Quote Originally Posted by kaznad View Post
Hi,

I just read through 55 pages of this forum.

I am completely new to 3D printing, It was through my other hobby of flying quadcopters that I got interested in 3D printing. Actually I almost bought a Micro3D printer, thank god I didn't as I would have spent almost as much as getting the Qidi but with much smaller print build.

I have been looking at some reviews of the Qidi printer and some of them say that replacement parts are hard to find for this printer, however I see that the ebay store has quite a handful of spares in their store. Am I missing something here? Or is it some specific spares are hard to source?
Also while the printer is printing does it make the surrounding very hot? If I get it, I plan to put it at a desk next to my gaming PC.

I am still thinking if I should just pull the trigger and get this printer. I am also worried I might not use it much and it would gather dust in my room.

And this forums seem to be full of helpful people, that is really wonderful. If I do get this printer I hope you guys can help me out as well.
You can order ever part in the machine directly from Qidi, so its actually very easy to get anything you need to fix or maintain the machine.
The machine does throw off some heat, esp if printing higher melting point plastics. Its pretty easy to make a vent hood to deal with the heat though. However I would not suggest setting it up next to a PC, certainly not a gaming PC thats gonna be generating its own fair share of heat to deal with.

I wouldn't worry to much about the machine collecting dust. If anything you should worry about your drones gathering dust once you get a printer....this is not a hobby, its a very deep-rooted addiction.