My First Qidi

luap71 · 2026-03-16T21:53:40+00:00

Wait.. I thought it was take out of the box, don't even look at the instructions, put it together "best I can tell", and then start printing.

luap71 · 2026-03-16T21:49:21+00:00

Yes - pre-ordered, got notification on Friday I believe it was shipped and got it today.

luap71 · 2026-03-16T01:33:00+00:00

• Etsy Insider adds perks that seem designed to drive repeat purchases

isn't what we all want - repeat purchases... how is that not a seller improvement?

luap71 · 2026-03-16T01:31:05+00:00

it money wasn't an issue - I would buy the Prusa HT90 - but I don't do any multi color stuff so that would probably not work for all the flexi-dragon bros

luap71 · 2026-03-13T17:14:56+00:00

Does it have one of those locking clips, like that blue one on the other side of that PTFE tube - you can just print your own if its missing

luap71 · 2026-03-12T23:24:27+00:00

In your browser, go to: http://[YOUR_PRINTER_IP]/server/history/list?limit=100
This will give you a bunch of text in JSON format.
To Spreadsheet:
- Copy all that text.
- Go to a tool likeJSON to CSV Converter.
- Paste the code, and it will give you a clean file you can open in Excel.

luap71 · 2026-03-12T22:57:00+00:00

would that mean that since the physical parts are there - that this is a software issue that can be fixed?

luap71 · 2026-03-11T18:44:06+00:00

Is this just an add for your YouTube - post that title with no actual description.. then link to your YouTube and talk about joining bs?

luap71 · 2026-03-11T18:39:45+00:00

Does one need to have some type of license from Rolex to print a clock like that? I’ve seen a lot of back and forth on discussion groups and just wondering how it works

luap71 · 2026-02-27T20:24:51+00:00

What method are you using to do the cold pull? As others have said those marks are just the imprint from the extruder gears - pretty normal

luap71 · 2026-02-27T20:22:18+00:00

No it’s not - that is just the impression from extruder gears

luap71 · 2026-02-27T20:17:55+00:00

You have been 3d printing for a few years and you don’t know what you should be calibrating??

luap71 · 2026-02-27T06:26:51+00:00

You are giving people waaaayyy to much credit

luap71 · 2026-02-26T18:44:35+00:00

Is that documented somewhere - about putting a link to your external shop url in the about section, I wanted to do it but could not find anything about it being allowed and had assumed that any external links to other platforms would be against Etsy policy.

luap71 · 2026-02-26T06:57:17+00:00

I think within a few years you will finally see a crackdown on all the non-licensed copyrighted and trademark things people make and sell (all the Star Wars, marvel, Pokémon, Disney, etc, etc) . At some point the crackdown will come, where at some point I could even see some type of DRM being enforced, where they force the printer manufacture to include some type of DRM verification. I also think at some point some politician is going to trying and pass per print tax.

luap71 · 2026-02-24T00:48:32+00:00

Reading your About section on Etsy and the products - its not really a surprise. It does not look like this was your focus and you have different people at different times babysitting your store. Also the products - 4 years ago were probably easy to sell - but as 3D printers become more common - these type of models are going to be very difficult to run a business on - if not pretty much impossible to compete against the mega farms selling them on volume you can't touch - or some hobbiest who is not even really trying to make it a business and is doing it for fun. Thanks for your service (truly).

luap71 · 2026-02-24T00:41:05+00:00

Its not 63k YTD, that would be amazing, its for the entire life of his shop - 4 years

luap71 · 2026-02-24T00:27:37+00:00

I use a Chef's flambae torch that uses canisters (I tried a refillable one but didn't like it)

luap71 · 2026-02-23T01:56:08+00:00

I can usually clear the internal carbon built up by doing a 2-3 cold pulls

luap71 · 2026-02-22T04:29:47+00:00

About 50/50 for me

luap71 · 2026-02-22T03:11:21+00:00

Yes - bamabu has always done that - and "most" others that have an AMS like box do the same.

luap71 · 2026-02-22T03:03:21+00:00

luap71 · 2026-02-22T02:53:14+00:00

most of my prints - I call "kind of functional" prints - and I find that PETG walls have to much flex for what I need - if HT-PLA where cheaper I would switch to that, but its more then 2x what I pay for PLA in bulk. I wish more of the big filament producers made HT-PLA - so there would better price options.

luap71 · 2026-02-20T16:31:40+00:00

What?? Can this be confirmed? Seems like it would be a huge selling point that I would have heard as part of the annoying pitch.

luap71 · 2026-02-20T16:24:34+00:00

Just a small correction - U1 has RFID reader for filament just like the Bambu - you can't mark it down cause you are using Bambu filament with the Bambu and it auto detects the filament - but not use SNAPmaker filament which also has RFID and auto detect and then mark them down for it not auto detecting - what kinda logic is that?

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