Qidi Tech 1 - Replicator 1 clone

[chill24]

1. I use the Flashforge Creator Pro as a starting template and then once I have some settings I like I do a Save As... and name it "Qidi - Some Description".
I suggest watching their video tutorials: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?lis...O7wODJpQBVf-Ss

2. Add the following code to the startup script tab. This will do the line on the front of the build plate.

Left Extruder:

; **** Replicator 2X start.gcode ****
M73 P0 ; Enable build progress
G162 X Y F3000 ; Home XY maximum
G161 Z F1200 ; Home Z minimum
G92 Z-5 ; Set Z to -5
G1 Z0 ; Move Z to 0
G161 Z F100 ; Home Z slowly
M132 X Y Z A B ; Recall home offsets
M135 T0 ; Load right extruder offsets
G1 X-110 Y-75 Z30 F9000 ; Move to wait position off table
G130 X20 Y20 Z20 A20 B20 ; Lower stepper Vrefs while heating
M126 S[fan_speed_pwm] ; Set fan speed
M140 S[bed0_temperature] T0 ; Heat buildplate
M134 T0 ; Stabilize bed temperature
M104 S[extruder1_temperature] T1 ; Heat left extruder
M133 T1 ; Stabilize left extruder temperature
G130 X127 Y127 Z40 A127 B127 ; Default stepper Vrefs
G92 A0 B0 ; Zero extruders
M135 T1 ; Load left extruder offsets
G1 X-100 Y-65 F9000 ; Move to front left corner of bed
G1 Z0.3 F6000 ; Move down to purge
G1 X90 Y-65 E24 F2000 ; Extrude a line of filament across the front edge of the bed
G1 X100 Y-65 F180 ; Wait for ooze
G1 X110 Y-65 F5000 ; Fast wipe
G1 Z1 F100 ; Lift
G92 A0 B0 ; zero extruders
M73 P1 ;@body (notify GPX body has started)
; **** end of start.gcode ****

Right Extruder:

; **** Replicator 2X start.gcode ****
M73 P0 ; Enable build progress
G162 X Y F3000 ; Home XY maximum
G161 Z F1200 ; Home Z minimum
G92 Z-5 ; Set Z to -5
G1 Z0 ; Move Z to 0
G161 Z F100 ; Home Z slowly
M132 X Y Z A B ; Recall home offsets
M135 T0 ; Load right extruder offsets
G1 X-110 Y-75 Z30 F9000 ; Move to wait position off table
G130 X20 Y20 Z20 A20 B20 ; Lower stepper Vrefs while heating
M126 S[fan_speed_pwm] ; Set fan speed
M140 S[bed0_temperature] T0 ; Heat buildplate
M134 T0 ; Stabilize bed temperature
M104 S[extruder0_temperature] T0 ; Heat right extruder
M133 T0 ; Stabilize extruder temperature
G130 X127 Y127 Z40 A127 B127 ; Default stepper Vref
G92 A0 B0 ; Zero extruders
G1 X100 Y-70 F9000 ; Move to front right corner of bed
G1 Z0.3 F6000 ; Move down to purge
G1 X-90 Y-70 E24 F2000 ; Extrude a line of filament across the front edge of the bed
G1 X-100 Y-70 F180 ; Wait for ooze
G1 X-110 Y-70 F5000 ; Fast wipe
G1 Z0.5 F100 ; Lift
G92 A0 B0 ; Zero extruders
M73 P1 ;@body (notify GPX body has started)
; **** end of start.gcode ****

Both Extruders:

; **** Replicator 2X start.gcode ****
M73 P0 ; Enable build progress
G162 X Y F3000 ; Home XY maximum
G161 Z F1200 ; Home Z minimum
G92 Z-5 ; Set Z to -5
G1 Z0 ; Move Z to 0
G161 Z F100 ; Home Z slowly
M132 X Y Z A B ; Recall home offsets
M135 T0 ; Load right extruder offsets
G1 X-110 Y-75 Z30 F9000 ; Move to wait position off table
G130 X20 Y20 Z20 A20 B20 ; Lower stepper Vrefs while heating
M126 S[fan_speed_pwm] ; Set fan speed
M140 S[bed0_temperature] T0 ; Heat buildplate 
M134 T0 ; Stabilize bed temperature
M104 S[extruder0_temperature] T0 ; Heat right extruder
M104 S[extruder1_temperature] T1 ; Heat left extruder
M133 T0 ; Stabilize right extruder temperature
M133 T1 ; Stabilize left extruder temperature
G130 X127 Y127 Z40 A127 B127 ; Default stepper Vrefs
G92 A0 B0 ; Zero extruders
G1 X100 Y-70 F9000 ; Move to front right corner of bed
G1 Z0.3 F6000 ; Move down to purge
G1 X-90 Y-70 E24 F2000 ; Extrude a line of filament across the front edge of the bed
G1 X-100 Y-70 F180 ; Wait for ooze
G1 X-110 Y-70 F5000 ; Fast wipe
G1 Z0.5 F100 ; Lift
G92 A0 B0 ; Zero extruders
M135 T1 ; Load left extruder offsets
G1 X-100 Y-65 F9000 ; Move to front left corner of bed
G1 Z0.3 F6000 ; Move down to purge
G1 X90 Y-65 E24 F2000 ; Extrude a line of filament across the front edge of the bed
G1 X100 Y-65 F180 ; Wait for ooze
G1 X110 Y-65 F5000 ; Fast wipe
G1 Z1 F100 ; Lift
G92 A0 B0 ; Zero extruders
M73 P1 ;@body (notify GPX body has started)
; **** end of start.gcode ****

