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Still waiting for that "developer" edition from you :)

<- Here is that potential customer with that suggestion! :cool: And what a weird coincidence, I haven't checked this forum in months... tried a print last night, and saw my bed wiggle back and forth...

Hey all,

Just got the new metal spool holders from Qidi Tech for my early 2016 Qidi Tech printer. Problem is, I can't seem to install them. How do they mate to the printer chassis? My printer...

Yes, raising the VREF may fix the clicking noise. You should keep your extruders around a VREF of 90 on a direct extruder setup. My Bowden setup commands a VREF of 100 to overcome the frictional...

jfkansas, sent you a PM regarding your excellent Z-axis rework. Not sure if you get PM notifications. About to pull the trigger on another set of cheap Chinese LMF8LUU bearings... but would rather...

So you are saying Simplify3D has a setting i can use to change the quality of my sliced model?

Oh ok, thanks. I would probably just reload the "updated" profile, and tweak settings after a trial print. Not sure if the profiles they update contain more settings than what are accessible to us.

I just put in a feature request with S3D to include "slow down for small loops". I have been in communication with the authors of Sailfish, and they believe that S3D slices into too many gcode...

Good point. It has been easier for me to use a business card over a piece of paper, due to the rough texture of my build surface (buildtak on spring steel does not age well... bubbles everywhere)

I print with 100% extrusion multiplier and 100% first layer height for all my prints. Most important part is to dial in your initial z-gap or z-offset for the first layer. This is all dependent on...

Hey all,

I am receiving a second Qidi Tech controller in the mail to see if it improves my situation. I also plan on figuring out a way to upgrade the controller to official Sailfish. Will keep...

Your X Y gantry is sagging in the middle from the weight of the extruders. Thats why it appears as though your glass is not flat

The model i was printing was admittedly quite "raunchy". Its called girlwatchstars or something like that. I can upload it when i am home, so you can try printing and let me know if you experience...

The betterblock printed fine without any shuddering in S3D... Really no complaints there. I then sliced a high polygon model with many small features and the printer shuddered like crazy while...

Hey all,

I installed Simplify3D yesterday and noticed that the standard Qidi profile is doing a reasonably good job. Problem is that I am once again faced with non-accelerated moves, especially in...

Thanks! I too am frustrated. And the language barrier between Qidi Tech and I just makes technical communication that much harder...

I read about an upcoming official 7.8 firmware... lucky us we...

I do not believe there is a Sailfish fork for any 32 bit controllers...

I also don't know if going with the Smoothieware firmware would be better or worse for this printer.

Don't mean to change the topic, but this acceleration issue I have been facing with Cura has gotten me energized to investigate how much we got "tricked" on our Qidi Tech purchase. As DarkAlchemist...

Thanks! Just like our Makerbot 2X at work! Definitely a Cura issues that Sailfish cannot "translate". Time to move on to another slicer. At this point I have tried them all, and every single one of...

Hey guys, just had the opportunity to run the same gcode I presented to you on our Makerbot Replicator 2X at work. I had exactly the same result... acceleration is ignored for Cura 2.1.2 gap fill...

When you get the chance could you please use GPX or replicator g (not S3D) to convert the gcode to X3G and let me know if your machine acts the same way?

Thank you for walking through my gcode. This should all be fine if the sailfish acceleration planner accelerated all these moves... For some reason it isnt, and instead the tool head is executing...

Yes, it is the fill pass during which the tool head spazzes out. Did you try running the gcode file that i attached on your Qidi? Feel free to manually edit the temperatures to meet the rquirements...

Did a TON of troubleshooting tonight: I have confirmed that it is not the slicer (Cura 2.1.2 in this case), nor the conversion program (GPX and ReplicatorG in this case) that is causing this issue. I...

Hey all, here is a video demonstration of my problem:


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w2UhZx_Ql3U&amp;feature=youtu.be

Using Cura 2.1.2 to slice this with conservative settings. Printing this:...