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Thread: Qidi Tech 1 - Replicator 1 clone
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05-27-2016, 03:29 PM #1701
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McMaster is not badly priced at all but the shipping kills it if you can get commercial grade boro locally. I am not sure if I can locally here and if I could I am sure they would charge far too much but I will call the main place in my city the next time I need some. What exactly would I ask the local glass shop for? hint: Whatever your answer make it in very simple words for them because they are not the brightest bulb in the package any single time I have had to deal with them (metric makes them mad too).
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05-27-2016, 03:45 PM #1702
Most window glass is just soda lime float glass. Actual Boro is hard to find. Even stuff that is marketed as Boro is a lot of times just Soda Lime glass.
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05-27-2016, 06:53 PM #1703
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05-27-2016, 07:43 PM #1704
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DarkAlchemist, good tip about heating the plate to remove the sticker. I hadn't thought about it, but it makes perfect sense.
My thought about the air holes was purely hypothetical. I'm not planning on drilling holes into my plate any time soon. I'm not looking into making any mods, not even adding glass, until I become a little more experienced. I barely know what I'm doing right now. I'm a smart guy and I read up (a lot) before buying the printer, but nothing beats experience. I'm dreading the day something goes really wrong.
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05-27-2016, 09:05 PM #1705
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Don't dread it man.
I am the same way...I read alot before I jump into stuff. And I was also under the impression that a 3d printer was a complex machine.
What it does is complex...but from a mechanical/engineering standpoint these are very simple machines. The first week I was nervous about taking bits apart or making any modifications.
This only lasted till the first time I had to take it apart. Now I can strip the entire extrusion block down to single parts, clean it, and get it together ready to run in about an hour. My machine has many mods already done to it, and several more planned.
I totally understand that toes on the edge feeling, but with this machine I would advise to take that plunge sooner rather than later. Once ya do in a month you will be pro at maint and cleaning breakdown and have a modded machine working more how you want it to.
If nothing else you should consider printing a wire-chain for the gantry wire bundle on right side of machine. The way its run stock...it's just not good...it can pinch, and that leads to cracking or shorts. There is a good one on Thingiverse that several of us in this thread are using.
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Ohhhyea..
Forgot to show this. Don't recall who, but someone had neo magnets on their door machine.
Nice high-tech and hands-free solution.
Here is my low-tech, not so hands-free solution:
=PLast edited by Syd_Khaos; 05-27-2016 at 09:13 PM.
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05-27-2016, 10:15 PM #1706
I like heating the build plate up to 90c for removal of the blue sticker.
Yours is a nice design for sure, I was going to print them but I had the magnets lying around and figured I'd try em out and they are still there today.
The magnets I used are held with some shipping tape:
https://youtu.be/TK8cJTt9LEg?t=1m03s
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05-28-2016, 02:02 AM #1707
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05-28-2016, 04:30 PM #1708
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05-28-2016, 05:57 PM #1709
Surprisingly at 90c it isn't too bad but obviously I don't directly touch the build plate at that temperature. I use the scrape tool to lift one corner of the blue sticker and then I grab the lifted corner with a cloth after it cools down to probably 50-60c. From there I can peel it with my hand without getting burnt and I'd be glad to do a video of it just like the one I showed for cleaning the build plate. FYI, I tried it at 60c + 70c previously but it ended up leaving a lot of the residue behind and at 90c almost all of the glue is lifted with the blue sticker.
Looking pretty sweet, can't wait to see it finished!Last edited by cncartist; 05-28-2016 at 07:12 PM. Reason: added link
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05-29-2016, 09:33 AM #1710
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