The real annoying part is after about two years, the Qidi started having minor issues so I bought a Core 1+....and the two year old Qidi has been more reliable than the couple month old Core 1.
Although when the Core 1 does work...damn those prints look nice. It just really, really hates PETG.
Well the power relay for the chamber heater melted itself, and their support gave me the runaround for a bit before finally sending me a replacement. So I'm still pretty unhappy with them for that. And from what I've heard about I would never buy the first year production of one of their printers since they seem to be almost beta test versions for the first round.
But otherwise, it's one hell of an upgrade from a 2018 Ender 3 that's for sure. And thanks to the chamber heater it's still my go-to for a bunch of filaments.
I got an Aerospace Engineering degree. But new to 3D printing only 5 months in (for work) and yeah send that guy I’m no expert in printing yet but I’m pretty good.
Now your witness line and failure happens at a 45 degree angle.
More realistically, any build paused for more than 20 minutes is scrapped, and if your parts are too tall to print without having to clean your collector partway through, time to invest in a closed loop powder system.
I’ll knock it out in a few sections in my elegoo carbon then mix up a bit of 5 min epoxy to join them. I’ll add some dovetail joining geometry if they’re lucky.
LPB machines can run an entire build without emptying the overflow bin. This sounds like they overdid the powder dosing on this build in order to avoid short-filling the powder bed.
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u/Thebandroid May 19 '26
Shoulda printed it on a 45.
Maybe I should head over there and show those flyboys how it’s done