New CTC printer came broken

[cjalas]

Saw your video on YouTube; without knowing more about the system, I would hazard a guess that perhaps the wiring is faulty for the extruder heating elements. Looks like the machine is attempting to heat the bed and/or the extruder but it isn't sending an electrical signal to either.

To be honest, the printer itself looks pretty nice. That's a nice 4.3" touch screen! But I'm not familiar with the firmware on it. Either way, What is the firmware version installed?

[Labbo1979]

Im right now putting together a list of problems that might occur when buying from chinese vendors or ebay sellers.. I will publish it on https://3dprinterchat.com . Is it ok if I use your exempel to?

[dspdrew]

Go right ahead. If you want I can give you the entire list of problems that I have put in my PayPal dispute.

Here's a few more pictures.

[dspdrew]

I don't see a subforum for QIDI TECHNOLOGY. Has anyone heard much about these?

http://www.amazon.com/TECHNOLOGY-Ext...dp/B00SB6ZO8S/

I just want to avoid the wooden frame if possible. My friend is so lucky because he got one of the regular CTC printers (bizer I I guess) with a metal frame instead of the wood.

[rcleav]

I don't see a subforum for QIDI TECHNOLOGY. Has anyone heard much about these?

http://www.amazon.com/TECHNOLOGY-Ext...dp/B00SB6ZO8S/

I just want to avoid the wooden frame if possible. My friend is so lucky because he got one of the regular CTC printers (bizer I I guess) with a metal frame instead of the wood.

It hasn't earned sub forum status but we have pretty good thread going here.
http://3dprintboard.com/showthread.p...icator-2-clone

Qidi Techs while a clone is as near as I can till exactly the same as a Flashforge Creator Pro.
There support is top notch from China.
It can also be bought on Ebay for $660 shipped.

[cjalas]

It hasn't earned sub forum status but we have pretty good thread going here.
http://3dprintboard.com/showthread.p...icator-2-clone

Qidi Techs while a clone is as near as I can till exactly the same as a Flashforge Creator Pro.
The there support is top notch and from China.
It can also be bought on Ebay for $660 shipped.

I'm seriously considering the QiDi. If I had known of them before I got my CTC, I would definitely have gone for the QiDi instead.

[bigo93]

Damn, you can actually buy the acrylic enclosure for a qidi on ebay for just £26!

Wish they sold one for the CTC for the same price!

[rcleav]

I also have a CTC and bought an enclosure kit from these guys. http://www.criticalmods.com/
It's cost more then Qidi but it's a lot better built.
Liked it so much I'm buying just the hood for my Qidi.
I will have to feed the filament from the top which is what I'm doing with the CTC.

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[EagleSeven]

I also have a CTC and bought an enclosure kit from these guys. http://www.criticalmods.com/
It's cost more then Qidi but it's a lot better built.
Liked it so much I'm buying just the hood for my Qidi.
I will have to feed the filament from the top which is what I'm doing with the CTC.

Enclosures can cause the X & Y Stepper-motors to Over-heat and Fail,
I recommend not using the enclosure and adding a Fan at motors.

There really needs to be good air-flow thru the printer,
since other components can get too hot also.

Note: Fan at motors is probably needed Only if Room-temp is High,
during Summer, in locations where temp gets high.
Just touching the motors will let you know if they are Too Hot or not.
Ours was getting Too hot to touch before adding the Fan and that was without an enclosure.

[rcleav]

Fortunately or not mine is in the basement with temps between 60F and 68F.
It doesn't stick very well at those temps.
As you can see I do monitor the enclosure temp.