Kit de boîtier pour Flashforge AD5X

I'm really disappointed, after printing all the parts (30 hrs) it's not tall enough to clear the the feed tubes. First print after install the top plexiglass plate was knocked onto the printing plate. The way they sell this kit the top piece is not usable.

Great packaging , shipping, and ease of assembly. Few minor issues. Had to install extra hinges on the top to prevent pfte tubes from knocking top off enclosure during printing. Had to cut 30mm of top of pfte entry acrylic panel and install under panel for added strain relief and free movement. Had to print a 25mm spacer for ifs mount for additional strain relief as well. Also shaved tab off bottom of screen mount front piece where notches into frame to prevent print head collisions. Otherwise would have been 5 stars.

I like the AD5X, and I’m sure the acrylic enclosure kit itself will be fine once it’s all put together. But here’s the catch: the kit expects you to print all the frame parts yourself in PLA. That’s over 1 kg of filament and more than 24 hours of print time just to make the kit usable.

That’s not terrible if you’re just running PLA forever. But the AD5X is advertised as ABS-capable, and anyone who has run ABS knows PLA softens in those temps. Which means if you want the enclosure to actually survive ABS jobs, you’ll have to reprint the entire set again in ABS. So essentially, you’re running two marathon print jobs back-to-back just to get to what was advertised.

Couple of extra notes:

The included 3MF files (at least in my set) had purge towers that wouldn’t even fit on the bed. Instructions weren’t clear that you could just run the parts with the same PLA for support material.

At $69 (shipped from China), this kit really should come with prefab ABS or other heat-resistant frame parts. ABS injection molding isn’t expensive, and it would save every buyer from wasting days of print time and kilos of filament on “sacrificial” PLA.

Bottom line: The case will do its job once assembled, but the process feels a little backwards. Light suggestion to FlashForge: ship these with ready-to-go ABS frames. The current setup is more like an initiation ritual than an upgrade — and while I don’t mind the challenge, new users might be surprised that “plug-and-play ABS support” requires printing your printer’s support kit twice.Almsot returned it but then I saw the printer handle my version of the print and said ok. Gives me a starter challeng to test me since printer is doing great. But PLA first, then ABS next means I gotta do it twice. cutting into time i could be spending pringing other things.

The enclosure was very easy to print and assembled

I love the enclosure kit. Very helpful in keeping odor and particulate matter hidden away. Had to reprint a couple of parts but the enclosure is nice looking.