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Qidi X3 series printers initial calibration
Initial calibration to go thro for new Qidi X3 series printers. As an example will use X-Max 3, but same applies to all printers
Old printers
Qidi old printers. X-Max, X-Max II, i-Fast etc
X-3 Series Do's and Don'ts
Some basic user mistakes, printer errors or Klipper problems
X3 series spare parts
All kinds of official and unofficial Qidi X3 series printer parts
Maintenance
Maintenance of 3D printers
Banging, squeaking and other odd noises
All kinds of noises, that your printer shouldn't be making
Upgrades & updates
Contribute to OpenQIDI
How to contribute to OpenQIDI
WIP: Max volumetric speed calibration
Qidi own profiles are eagerly fast. For example their profile for Qidi own gray Rapido PLA max volumetric flow is set to 25mm³/s, while realistic quality print speed is more around 18-22mm³/s. Some lucky people have reported that they can also go up to 35-36mm...
Software
QIDI Print 6.5.3: https://drive.google.com/drive/u/0/folders/1Yr7Kv44XtYu31TZm2HehNrdMRkszEsRw
Loud banging, nozzle crashing
Nozzle crashing into bed Qidi printers have sensorless homing. Stepper motors can detect when the printhead stalls and tells the printer it hits something Doing bed leveling from screen and after it finishes sending "bed calibrate" from Fluidd. It's Klippe...
Nozzles
Official nozzles Qidi has their own nozzle standard (19mm length) which is shared across all 3 printers: X-Max 3, X-Plus 3 and X-Smart 3 (also used by the Q1 Pro, but it uses a different unique hotend). You can buy them directly from their website:- Copper p...
Which lube to use
In short, Synthetic Greases with PTFE, especially good ones are Super Lube 21014, SL21030 and 41150. They are all the same, just different bottle sizes. SuperLube also sell ~200kg (~440lbs) trums, 1ml (1cc) packets and everything in-between If using carbon-fi...
What and how to lubricate?
3D printer has several moving parts. Main things are toolhead and bed. Toolhead moves in X and Y directions, bed moves in Z direction Cleaning and greasing rods should be done every month on heavy usage or at least once per three months Also read: Which lube...
Toolhead crashing
Sadly, all kinds of toolhead crashes are quite common Bed is rising up, doesn't stop and crashes into nozzle Solution: Turn off printer from power switch in the back. Wait ~10 sec, move toolhead to center of printer, if bed is really close to nozzle, move i...
Movements squeaky
X-Smart 3, or any other model with carbon-fiber rods In case of toolhead movements on carbon fiber rods cause squeaky sound clean the rods with soft cloth and "run the printer in". It's normal that they make some sound but it should go away after some hours o...
WIP: Belts tensioning
There's cool tool that helps with tensioning: https://github.com/Frix-x/klippain-shaketune > McSneaky:> Got it working following their tutorial? Or had to hack on something? > MickNugget:> Just a little, basically search all it's files for printer_data/confi...
Bed leveling / tramming
Adjusting bed leveling screws It's useful to adjust screws, if bed is tilted or some corners of the bed are off It can be done manually moving printhead from corner to corner using paper and manually adjusting screws until all 4 corners feel the same. Or can...
Cartographer installation with Qidi stock firmware
Cartographer is Eddy current bed probe, which makes bed meshing a lot faster and a lot more percise. There are several such probes out there. Most known is Beacon, which is made by US fellas, Cartographer, which is made by UK fellas and quite some of them in A...
Updating and Flashing the the Toolhead MCU
By Einlander The Qidi 3 series toolhead is based on the Makerbase THR36 and THR42 toolheads (https://github.com/makerbase-mks/MKS-THR36-THR42-UTC). Flashing the qidi toolhead is a similar experience. They both use a Raspberry Pi 2040 MCU and can/are controlled...
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Beacon Rev H Probe Installation
In case you need the mount for Rev H check this one out. https://www.printables.com/model/727356-qidi-x-3-series-beacon-rev-h-probe-mount-further-i
Shaketune Klippain Belt Magic
You want to use the fantastic Shaketune Repo for your Qidi? Note: latest version of Klippain requires an updated version of Klipper. Therefore it is not possible to achieve the installation of Klippain following the guide below. Older version of Klippain 2...
Make WiFi work on vanilla Klipper Qidi machines with Tenda dongle and RTL8188GU chip
You have a Vanilla Klipper installed on your machine!? To enable WiFi on the Qidi machine a kernel module has to be loaded and will manage the WiFi dongle present in your machine. Qidi machines coming with a Tenda technlogies dongle equipped with RTL8188GU...
Cartographer probe installation on vanilla Klipper
Disclamer All actions are at your own risk. Modifying the printer in this way will invalidate the warranty! None of us are responsible for any problems associated with this manual. If you do not feel comfortable with the steps shown on this page - STOP. Befo...