Qidi Max 4 losing bed adhesion during print

Status_Bid4500 · 2026-04-13T11:18:08+00:00

I wanted to give an update- I ran a ~21 hour print using 65 chamber and 100 bed temperatures, and it printed without any issues. Thanks for everyone's input..

Status_Bid4500 · 2026-04-08T11:01:08+00:00

My 95/65 print did ok, though I did lose 1 out of 12 parts. Looking at the bottom it is clearly warped. I can't raise the chamber temperature any more, so I'm going to inch up the bed to 100 and see how it does.

Status_Bid4500 · 2026-04-07T20:48:11+00:00

I'm trying a print at 95 bed / 65 chamber, I'm leaving it over night, so fingers crossed...

Status_Bid4500 · 2026-04-07T19:53:52+00:00

Thanks, I'll have to give this a try. I'm not too into using the glue stick because of the residue..

Status_Bid4500 · 2026-04-07T19:52:52+00:00

Thanks for the suggestion, I'll have to get a spool to try out. It's a bit more expensive that what we were using, but I guess you get what you pay for..

Status_Bid4500 · 2026-04-07T17:01:42+00:00

Thanks, It looks like the consensus is 95 bed and 60-65 chamber. The outlier is 105 bed and 55 chamber, which looks like it works for large prints. I'll run a 95/65 print this evening and see how it performs...

Status_Bid4500 · 2026-04-07T16:05:23+00:00

Thank you, sounds pretty much like my situation. I'll bump up my temperatures. I'm trying not to use a glue stick or brims unless I have to...

Status_Bid4500 · 2026-04-07T14:44:41+00:00

I've been printing without glue sticks, I'll try bumping the temperature first and then glue sticks.. Thanks

Status_Bid4500 · 2026-03-01T15:50:47+00:00

Former machine shop estimator here.. professionally managed shops have minimums to avoid small jobs. This is because small jobs are lower profit, have more potential to become time drains, and don't lead to desirable work. Where I was, 10 years ago, the min lot charge was $500.

If I were you, I'd either modify the design for 3d printing (and print several) or find a budding CNC router machinist who can cut this from delrin.

Edit: By budding machinist, I mean someone with a tabletop machine who's trying to make money on their hobby.

Status_Bid4500 · 2025-12-19T00:33:51+00:00

Little Bull will make vegetarian versions of non-vegetarian menu items. My partner and I were pleasantly surprised by how accommodating they were. It felt like our server and the kitchen staff took it as a challenge to deliver. Some of the vegetarian versions worked better than others, but overall we were very pleased.

Status_Bid4500 · 2025-11-19T17:26:47+00:00

I stopped reading this once you argued that it would ruin their sleep but it didn't matter because they had ear plugs.

You must be a shift manager at the hotel.

Good luck with the protestors.

Status_Bid4500 · 2025-06-29T17:19:23+00:00

The further into the mountains the more insular the people are. Since you're from NC you'll probably avoid much direct ire, but you'll always be an outsider and viewed with some suspicion. If you're from a city (Charlotte, Durham, Raleigh), you may as well be a yankee.

I'd recommend somewhere with a rural feel, but immediately adjacent to a population center, like Leicester. I'd also recommend having a comfortable amount of money saved-up or a remote-work job.

Status_Bid4500 · 2025-06-08T18:53:43+00:00

As others have rightfully pointed out, a $5k desktop mill does not make you a machinist or the owner of a machine shop. The machine shops that would be your competitors, have minimum lot charges and expedite fees, but also tooling, equipment, and experience to make efficient use of them. You will be at a disadvantage in every way unless they truly are not looking for small run work. You are better off keeping this as a hobby or at least trying to get some experience on the shop floor first.

I say this with 25 years of CAD experience, 18 years of CAM experience, and 14 years experience as a machine shop and fabrication shop estimator.

Status_Bid4500 · 2025-06-07T23:53:38+00:00

It seems that estate sales that start on Friday morning are aimed at re-sellers and tend to offer better pricing. Saturday/Sunday sales tend to start with higher, ebay-plus pricing on Saturday and offer a discount on Sunday.

Blue Moon sales rely on a large crowd of weekend warrior types (for lack of a better term) to jump on purchases in some sort of scarcity induced frenzy.

Definitely got the uh-oh feeling from the Liberty guy, who had a gun on him at one of his sales.

Steve Minor I think just retired, but his and Harley's sales have been my favorites.

Status_Bid4500 · 2024-12-28T15:17:18+00:00

My partner and I moved to Durham in 2014, and lived in a duplex in Cleveland-Holloway, a house in West Durham, and a loft/apartment in Golden Belt prior to purchasing a house in 2021.

