u/RodrigoTomeES

Hi everyone,

I'm looking into printing with highly hygroscopic materials on the FlashForge Creator 5 Pro, and moisture control is a big priority for my workspace.

I was wondering if it's possible to route PTFE (Teflon) tubes directly from an external dry box or filament dryer straight to the extruders? My goal is to keep the filament completely isolated from the ambient air along its entire path, similar to a fully sealed dry system.

I recently came across this PTFE filament feeder mod on MakerWorld and thought it looked promising:

https://makerworld.com/en/models/2957339-flashforge-creator-5-ptfe-filament-feeder

Has anyone modified or set up their Creator 5 Pro to support this kind of isolated PTFE routing using this specific mod or something similar? Any advice, experiences, or pictures of your setup would be greatly appreciated!

Thanks in advance!

Hey everyone,

We finally have confirmation. For those wondering if Flashforge was hiding Klipper on the new Creator 5 PRO and locking it down to force us into their ecosystem—the answer is YES.

The amazing modding community (the same folks behind the ZMOD for the Adventurer 5M) has already managed to gain root access to the machine, and they have confirmed that it is indeed running Klipper under the hood. You can see the confirmation directly in the ZMOD GitHub discussions here: https://github.com/ghzserg/zmod/discussions/554#discussioncomment-17375046

The Refusal (My interaction with Support):

Since I print functional parts with technical filaments, having full Klipper access is a must for me. I reached out to Flashforge Support (support@flashforge.com) to ask when they plan to release the source code.

Here is how the conversation went:

Me: "...Knowing the background of your recent open-source compliance with the Adventurer 5M series, I would like to know when the community can expect the release of the source code for the Creator 5 PRO's firmware."

Flashforge Support (Henry Wu): "Sorry, but we currently do not have any publicly available information regarding this. If such things come about in the future, we will share them on the official WIKI. Please keep following our official updates."

I replied, politely reminding them that this isn't a feature request, but a legal obligation:

Me: "...I must point out that if the Creator 5 PRO operates on a modified version of Klipper, this is not merely a matter of internal company roadmaps or future feature releases, but a strict legal obligation under the GNU General Public License v3 (GPLv3). Under this license, any commercial distribution of Klipper-based firmware must be accompanied by the public release of its modified source code... Given the nature of this request, could you please escalate this ticket to the software development or legal compliance team?"

Their final response to a direct, legally-backed request for GPL compliance?

Flashforge Support (Henry Wu): "Thank you for your reply, Have a nice day!"

Why this matters & Call to Action:

They are blatantly ignoring open-source licenses to keep their "Pro" machines locked down. Last time, it took massive community pressure for Flashforge to finally release the Klipper source code for the AD5M. We need to do it again for the Creator 5 PRO so the modding community can do their magic.

Please take 2 minutes to:

Email their support support@flashforge.com. Politely but firmly demand the release of the Creator 5 PRO Klipper source code, reminding them of their GPLv3 obligations.

Let’s get the source code released!

Edited after confirmation of Klipper software inside Creator 5.

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