Results 2,981 to 2,990 of 4110
Thread: Qidi Tech 1 - Replicator 1 clone
-
08-29-2016, 04:30 PM #2981
- Join Date
- Jun 2016
- Location
- Oklahoma
- Posts
- 902
Kudos to QIDI!! They are really making a great effort on their machines.
I contacted them about getting a few new thermocoupler's for the X-ONE machine and they have them in the mail already!!
-
08-29-2016, 04:48 PM #2982
-
08-29-2016, 05:03 PM #2983
- Join Date
- Jun 2016
- Location
- Oklahoma
- Posts
- 902
None of the above. Nozzle is fine, heat is 200+ and the filament is free to move.
The extruder runs for about 10 seconds then starts clicking repetitively for a few seconds then extrudes for about 10 seconds and starts clicking again. It does this in cycles if you let it go that long.
-
08-29-2016, 05:22 PM #2984
- Join Date
- Mar 2016
- Posts
- 29
-
08-29-2016, 07:57 PM #2985
- Join Date
- Jun 2016
- Location
- Oklahoma
- Posts
- 902
-
08-30-2016, 07:40 AM #2986
- Join Date
- Jun 2016
- Location
- Oklahoma
- Posts
- 902
Question: Been printing with MG Crystal PLA, nice stuff. I did a few test prints on the new FFCP at 200, 210 and 220. An initial look at the prints and they all seem about the same, I will look in more detail tonight. What advice might you guys have for determining a good temp to print at? If I don't see any difference let's say in the part at 200 versus the one at 220 is one temp better than another?
One thing I still am going to test is a model with some height to it to see how the temp affects the color and clarity of the print.
-
08-30-2016, 08:46 AM #2987
-
08-30-2016, 10:30 AM #2988
- Join Date
- May 2016
- Location
- Annapolis, MD
- Posts
- 523
I run the MG Crystal PLA at 230/60. I know that's extreme. On my QiDi it seems to have the best bed adhesion on 1/4" glass and the least stringing at that temp. I have not noticed any degradation in color or clarity. In general, I don't get the same fine detail w/ the Crystal that I can get with the opaque MG Maker PLA, and it definitely is more stringy.
I just started trying the MG Raptor PLA again (230/60), and the prints still look excellent. I had an extruder jam on my 3rd print with Raptor PLA the 1st time I tried to use it a few months ago, but I am giving it another chance. I gotta say the Raptor stuff prints beautifully, and does not warp or shrink like ABS. It acts like PLA in the warp-age and shrink-age departments. Just hoping it doesn't jam up in my stock QiDi extruder. TBD.
-
08-30-2016, 11:48 AM #2989
- Join Date
- Jun 2016
- Location
- Oklahoma
- Posts
- 902
I have run the Crystal down to 180, bed adhesion has not been an issue. However, I was starting the bed at 70-75 and walking it down every few layers until I hit 55. I am backing off that to start at 65 now and see how it goes.
On mine 190 is where the stringing stops on any PLA, 195 and game on for stringing. I have been reading up on and looking at how temp affects color. It seems with some stuff as temp changes the color/material can go from a mat like finish to more glossy.
I am just wondering what I am looking for to tell that I have hit the upper limit on temp ... aside from a boiling molten blob from the extruder!!
Although I am a big QIDI fan - this FFCP has worked without issue so far. Did a 7 hour print that was a thin 147mm tall with the blue Crystal and it went off without a hitch!
-
08-30-2016, 04:33 PM #2990
- Join Date
- Jun 2016
- Location
- Oklahoma
- Posts
- 902
Anyone given this site a shot yet? Just found it but haven't looked into it at all.
https://makeprintable.com/
My 3D Norn Emissary print
09-13-2024, 02:28 AM in 3D Printing Gallery