Qidi X-Max : X-Carriage : V6 Retrofit

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To All, Sorry for the lack of responses. Things got busy and I simply haven't been able to keep an eye on this project. We have had good luck with this printer retrofit, and overall I do think it is an improvement over stock, but there is a lot of adjusting, tuning, programming, etc. to be done to make it perfect. I would generally not recommend someone do this unless they are interested in the experience rather than the end result. If I were to do it all over again, I would have just gotten a nicer (Modix, in likelyhood) 3D printer to start with. I will not be updating or watching this thing, but I highly encourage anyone interested to take the files provided and run with them. Sorry I couldn't be more helpful to people looking forward to this, but time has become scarce and valuable to me recently! Good luck! --------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Original Post: I designed this to replace the, in my opinion, poorly designed hotend on the QIDI X-Max (may be the same for other QIDI printers, but I don't know for sure). This design allows you to mount an E3D V6 hotend and a Flexion extruder. Required Items: High Temp Filament (carbon fiber nylon recommended) E3D V6 Hotend (24v) Flexion Extruder (or similar, you may need to print a mount for the extruder motor if going with a different extruder) Extruder Motor off Qidi or purchased separately 24v 5015 fan off Qidi or purchased separately 4x M3 x 20 1x M3 x 16 8x M3 x 12 3x M3 x 10 2x M3 x 8 7x M3 Nut 8x M3 Square Nut (I got "Honbay" on Amazon) Wire or cables to extend hotend wires to motherboard Optional items: Upgrade motherboard to a Duet2Wifi BLTouch auto bed leveling sensor A Cable Chain and Chain Guide as shown in the render Heatsink for extruder motor (super optional)