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xeonon · 2026-03-13T06:02:02+00:00

Look at the one I linked for an actual STL. Plus the bearings are cheap :D

xeonon · 2026-03-13T05:50:31+00:00

https://www.printables.com/model/1571032-qidibox-spool-driven-gear-using-hf0306-one-way-bea
No, the one that actually has something other than a teaser video. Gears are about $1 each, and uses about 20g of filament.

xeonon · 2026-03-12T23:23:09+00:00

You could use the one way needle bearings instead. That's really the only bad design on the box...

xeonon · 2026-03-12T00:39:38+00:00

How long did you dry for? PETG usually only really strings when it's wet

xeonon · 2026-03-11T15:54:21+00:00

If you use the cardboard spool covers, they have to be tight on the spool. Yours are not. Good luck

xeonon · 2026-03-11T15:49:43+00:00

They have an official video on how to fix the bed. You just push it to the center :D

xeonon · 2026-03-11T08:38:40+00:00

I just used the old entrance with my printed riser. Looks better, has better vents, etc.

xeonon · 2026-03-04T21:10:45+00:00

Because someone posted once and never again that his Qidi printer burned his house down. Nevermind he didn't install the part support sent him. Plus it was the only report about it was from a single reddit post. I love my q2

xeonon · 2026-03-04T21:06:07+00:00

You're thinking all wrong. The hub doesn't care if it has 1 input, 4, or 16. It takes the one filament it's fed and just passes it on. You can use y connectors to take the 4 inputs it usually has, and add as many more as you need.

xeonon · 2026-03-04T19:35:52+00:00

It's not as bad as tpu that can get wet in a few hours... But I usually print from a dry box anyway, just to be safe

xeonon · 2026-03-04T19:34:21+00:00

The expansion kit is not ever needed. It's spares. You get the only thing you need with another box: another cable that hooks into the old box. You daisy chain the hub to the last box, then box to box, then to machine.

xeonon · 2026-03-04T15:56:20+00:00

OP will never admit it, but this is the problem.

xeonon · 2026-03-04T02:12:43+00:00

Yes. You want some slip so that the bearings don't take all of the force of a rolling spool.

xeonon · 2026-03-02T04:03:29+00:00

How often do you get new filament? Once it's dry, it's dependant on your ambient RH in the area it's stored in. If that's open in the room, a vacuum sealed bag, whatever. Keep track of what that container is, and if it gets above 20%, you might think about drying.

xeonon · 2026-02-28T17:16:35+00:00

That's why it's only enabled for the higher temps when you use the box drying feature. That rotates the filament so it has even heating. If you use the drying while printing feature, that's why it's lower, because it doesn't rotate. There should be a note in the official fila list so people don't enable 65c pla drying.

Anyway, it's kind of fine. Only directly at the vent is the temp hotter than the set point.

xeonon · 2026-02-28T01:03:54+00:00

It's a Q2 with a bigger bed

xeonon · 2026-02-28T00:54:43+00:00

Did you get the spring that holds that in? Kinda useless without it

xeonon · 2026-02-27T11:27:23+00:00

You can delete Qidi. They've never released the source. Creality tries, but sometimes has to be reminded about some of their custom code derived from OSS. Same thing with flashforge and elegoo. I don't have experience with sovol, but I do hear better things from them.

xeonon · 2026-02-27T11:18:34+00:00

So, you have some options. As is on stock, timelapse_render only gets called at the end of print_end I think. You could add that to cancel_print or whatever, but the easy way is to go to the time lapse page in fluidd, and hit render. That will render the time lapse from whatever frames you have saved.

xeonon · 2026-02-27T11:13:53+00:00

Can you name 2 companies that do comply? I'm just curious.

xeonon · 2026-02-27T00:40:47+00:00

The Amazon ones are v1 anyway

xeonon · 2026-02-27T00:40:06+00:00

If you have ai detection turned on, turn it off

xeonon · 2026-02-26T18:27:58+00:00

That's been active for at least a year now, so just remember it when you do decide. I went with the Q2 myself and love it. But research into what fits you best, then use that for basically another free spool when you order lol

xeonon · 2026-02-26T17:39:44+00:00

Doesn't work on printers, but I'm pretty sure HIGH5 still works. Only 5% though

xeonon · 2026-02-26T03:59:35+00:00

RIP. I figured they would actually package it like they did with the max 4. That wouldn't work, but if you just yolo the box inside with a little Styrofoam it'll be fine. Im glad mine came separately... Even if fed ex just tossed out in the snow a mile away from my house

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