I've ordered one of these and am expecting to see it on Tuesday!!
I bought it because I've been interested in 3D printing, but am also hoping to print & build a BB8! The BB8 usergroup has freely available STL files, and have made quarter-cut files for smaller print beds, however, the Qidi (and FFCPro)'s build beds are just on the small side for the full sized files.
I'm wondering if it's possible to mod this printer's print bed by extending it a bit to be larger (especially the X axis, possibly a bit on Y), and if I use Simply3D to change the printbed dimmensions? I think we need about 5 cm more in the X dimension? I've attached a couple of STL files that either are just a bit too big or just at the boundaries of our build envelope of the Qidi to show what I mean. These are the full sized ones, not the quarter cut ones.
The biuld size table at
http://bb8builders.club/forum/showth...cember-23-2015 shows that a Makerbot Replicator 2 or especially the 2X with a build plate that's just a bit bigger than ours (x of 246 vs 225 on Qidi/FFCP), can do the full regular sized files but they recommend 1/4 size files for our printbed.
3D printer name ======== Build Area ==== Which Dome/Ring STL's
Flash Forge Creator Pro ======
225 x 145 x 150 =======1/4
Makerbot Replicator 2X ======
246 x 152 x 155 ======full
Makerbot Replicator 2 =======
285 x 153 x 155 =======full
There's a youtube video of a guy who extended his plate to 8x10 using glass but I can't find details of anyone else doing this, or if the printbed is actually addressable to that size.
https://youtu.be/CXBwQiOQ458?list=PL...19_QuYrOS9I2gf
Here are the STL files that I think are right up to our build limit, or in the dome file, a bit larger:
Attachment 9514
Attachment 9515
Attachment 9516
I understand the left sided travel might be limited due to the fan on the left, but what if we modded the fan to be on the front, like others did before Qidi shipped the newer printhead? For example, a fan like this one:
Attachment 9517
http://www.thingiverse.com/thing:537918
Thoughts on this?