3. I don't know. I've seen mine do something like that, but I haven't worried about it.

Where or how do i navigate to the startup script tab on mac? Sorry, totally lost....new to this.

[DarkAlchemist]

Where or how do i navigate to the startup script tab on mac? Sorry, totally lost....new to this.

Do you have Simplify3d? If not none of that will help you and I only ask because if you had S3D it is right before you when you click the Edit Process Settings button then it is under the Scripts tab.

[Roger36330]

Is it normal for the extruder stepper motor be too hot to touch? Seems like there should be a thermal break of some sort between the extruder heater and the stepper.

Tks, Roger

[DarkAlchemist]

Is it normal for the extruder stepper motor be too hot to touch? Seems like there should be a thermal break of some sort between the extruder heater and the stepper.

Tks, Roger

All motors but Z are being ran at max Vref (118 not the normal 128 one would believe) so they get hot enough to blister your hand as X did to me. Since the carriage is ABS I am surprised the motors haven't caused it to sag at the very least.

It appears not a soul knows what Vref should really be except it should not be at full throttle (at least with Marlin using Stepsticks we knew what Vref meant precisely).

My suggestion would be to turn all motors down to 80 (leave Z at 40) and do a nice print and see what happens. If no skipping then after 1 hour feel the motors and if mildly warm 80 was the magic number.

You can do what I did with my I3 and just keep going lower and lower until the motor would skip or lose steps then back it up some. By doing that you will have way cooler motors that will last longer and the ABS plastic parts will love you for it. So, 80 and if that works go 60 and if not then 70, etc... since we have no idea wth the formula is for a Mightyboard.

[vbx]

Finally cleared the clogged with a nail. Just heated it up with a bic ligter and jammed it through. Took 2 attempts to finally dislodge the clog.

As for the right extruder that refused to unload the filament, I just cut it off and let it feed through. Had to unload it so I can make room for the nail to go through the clog at a straight angle.

I removed my dispute with aliexpress. Printer seems to be working fine now.

Except, it still can't print my knee replacement as good as makerbot.

[suds]

Mine shipped from the USA and their listing said it was the latest. No big deal for me as I returned it but for others reading I would say to watch out because you really do want 10mm smooth rods (even the FlashForge Creator Pro went to 10mm a year or so back).

Long back in this thread I directly told them to make them 10mm if they were reading this thread and apparently they were (I know Emily does).

As to the $499 + $130 shipping I can tell you I am already seeing $799 with free shipping listings on eBay from them (most of them now) so the old price point is going bye bye I think.

edit: I have to add this from Amazon as 3 weeks ago this was $699 and free shipping:

Price:	$875.00
Sale:	$799.00 & FREE Shipping
You Save:	$76.00 (9%)

I wonder is a real Creator Pro 2016 vs a Qidi Avatar V any better?

Yeah I think they should offer 10mm upgrade as a package. Your case is one of the obvious downsides to incremental updates. But the alternative would be bundling all these incremental improvements into a new printer version which we would all have to wait for rather than getting them upfront.

I think the current incremental model makes sense if they're trying to lead in price/performance. I just hope they make these upgrades available to owners as they've done with their main boards.

They countered my $630 auction offer with $650 citing that they'd sold out of stock in their warehouse. It didnt make too much sense to me at the time hut it does now. Hopefully this means you get the latest from eBay. Not sure about Amazon. Worst case just ask before buying.

[suds]

Where or how do i navigate to the startup script tab on mac? Sorry, totally lost....new to this.

Edit your process in the left pane; go to scripts tab. Within, there are more tabs for each script type. Starting script is 1st & leftmost.

[suds]

So I just finished hot gluing wing nuts into thumb turns for the build plate. Heated build plate... derp

[DarkAlchemist]

Finally cleared the clogged with a nail. Just heated it up with a bic ligter and jammed it through. Took 2 attempts to finally dislodge the clog.

As for the right extruder that refused to unload the filament, I just cut it off and let it feed through. Had to unload it so I can make room for the nail to go through the clog at a straight angle.

I removed my dispute with aliexpress. Printer seems to be working fine now.

Except, it still can't print my knee replacement as good as makerbot.

I hope you didn't mess up the PTFE tubing inside with a hot nail.

[Syd_Khaos]

Has anyone used a Kossel delta-style printer?
Just found file from dude that designed the thing with all the parts. I sure would like to try and build one if its a worthwhile printer...they look kinda cool.