Qidi Tech 1 - Replicator 1 clone

[jcoahran]

Where KludgeGuru shows to attach is the proper place. I just tried to move mine there, but the screw is just to short to get the nut on. How did you do it?

[KludgeGuru]

Where KludgeGuru shows to attach is the proper place. I just tried to move mine there, but the screw is just to short to get the nut on. How did you do it?

With a longer screw.

[jcoahran]

Hmmm, I thought it is like welded to the frame? Have to look closer...

[KludgeGuru]

Hmmm, I thought it is like welded to the frame? Have to look closer...

Maybe there us another hole close by that I attached it too. I'll look tonight.

[sygyzy]

Wait, what? Can you explain this? Like jcoachran, it seems like that tiny screw is welded onto the frame. I don't remember seeing a way to even remove it.

With a longer screw.

[sygyzy]

Does anyone have a working Cura profile they can share or at least answer some questions about particular settings (ie head offsets)? I don't really care abou Cura as a slicer but I need a working profile so if I ever need to slice for Octoprint, I can. (It has Cura slicing engine built in).

[KludgeGuru]

Wait, what? Can you explain this? Like jcoachran, it seems like that tiny screw is welded onto the frame. I don't remember seeing a way to even remove it.

It's not a welded stud, it is a screw. You need to remove the side panel to access it. The hole on the case is threaded. See the Phillips screw bottom left of this image.

[KludgeGuru]

Does anyone have a working Cura profile they can share or at least answer some questions about particular settings (ie head offsets)? I don't really care abou Cura as a slicer but I need a working profile so if I ever need to slice for Octoprint, I can. (It has Cura slicing engine built in).

Does Octoprint work with this machine? I didn't think Octoprint supports the Sailfish firmware. There is a plugin called GPX that gets you limited functionality but it didn't work the way I wanted. I was looking into Octoprint as a way to transfer files to the printer without taking out the SD card. I found out that Sailfish removed the ability to transfer to the SD card over USB, which is a bummer.

I've been looking into getting an Flashair SD card. I'm getting too lazy to keep removing the SD card.
http://www.amazon.com/Toshiba-Flash-...ashair+SD+Card

[jcoahran]

Thanks for the info on the screw

Astroprint works perfectly, other than it currently only supports one extruder. They are working on support for the second. I built my own using a Raspberry Pi 2 and downloaded their software for free. I've done all of my printing using WiFi. You can control most functions of the printer using Astroprint.

This is what I used:
https://www.astroprint.com/downloads
http://www.amazon.com/CanaKit-Raspbe...ilpage_o09_s00
http://www.amazon.com/Edimax-EW-7811...ilpage_o09_s00
http://www.amazon.com/SanDisk-microS...ilpage_o09_s00

I use this camera with Astroprint to monitor prints:
http://www.amazon.com/Logitech-Webca...ilpage_o07_s00

Cheers,
Joe

[KludgeGuru]

It only supports one extruder, so do you always have to print with the same extruder (left or right?)