r/AnycubicKobraS1

Hey i have a quick question. I'm fairly new to 3d printing and got the kobra s1 as my first. I'm now about 80 hours in and started doing more color combos.

My question: is there a way to print something and make it shit out the color change thru the poop bucket?

Id like a logo printed the full size of the bed but cant in the slicer because it needs a space to dump the color during change.

Any tips or work arounds would be appreciated. Google is quite vague on the matter.

Hello everyone, I need help!

I've been working on a large project since Tuesday, May 19th, but today I decided to take a break and update the printer's firmware, as requested in the dashboard and Slicer Next. I installed version 2.7.2.1.

What a mess!

Since the installation a few hours ago, the printer has started exhibiting errors that didn't occur before. I say this because I've been printing the same piece since Tuesday.

It's aborting print jobs, showing connection loss, "printer not ready" messages, freezing on the first filament change in multicolor printing, and emitting endless beeps when errors occur, only stopping after I turn it off directly using the power button.

Is there any way to downgrade and return to version 2.7.0.9?

I'm looking for instructions to revert the firmware and can't find them anywhere. This problem is hindering me and will prevent me from meeting the deadline. I would greatly appreciate it if someone could help me.

I'm planning to buy an Anycubic Kobra 1s combo. I found a refurbished one on eBay. Has anyone had any experience with these, or should I buy a brand new one?

Hi there again ...

After exchanging back and forth with the AC customer service I just gave another try to printing with my damned machine.

I started with the benchy that's on the machine, the "native" one we all got with it.

Surprisingly enough it has printed fine, like each time I did a benchy.

I then tried a model that I did in Fusion 360. Printing looked like it initiated but went directly into clogging error 11518 from the very start.

I then again tried with a model I downloaded from Makerworld, that I also put through AC slicer (AnycubicSlicerNext) and uploaded to the machine as gcode. Same as previously, it immediately failed.

I think (or maybe I dreamt it !!) that someone said here that he/she had the very same problem and that only the standard benchy would print.

I'm running with version 1.4.1.0 of AnycubicSlicer at the moment.
And my machine is running on firmware version 2.7.0.9 at the moment.

I just saw on the phone Anycubic app that it mentions a software update, I guess for the machine itself.

Looking for clues from other users before emailing back customer service.

Thanks in advance for any kind advice.

So for those of you that have installed Rinkhals is it easy to do?

Only really want it to speed up the ACE units.

If anyone could explain to me like I'm a smart 6 y old I'd appreciate that. I'm good at the mechanical part but get nervous for this type of thing. Also I'm running the latest version for the Kobra if that helps. Pretty sure I've seen Rinkhals for the latest version.

I’m going to do an overhaul on my kobra S1, I’m looking at trying to find the lightest no magnet print head shroud, maybe a storage consumer riser, and a cooling duct upgrade. Any suggestions?

Is there a way to adjust the travel? When the printhead goes to the front right corner prior to a color change it hits the door now. It didn't used to do that. Sometimes it causes my layers to shift.

I messaged Anycubic because my tracking info sat with zero updates for the past 40 days. I ordered December 1st and have seen countless posts of people that got theirs that ordered months after me. Support said sorry and that they’ll send a “replacement”. No offer for any compensation of any kind. If I never messaged them, I don’t think they’d ever contact me about it or ever send my order. Not impressed.

Well i pulled the trigger after 6 months fighting with the bed/ABL and got the funssor bed and carrier upgrade. I'm so done with the ABL on this thing. Wish me luck and I'll update once it's ready to go.

Every single aftermarket hotend I’ve owned has clogged within the first month of ownership, and both have killed the printhead board, any solid alternatives?

I just discovered my "Flush into objects infill/into object" items are doing absolutely nothing as far as reducing the waste from purging between swaps. Is there something else I need to do to get the same results of very little poop as I get with my Bambu X1C doing the exact same thing? Seems to me the communication of "hey, purge into me instead of poop" is getting lost somewhere and just extending the print and waste by still printing the purge item.

I've been updated on firmware; been using Anycubic's slicer (though same results with Orca); increased infill % on purge objects; in preview, the purge items get printed first even if last on object list...I don't get it. I've been printing quite a bit using purge items thinking it's been going into the item but still get a lot of poop.

I even did a slice test across 3 slicers to see if it was that. How it SHOULD look is the total filament used should be relatively close with or without a purge item assuming the item is same height of the model and the only thing that changes is the poop volume. When slicing for the KS1 however, adding a purge item just adds to the total filament used which means it's just wasting more.

Anything I need to make sure I do? Or is this just a classic Anycubic little brother trying thing his best and it hasn't learned to actually purge into items yet?

One other question, in my preview screen is there a way to have the Purge volume column show? Mine just shows Model, Tower, and Total. I've looked everywhere and can't see a way to turn it on. Can you?

I'm surprised after over a year this is still a thing that isn't intuitive if you are able to and I'm missing something.

I'm having a problem with my Anycubic Kobra S1 Combo. The build plate was miscalibrated, so I tried to recalibrate it; the issue is that the front screws are already tightened all the way, but I need to tighten them even more... As soon as I place the nozzle on the bed, I hear a noise and feel it touching the bed. I’m using the paper sheet method. Do you have any ideas?

This printer gives me layer shifts like my Ender 3 used to. What can I do to tighten it up. Near as I can tell you Loosten up the screws up and move the head around and a set of springs is supposed automatically tighten it. But they still seem loose and my prints still look like crap.

UPDATE, I had put my ACE on a shelf above my printer hoping it would make the machine less top heavy and it created alot of drag in the PTFE tubing. I took the shelf down and put the ACE on top of the printer again and it prints great now.

My kobra s1 bed got soaked in white lithium grease and shorted out, although before that I had ordered a funssor bed carriage by itself, what’s the cheapest bed heating kit from AliExpress that can go on top of the carriage and where are the install procedures?