Well, to be perfectly honest, it looks like I can more easily and probably more cheaply purchase a 3 axis cnc kit from china before I retrofit a half decent laser toolhead into the QIDI....
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Well, to be perfectly honest, it looks like I can more easily and probably more cheaply purchase a 3 axis cnc kit from china before I retrofit a half decent laser toolhead into the QIDI....
Interesting, I'll check these out. Would definitely have to vent outside even for balsa. Not really keen on cutting lexan or anything like that... seems too much of a setup for a family man. That...
Lol, you're certainly right. I've already gone through a hobby phase with 445nm diodes back when 1w was about the max you could (somewhat) readily find. Geez now it looks like those are easy to buy...
Just going to throw this out there: has anyone looked into fitting a laser cutting toolhead to their QIDI? It seems simple enough and I'm starting to look into what it would take to make this happen....
My main interest in converting to all metal is the capability to handle higher temperatures that would scorch PTFE. I have my concerns that the QIDI can even sustain 250+ Celsius, but I'll probably...
I was thinking about trying the Micro Swiss all metal hotends since I'm messing with PETG now. Any luck with the high temp PTFE? And how hot have you run your hotends? I set mine @ 250 C which they...
Definitely concur on that one. If only had more time to begin with.
Haha very nice. And I think I see some overlapping interests.. not so surprising.
Don't laugh, but here are one of my favorite "ideas". I am always losing these damn things:
http://i386.photobucket.com/albums/oo309/whiteda3/IMG_20160731_194854_zpsahmlucqu.jpg
Oh awesome. I'm glad this is working well for you.
Gotta love when you've got an idea, you cad it, share it, and you and like minded enthusiasts print out real deals in your respective man caves. ...
Nice, apparently I like a good hinge to. I wasn't going to make these but ultimately I couldn't help myself.
These are printing for me way better in abs than in petg. I guess I haven't figured out...
Hey again wirly, here are my glass plate corner brackets. I hopefully they help you.
http://www.thingiverse.com/thing:
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Some people prefer an open frame for certain prints and plastics that are prone to sloppiness without adequate cooling, like PLA. I personally tend to leave the door on in almost all cases and use...
Hey wirlybird, I made my own and I can upload the files later today. They happen to fit my borosilicate plates from China just right (friction fit). There isn't much overhang onto the build plate so...
Coming back to this - I made a new open hinge version that only lets go of the door 30 degrees from vertical. It also includes the slide to lock open feature, and won't pop off the hinge in that...
Not really. If anything, I knock the whole thing off the QIDI since it's an open hinge design... but just once.
I've since managed to avoid doing that well enough. Version 2 of the hinge could...
Also, if you notch out a piece of these hinges (http://www.thingiverse.com/thing:1597284 not my design), you can simply slide the door to the right (or left, per your notches) in order to keep the...
Buds, if anyone is interested in a rear mounted dual blower, I uploaded one on thingiverse: http://www.thingiverse.com/thing:1695189 It needs a 2nd stock blower, or one of the same dimensions.
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Not sure if I missed it, but is this not warping? It's an abs print? The larger the print the more pronounced the warping can be.
Curious about this because I've been printing nearly everything in abs and the only way I get a good print (in other words no warping) is to use the cooling fan. I noticed I can print smaller things...
Thanks for the note about vRef in the start script. I clearly missed that. Questions:
Since my start script defaults x,y vRef to 127, and we refer to 118 being maximum vRef of the QIDI:
When...
Any baseline results on stepper vref@80? Point me in the right direction to where the adjustment is made. I'd like to test.
Thx.
Nice I thought they'd make it available. Good to see.
http://www.ebay.com/itm/331859377907
So I just finished hot gluing wing nuts into thumb turns for the build plate. Heated build plate... derp...
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.