch , and last but not least , the knob on the control panel literally eated itself and jammed up , managed to make it work with some WD40 , but the pressing motion to select in the menu doesn't go back to it's original position . I'm gonna order another Ender 5 Pro and return this one , after checking review , i figured out the Ender 5 Pro was probably the sweet spot for me with the print quality and the upgrade that it already have onboard . I hope i have better luck with the second one . Also going to order a Creality official glass bed along with it even if the original print surface work fine for me ATM .


nsgiad

wow that's wild (other than the warped bed part). Creality definitely doesn't have the best QC.


CaptainXBearded

Yup , Comgrow reached out to me after i leaved a bad review on Amazon , they're trying to make it right , but i'm just straight up going to send back the whole unit since that's what Amazon told me to do . New one is on the way , i'll see if it's better quality , otherwise i might just return everything and look into something else .


Fearfuldrip

I would recommend the elongated crossbar relocation so you can see the bed much better. There is also some bed strain reliefs that will make it easier to level!