I recently bought a QIDI Tech 1 Dual Extrusion printer and while the first print was okay, all my later attempts have messed up. It looks like the printer puts down one layer, then thinks the next layer is a few centimeters over instead of on top of the first one. It continues this pattern until it’s extruding off the plate. Any ideas how to fix this?
I was using the Makerware slicer for a print of multiple items and this happened, and I tried it with a single item and it still happened. When I contacted QIDI support and printed their test file, it still happened.
If it matters I’m using HIPS/ABS, 250C/230C and 110C plate temp.
I thought it might have to do with my home offsets (from factory they are 150x, 75y, 0z, is that right?) but customer service says the default is correct.
Temps won’t affect that, and even something mechanical like a really loose belt wouldn’t cause it to progress to the left on each layer like that.
Are you able to try a different slicer like Cura, Slic3r, or Repetier? I suspect it is something wrong with how you’ve set up Makerware.
First 250 is way to high a temp for this machine in its stock configuration. It has PTFE tubes and anything over 235 or so will start to damage them. If you are going to print materials that require higher temps you will need to switch to all metal hot ends.
Your off sets are half the bed dimension. So they are about 125, 75.
Next, get something other than Makerware. Flashprint should work ok and there are other free options. But in Makerware what printer did you select? It should be the Replicator 1 (Dual), anything else and that is most likely the issue.
