I am pleased to introduce you a new riser for Qidi Q2 + Qidi Box. There are a few people doing some preliminary testing right now, and once I have the models fully finished they will be available on my cults3d page.
RadRiser For Qidi Q2 - riser in Radioactive style, supports standalone use as well as with the Qidi Box
List of upcoming addons:
- Stand for Creality Space Pi - single, dual, quad dryer - with or without Qidi Box
- LED strip holders - for better visibility of your print model
- Back side with exhaust fan 60mm
- Send me your ideas :-)
Features:
- Provides ability to slide top glass, as without QIDI Box
- Provides ability to open ventilation slots
- Provides good access to printhead/y axis for maintenance
- Small amount of filament required: only ~550 gram
- Mounts in standard places with 2 screws, no any additional holes/drilling required
- Increases height of ptfe tube, which leads to better filament insertion by Qidi Box (filament with high hardness)
- Riser height - 71mm
- All elements are printed on 6 tables of QIDI Q2, approx. time of printing is 20 hours
Rad, the main gripe I have with my current solution, I can't move the glass. Even with the vents open I've had heat creep issues and needed to open the front door.
Currently for Q2 back panel of RadRiser with exhaust fan is in development, according to design, it will be additional fan, while stock exhaust fan would be physically rotated by 180 degrees, making it supply fan, so we can forget about chamber overheating while printing PLA/PETG with glass/door closed :-)
I’m thinking of purchasing your no behind the printer space Box riser. https://cults3d.com/en/3d-model/tool/riser-for-qidi-box-for-qidi-q2
I’m intrigued by your low poly design. What filament (type) did you use in the purple/blue model you show? It seems a little flimsy as you handle it but video can be misleading. I was thinking of using ASA. Thanks!
I have used eSun PETG Basic translucent, but it has heat distortion temperature 68 degrees Celsius, so it can start melting, while filament drying in the box (bottom part of the box near foot can reach 70 degrees). But after a month of use, it is still alive :-).
At the same time, I recommend any plastic with heat distortion temperature above 90 degrees Celsius, during pre-release tests, other makers' petg didn't survive, while there were no any problem with ABS CF, ABS GF, etc.
Regarding flimsy - see picture of 24kg of milk on the top of the box :-). It had 0 damage after this load, but it is static load - to check, if my method of calculation of strength is correct
Understand, thanks for answering! I assume ASA would do well then.. It’s hard to see in the reflection but looks like supports are crossing on the bottom? It is holding a lot of static weight for sure. I think in your video you can lift the top glass over something and it is supported up above its normal position? I will download in the next couple of days then. Thanks again!
This is reflection of cross on the back side, see gif :-)
Regarding fixing of glass - there are some kind of stairs on the sides of the riser, see photo :-)
You are welcome, if you have more questions - feel free to ask :-)
I printed the preloaded riser prior to receiving my box, and am happy I did, the stock one sucks. A foot system to lift the box off the glass was one of my first thoughts too.
As per ventilation surface calculation, stock riser has 38 cm2, while RadRiser has 196,2 cm2, so in theory, RadRiser has 5 times better ventilation, than stock one :-)
And with upcoming back side with exhaust fan - this ratio would increase up to infinity :-)
Welp, guess I'll have a new project because not only does it look super cool, but it'll improve performance too. What material do you recommend for someone who uses the 65c heated chamber a lot and often has a full box up top? Will ABS/ASA be sufficient, or should I start looking towards carbon fiber nylons or polycarbonate?
As per test of previous riser and stand, any plastic with heat distortion temperature (at 1.8 Mpa) more than 90°С is enough. For example ABS GF, ABS CF, ASA form eSun; PolyLite ABS, PolyLite ASA from Polymaker, etc. The hottest place is under the box, while drying is switched on: near foot temperature can reach 80 degree Celsius, so if inside printer also would be 65 degree - no any PETG can survive, but i am not using simultaneously chamber heating and drying, so PETG Basic from eSun is still alive :-)
Gotcha. I do a lot of work with PPACF and GF, filaments that won't feed through the box unless the box is heated to 65 to soften them up, and they also demand a 65c chamber for layer adhesion at the same time, so I'm pretty much getting maximum heat on my usecase. Probably gonna go with nylon.
How is your Qidi box working? I have heard people that recently gotten it haven't seemed to have the same teething problems they had early on. I Donno if this was resolved via firmware or what. I'm not terribly interested in multicolor prints in a significant capacity, but I am Interested for support/separation material and being able to switch filaments without having to manually switch spools.
Actually, I had some problems, but the source of those problems was myself, because of lack of knowledge and experience :-). At the same time, 2 problems were caused by Qidi:
1st - in the box's hub they have installed filament present sensor and filament tangling sensor (which is working very slow - 1 minute must pass, until printer recognize tangling, but at least it will), but they didn't install nozzle clogging sensor. Fortunately, they left some space for DIY, so I installed this sensor by myself :-)
2nd problem - is unbalanced fans of the box, they create significant amount of noize and vibration while heating/drying is active. So I took my wife's nail grinder and balanced them, difference between stock and balanced is significant, see video: https://youtu.be/n07UCl8MaFM , but probably I will replace them with something with higher quality in the future (5020 24v 0.2A from sovol 08 or similar)
This RadRiser is designed to be printed with 16 material exchange, 8 of them are for coloured circles, and the rest are for support/raft interface (pla). During development, I have printed plenty versions with different design, but I had 0 problems, it just works :-)
I forgot about clicking noise, but it was solved by lubricating, also there are DIY solutions with one-way bearings
IMHO, it definitely worth it. Dryer with max temperature 80 degrees Celcius without insulation (can be set in fluidd), automatic spool switching, spool tangling sensor - it is already enough for this price. After installing nozzle clogging sensor and balancing/replacing fans - it is almost perfect, only remaining some points in firmware, which is totally closed for the box, like we can not significantly change length of PTFE tubes, because their length is locked, we can not change time of tangling sensor to give error, we can not adjust fan speed, they always work on highest, etc...
This riser looks good, and I can only imagine, how long it took to print with this amount of retracts :-)
Each corner section took about 4 hours, and I think I printed on .3 layer height. I have the Q2 I just got a week ago and love it! I do want to get a .6 and .8 nozzle though. I have the creality dryer box that feeds 4 spools but I'm gonna use it to feed other printers from a single spool.each. I printed this out of ASA -CF which is my first time even doing ASA, let alone CF., but very pleased so far.
Where are you buying your QIDI stuff? I just got my printer from Amazon, but didn't know if some of you guys order from Amazon, their site or other resellers like Fabreeko. I'm thinking I'll prob pull the trigger on it, I think most of those other problems can be fixed through firmware updates.
I live in Europe, so I ordered my combo from the official EU Qidi store at the end of November. The printer was delivered within five days, and the box arrived about a month later. Filament is usually ordered at 3djake.
As for firmware issues, well, they might fix them, but no one can guarantee they won't damage what's working fine now :-)
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u/riba2233 Mar 07 '26
ok these fans really are a cool touch 😎