Qidi Tech 1 - Replicator 1 clone

[Syd_Khaos]

Syd
You've probably seen this already. DaDave is rocking on!
http://www.thingiverse.com/thing:1779274

Yea, I was mostly working off of DaDaves stuff.
That project on a major hold though. Probably gonna end up selling my machine to fix the wife's car.
Been a series of unfortunate events that has left us pretty broke for a bit.

[Talon 3D]

That looks bad ass.
I'm still debating building your monitoring add-on, I am not used to Arduino gear yet. I use mostly RPi and Nuc systems for projects.
I like the setup you have from the case to the mounting system. Nice work.

I'm going to go check Benchy now. It's been done a while but I was letting it cool.
My PrintBite is still not settled and here yet.

Hey anyone have a reliable supplier for screws, bolts and nuts commonly used in many of the different types of projects I've seen?
I live very rural so my choices are slim. I've ordered a few kits online but they are usually lacking.

The cube looks pretty good to me!

Took a picture of the printer running at night with my LCD Night Shade (black) covering the front panel LCD. The lights are also off via the on/off switch I wired into the lighting system.

[Talon 3D]

Success at last. The dual duct fan helped a ton.
Now I will try a bit larger project in PLA/PHA.
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[wirlybird]

Very nice!! What is the color/filament and no wise-cracks about color or I'll throw another model ship at you!!

Success at last. The dual duct fan helped a ton.
Now I will try a bit larger project in PLA/PHA.
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[Talon 3D]

LOL, It is black Meltink PLA/PHA. I was in bed so the color looks odd in the pics. It is a nice black that is for sure. I also have the dark green PLA/PHA from Meltink as well. I have to buy some more though as the only other PLA I have is the orange from QIDI which for some reason is really brittle after printing even after baking.

Very nice!! What is the color/filament and no wise-cracks about color or I'll throw another model ship at you!!

[DaveB]

LOL, It is black Meltink PLA/PHA. I was in bed so the color looks odd in the pics. It is a nice black that is for sure. I also have the dark green PLA/PHA from Meltink as well. I have to buy some more though as the only other PLA I have is the orange from QIDI which for some reason is really brittle after printing even after baking.

Based upon the pix I would never have guessed that the filament color was black. LED lighting?

[Talon 3D]

Yeah, LED from the Camera and the tablet it was sitting on.
It is a nice black. I will take a normal pic when my wife gets home and I am not wrangling my 1 yr old son. He is pure energy. LOL

Based upon the pix I would never have guessed that the filament color was black. LED lighting?

[wirlybird]

LOL, It is black Meltink PLA/PHA. I was in bed so the color looks odd in the pics. It is a nice black that is for sure. I also have the dark green PLA/PHA from Meltink as well. I have to buy some more though as the only other PLA I have is the orange from QIDI which for some reason is really brittle after printing even after baking.

It looks gold!

[Merijeek]

Alright, so based on everyone's recommendations I convinced myself to get S3D. One small problem with the dual extractor wizard.

You can see my preview in the attached picture.

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You're seeing the 'active toolhead'. So, I should have a dual color print. However, I don't have one. I've got all one color - specifically from my right head.

Any idea what I've got wrong?

[DaveB]

Alright, so based on everyone's recommendations I convinced myself to get S3D. One small problem with the dual extractor wizard.

You can see my preview in the attached picture.

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You're seeing the 'active toolhead'. So, I should have a dual color print. However, I don't have one. I've got all one color - specifically from my right head.

Any idea what I've got wrong?

It's hard to guess, but based on the number of times that I've goofed it up, in the step where you select both processes it is very easy to miss checking the proper box.

Do all of your set up and then make sure the print looks like what you want in the preview. Select the option to show the active tool head and go through the print. You should see both tool heads becoming active and printing their respective colors.