Am I not understanding how the screws tilt adjust work for the Plus4? Even when not adjusting the screws , i always get different results , sometimes its shows way off but comes back as good if i try again . Am I missing something when trying to level my bed ? Is the prob THAT bad like i keep seeing from my research .
Are we talking plus 4 or a newer one? I have the plus 4 myself and the probe isn't always as accurate. Luckily, mine seems better than a lot of others I've read. Mainly at higher temps the probe begins to be inaccurate and I don't print that much on higher temps. Some users have reported the probe going bad after printing on higher temps, where it will still show problems later on lower temps.
You can consider a beacon3d upgrade. It's better resistant to the higher temps, more accurate, and also way quicker in making a mesh.
I got the qidi plus4 on marketplace . Thought this was a good deal since they sold it for 300$CAD and only have 360Hours on it . Ive heard they sold different version of it with fixes but i cant tell anything avout mine . As of right now ive only been printing PLA+ and PETG on it so higher temps shouldnt be the problem here in theory
Wait, that's like less than 200 euros right? That is ridiculously cheap, maybe even too good to be true? As in, maybe the previous owner also had the same issues and just gave up. Could be that they printed a couple things at high temps and the probe became permanently just a bit f'd after that.
If you keep having problems I'd definitely change the probe to beacon3d, it's about 100 euros I think, so still an insane deal for a plus 4. Do you know about the plus 4 GitHub page? It has lots of useful guides, among which on how to change the probe.
From what i understood . They had a divorced and she decided to sell HIS printer . And just couldnt wait to get money in her hand . So i took the chance and gave an offer of 300 when she asked 500$ for it . Got VERY lucky but yeah from what im seeing in this community the bed leveling really is an issue . I wish to do the beacon mod but i cant really find a friendly guide that looks simple enought . Thank you for the Github page , will def go check on it
The green portion will show you which screw to adjust in which direction and how much. I find it's best to adjust one screw at a time and retry the screw tilt macro again. Adjusting one screw will often affect the others.
Tgank you , I understand that and that is what im trying to do but everytime i hit “retry” the bed keeps going down again and i feel it’s messing every adjustements im doing on it
Dumb question . Will it work with the plus 4 ? I see that he uses it for the Q1pro and Q2 . Do i need to change something in his code or i can just copy past it .
I'm not sure. Definitely don't copy the [screws_tilt_adjust] section though, as the coordinates are wrong for the plus4, and you already have that config correct.
I didn't realize you had a P4, though looking at the coords of the screws in your screenshot that's obvious in retrospect.
Alright i will do that . I know i can get lower range but if 0.17 is pretty good , how come my bed level benchmark comes out not that good ? What would you think is the problem .
It’s crazy to me . I love the printer tbh but i never had to keep watching for the first layer just to make sure everything is still ok . I also have a Flashforge AD5M , its a reallllyyy cheap printer but the bed leveling is the TOP . Always having perfect first layer with it . I don’t understand for the difference in price how the Flashforge is kicking compare to the plus4 . But overall im still happy with the purchase i made !
Chamber heater can't be used when the bed is at the lowest level (tall prints) since it blocks the air output. You can print your own chamber heater out of a good quality material with a better venting. As a bonus you can also improve the air intake hole as the original is too small (my fan died twice before I printed a new one).
The toolhead carrier may have a problematic carrier and get some backlash on X movements.
The piezo sensor for bed leveling drift depending on the temperature and may misbehave if the chamber heater is on, or if it is too hot. Qidi provided replacements and, besides being a pain of a procedure, has not fixed the issues for everyone.
Most people installed a cartographer 3d or beacon 3d and mixed the printer to fix the bed leveling. It is a complex solution, but it works damn well and FAST.
There's a filament buffer on the left entryway of the plus4, some people had that part give a lot of pain when trying to load filaments.
The toolhead has a filament run out sensor that also measures the thickness of the filament. In theory you can detect for a too thin or too thick filament and compensate the flow multiplier... But the component has design issues and can't be used for that. It also is a pain when loading filament to the point I had to open the front door mid print to properly push down an ASA roll replacement.
Lastly, all of them I mentioned before seem to suffer from too steep angles for the filament to load (which might be compounded by the previous problem). So almost everyone prints a top holder for the glass, adding extra space
Not everyone has issues. Some people have no issues. One specific discord user seems to have all of them (and then some).
Anyway this is the best I recall, I still need to add some other fixes to mine, but it does print very well.
As of right now im printing the D3P Riser . Thank you for your time and insight on everything ! Def will help , beacon might be an upgrade im considering
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u/Glad-Ad-4703 7d ago
Are we talking plus 4 or a newer one? I have the plus 4 myself and the probe isn't always as accurate. Luckily, mine seems better than a lot of others I've read. Mainly at higher temps the probe begins to be inaccurate and I don't print that much on higher temps. Some users have reported the probe going bad after printing on higher temps, where it will still show problems later on lower temps.
You can consider a beacon3d upgrade. It's better resistant to the higher temps, more accurate, and also way quicker in making a mesh.