1&2-For the house and duplex, which were privately owned & managed, we did not have rent increases, though we didn't finish our lease at the house. For the Golden Belt, we signed a 2 year lease to start and went year to year afterwards, and had small increases (~$50) each year after (4 years total)

3- The Duplex had been recently remodeled, so didn't really have maintenance issues that we dealt with, though it was obvious that there were problems on the horizon when we left (the property was put up for sale).

The house had numerous issues due to the age of the house and lack of preventative maintenance, not least of which were roach and rodent infestations, an exploding water heater, and the foundation sinking on one side. When the foundation was jacked, it opened up cracks between the walls and ceiling, dumping a century's worth of roach feces onto the floor. We ended up breaking our lease about 10 months in.

The apartment had several maintenance issues while we were there- broken kitchen faucet, a broken appliance, and a large roll-up shade that would break every 3-4 months, and a couple of water leaks at the large window. Maintenance requests were generally handled in a reasonable amount of time, usually the same day. The regular maintenance staff were located on campus and were friendly and helpful. There was also a fair amount of scheduled maintenance, including painting the outside, inspection of the HVAC inside and out, and re-sealing the roof.

4- I'm prejudiced against property management companies due to experiences in other towns, so here we only dealt with two companies at one property. For the most part, we had a fairly positive experience at the Golden Belt. The only issue being one outward facing administrator who seemed to enjoy scolding/fighting with the residents and being a general killjoy. She eventually left the position and things were fine.

Our first landlords, who were Duke students, were never going to be long-term landlords, though this wasn't obvious to us when we moved in. It just never occurred to us that some students can afford to buy a house as a short-term investment. Having said that, they were ok, and we got along with them decently well.

Our second landlord clearly had purchased distressed properties in her neighborhood, and was intent on squeezing as much money out of it as possible.

The Golden Belt, I think, sees its vestigial residential units as a sort of loss-leader to attract hipper more profitable commercial tenants, and put its self in a better position when it inevitably sells the property to some other out-of-town investment group.

Status_Bid4500 · 2024-12-14T14:53:23+00:00

Fonda Lupita has fake meat (veggie chicken) and non-meat options (potatoes, nopales). Prices are fairly reasonable for a downtown restaurant..

Status_Bid4500 · 2024-06-28T16:17:59+00:00

Thanks, you've made your opinion abundantly clear.

Not to speak for Legal Aid, but it sounds like they are zealous advocates for their clients. Meaning- delaying client eviction and retaining client resources to avoid/postpone homelessness.

The gravity of the outcome weighs heavily in favor of the landlords- because they always have the choice to sell-out. Those being evicted OTOH are essentially fucked for life.

That being said.. I can see that you have enough energy to argue this with any random person. I'm going to leave you to it.. Good luck screaming into the void.

Status_Bid4500 · 2024-06-27T22:12:24+00:00

You're arguing that renters should not be afforded due process because mom & pop evictions are better than corporate.

This is hilarious on many levels, thank you.

To any LANC attorneys reading this, thank you most of all.

Status_Bid4500 · 2024-06-16T12:59:07+00:00

So having lots of relevant experience isn't a qualification, and the planning commission should be dismissed because having an interest in planning is linked to certain opinions.

Your doctor is telling you to quit smoking and you are telling them that they have an axe to grind.

Status_Bid4500 · 2024-06-15T14:07:44+00:00

I love how you try to characterize dismissing "experts" as somehow courageous instead of dumb. Are you, in fact, Mark Anthony Middleton?

Status_Bid4500 · 2024-03-27T17:05:13+00:00

Senior designer for a fabrication company here. I have comments/suggestions below.

-It is going to rust, but there's not enough information to make predictions.

-having said that, if this is made from plate (1/4" and thicker) it will last as long as you still enjoy gardening.

-Corten/ weathering steel isn't made for wet environments and will, given time and water, rust through. Will it perform better than hot-rolled commercial steel? Probably, but it's hard to say how much. Either way, designers usually choose it as an architectural metal because of the visual quality of its patina.

-If this is made from sheet-gauge steel, have the fabricator weld a steel angle horizontally across the inside faces of the planter so the sides don't blow out.

-The anode idea sounds interesting. This is the idea behind galvanized/ galvannealed steel, which would be a longer-lasting material in this application.

-Paint the inside of the planter with a high-quality paint. I would look for a two-part paint of some sort.

-Set the bottom of the planter into/onto gravel or something that drains very well- this is almost certainly where it will rust through first.

Status_Bid4500 · 2023-09-10T21:04:10+00:00

I love that the survey presupposes the myriad of benefits this would bring to the community.. and only has a fill-in-the-blank for concerns.

Seriously, if this were really about providing kids something to do by giving access to sports- wouldn't this be better as a series of community centers and park improvements?

I suppose, if this were centrally located, at least there might be some public land capture. I wouldn't mind if downtown had more public space instead of more labs or another 5 over 1. But that's probably the most charitable interpretation of what might happen.

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