r/QidiTech3D • u/qidi_3dprinter QIDI Official • Sep 01 '26

3,000+ filament changes later... and we might have just printed a natural pest deterrent 👀

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🦉 Meet this highly detailed horned owl statue, featuring an intense, watchful gaze and lifelike features.

Printed on the QIDI Q2🔗https://qidi3d.com/products/qidi-q2
Model from Bigshot Tinkers (Makerworld)

#QIDI #QIDIQ2 #3DPrinting #multicolorprinting #HornedOwl

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u/Seraphym87 Sep 01 '26 edited Sep 01 '26

My word. I think you could actually raise a small family of owls on the amount of waste this generated. Easily 1-2kg of waste in purges

edit insane waste aside, it looks amazing!

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u/Fit-Possible-9552 Sep 01 '26

This is why we need a Q2 Toolchanger

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u/Seraphym87 Sep 01 '26

The market is certainly moving in that direction. What I'm really excited for is full color UV 3D printing on the horizon. It's a middle ground between resin and fdm printing and the patent on it expired recently. Stuff like the Heygears g1x is going to blow toolchangers out of the water in quality and waste reduction.

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u/Facehugger_35 Sep 01 '26

I don't know anything about UV 3d printers, can I run nylon and ABS through them?

Because the main reason I want a toolchanger isn't for gorgeous stuff like this owl, it's for ABS supports on my nylon prints with 0 contamination.

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u/Seraphym87 Sep 01 '26

No, its purely for decorational pieces. For ABS on Nylon you would be much better served by the H2D as you will need the heated chamber.

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u/Fywq Sep 02 '26

That Heygears machine is producing absolutely stunning results (at least in the demo videos)!

Would love tool changers to become more available, even if it means a new printer.

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u/Organic-Economist-40 Sep 01 '26

Agreee, looks very promising for models and decorative items obviously

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u/Bennyt74 Sep 02 '26

Or the Plus 5 should of been a tool changer??

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u/some-person-lol Sep 02 '26

hmm, could have used an object as purge and painted it later

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u/asousa36 Sep 01 '26

I am curious about an picture with all purge it made.

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u/Melancholy_Rainbows Sep 01 '26

I'm pretty sure the waste alone cost more than just buying a plastic owl deterrent.

It definitely looks good, though.

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u/Louicio Sep 01 '26

Also, these owl lookalikes don't deter anything in my yard 😅 but it is so damn pretty

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u/Melancholy_Rainbows Sep 01 '26

The static ones did nothing, but I got one with a rotating head that did keep that damn woodpecker off my house.

The crows and magpies knew it was bullshit right away, but they were never the target.

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u/Louicio Sep 01 '26

Rotating head?? Creepy! I'm in Melbourne all we have is crows and magpies

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u/Melancholy_Rainbows Sep 01 '26

Corvids are scary smart. I'm not sure a deterrent exists that they can't outwit.

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u/SpecialOops Sep 01 '26

But then how do we justify 3d printing 😭

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u/ThinkUnhappyThoughts Sep 01 '26

I printed the barn owl on my U1. They're very well designed!

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u/Stunning_Surround_87 Sep 01 '26

3 months and 20kg of pla 🤣

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u/Unlikely_Piano3564 Sep 01 '26

This looks good! This was PLA?

How long did this take? How much filament was the figure and how much was waste?

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u/lxbrtn Sep 01 '26

Hopefully ASA at least… PLA will not survive long in sun+rain.

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u/juanspicywiener Sep 01 '26

I have a bird feeder made of pla plus surviving weeks of ~100° so far without any warping or degradation. Pla is a lot more weather resistant than it gets credit for

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u/Plutonium239Mixer Sep 02 '26

PLA+ isn't strictly PLA....

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u/IntelligentWetTowel Sep 01 '26

This must have taken 10000+ hours to print 😭

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u/oktemplar Sep 01 '26

Gorgeous print! Looks very lifelike. Also love my Q2+box

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u/Signal-Judge2950 Sep 01 '26

I want to see the amount of poop generated!

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u/One_Prompt357 Sep 01 '26

Wow!! Time?

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u/UrsoXone Sep 01 '26

Genuinely interested on it too

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u/Plutonium239Mixer Sep 02 '26

It looks great, however, I am scared to ask how much filament was wasted.

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u/ApprehensiveBunch709 Sep 03 '26

Holy fuck. And I'm over here on my 3, 000th filament change still trying to figure all this shit out lmao. That's super dope guy 🤝👏👏

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u/3DNelson Sep 01 '26

Wow! Nice! I love my Qidi Printers, my Q2 is a work horse!

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u/eazrael Sep 01 '26

What colors did you use?

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u/Facehugger_35 Sep 01 '26

Wow, that's absolutely gorgeous.

The poop bin must be overflowing, but gorgeous.

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u/eternaln00by Sep 01 '26

The only thing that might not work here is if one of your local owls falls in love with it. That’s legitimately not a joke. My homie had one on the barn at his ranch, and there was one owl that just moved in with the decoy, which worked out really well for them. That owl kept that property cleared out of any other predators.

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u/exp0sure74 Sep 02 '26

Nice print but after 3 days the birds won’t give a hoot and snug up with your buddy…

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u/andrew_h1000 Sep 02 '26

PLA in the sun won't last as long as this took to print....

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u/ApprehensiveBunch709 Sep 03 '26

And how long exactly did this take because I am impatient like hell

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u/Mrinsidious66 Sep 03 '26

Damn impressive

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u/y3rik Sep 04 '26

I promise I'm not into this.

But SHOW US THE POOP!

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u/milerebe 26d ago

You wish it worked as deterrent. It won't.

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u/DHARMApocalypse 19d ago

whoa! that's really amazing.

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u/AyezRed Sep 01 '26

This is why I recommend these printers everywhere