the m3 screws that hold the extruder motor in are slipping out during extrusion (first pic).
I threaded on an m3 heat insert to keep it in place (second pic about 5 oclock). It works but is janky
Has anyone else experienced this? Any suggestions?
EDIT: OK, looking at other posts I think I have an Id10t error - have the screws in backwards and a simple reverse should do the trick
How do I change the default purging temp of 220 degrees on the Creality K1 Max. I am using a filament that runs between 190 & 200 and every time I start to try & print anything the head moves over to the poop shute & the filament runs through the line into the hot end & it starts purging @ 220 then moves out from the shute and pauses while it tries to drop down to the required temp of 195 but all the filament bleeds out of the hot end then it moves over to the left side tries to print a few vertical lines then stops & resets back to 220 & then drops back down to 195 before moving over to print the job but by then all the filament has bled out of the hot end again and whatever I am trying to print is ruined because the first few seconds of the print have no filament available. Thanks in advance Regards Peter D
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I went and talked myself into a nice shiny new K1 Max a couple days ago and bought it through Amazon because it was fast shipping.
It got delivered yesterday but sadly I got sent a obviously used printer. Fingerprints all over the glass top, it was missing literally all the accessories, including the spool holder, and the re boxing job was very bad. The two small pieces of foam that were there were just loosely tossed in the printer. The bed and carriage were both just floating in air.
Needless to say, I never even took it out of the box. Called Amazon and had to do a return/refund as they had none left in stock.
So now I will be re ordering direct from Creality and I can't find info on shipping times so I can plan around the delivery.
Hello everyone! I just picked up a K1C printer second hand and having trouble leveling the bed. I'm unable to find replacement shipment screws so I wanted to try either the tooth skip method or something similar on youtube. However, I can't see the `grub screw` and I'm having trouble looking for a solution online. Any advice would be greatly appreciate!
The little metal “teeth” that grip the PTFE tube inside the extruder snapped off (you can see the broken pieces in the second pic), so now the PTFE tube won’t stay locked in place and pops out very easily during filament loading/printing.
Since I use multicolor/CFS, I still need the PTFE path to stay secure and aligned while I wait for the replacement part to arrive.
Does anyone know:
a temporary fix that actually works?
a printable mod or replacement?
a way to keep it working reliably with multicolor/CFS?
I already tried glue, but the tube still slips out under pressure 😅
Any help would be appreciated!
Hi, I purchased a set off of ebay, 0.4-1.0 nozzle size. Am I doing something wrong or I am missing certain piece? How do you actually replace these?
Its a used K1, only other brand that I used is Bambu so kinda new to this...
Like the title says X axis is binding on a 2023 k1, graphite bushings have been replaces x rods are straight, I have checked the machine and it is square. The belt tension adjustment doesn't seem to make any difference is there anything else I should check for? I'm considering the D3D rails upgrade if I'm going to have to take the whole gantry out anyways does anyone who has done the rail upgrade have any thoughts, was it worth it?
Edit: Solved heat-sert for the mystery screw had fallen out of tensioner on left hand side and has been rubbing against the belt and idler pulley surprised this wasn't making a ton of noise.
Hey everyone!
I need some advice regarding my Creality K1 Max. Lately, I've been hearing these weird, almost electronic-sounding noises coming from the machine while it's printing.
The weirdest part is that the print quality is absolutely flawless. Everything comes out perfect, and there are no visible artifacts. Still, the noise is making me super anxious. I'm honestly worried that if something finally breaks, it's going to fail catastrophically all at once.
Could this "electronic" sound actually be caused by the stepper motor belts vibrating or rubbing against something? Or is it more likely related to the PSU, the mainboard, or the stepper drivers?
Has anyone experienced this with their K1 Max? Should I be worried, or is this just a normal quirk of this printer?
Thanks in advance for any tips!
Like the title says, I keep getting filament jams inside the extruder. K1 SE was purchased for Christmas and I’ve had to disassemble the extruder housing 6 times. I’ve never done a print over 1.5 hours and the failures happen at about 50%. Attaching some pictures to show the filament being squished and crunched.
Broke down and bought myself a K1 Max yesterday to replace a 10 year old scratch built of the same size. It will be here tomorrow.... supposedly.
Based on my past experiences with things over the years and looking at everything on the printer, the first thing I noticed that I'm not crazy about is the routing of the bowden tube.
I already have the thought in my head to reroute that and potentially moving the runout as well..... if possible, but I will need to see everything in person first to work out options.
I also plan on leaving the top glass off permanently as I only plan on printing PLA 99.9% of the time.
I've also seen several mentions of how noisy it is with all the fans running, so I already went through Creality slicer and found the setting for the side fan and turned it off, and depending on the wiring, also plan on disabling the rear exhaust fan as well as I know it won't be needed.
As far as anything else goes, would any experienced users have any other "little" things that you've done to your printer that made it just a bit better?
Hi, I already have a Ender 3 KE , and I have a "coupon" to get a new printer, I've seen a K2, would it be a good choice?
I don't "need" it, but want a good printer for mostly PLA / PETG and maybe start using ABS.
I like standard and open devices, I don't want proprietary apps or custom slicers or cloud...
I just want to generate gcode on my machine and upload it with a web interface, keeping things simple...
I was almost buying an Elegoo CC2, then started reading about no web interface, no profiles for Cura or Orca, proprietary slicer with no stable Linux version.. And changed my mind, since my current KE is much more open.
All the videos online have a completely different nozzle. No idea what I’m doing. I need help removing and changing the nozzle. The wrenches that came with it don’t fit either….
Is there a way to get the settings all at once, or do I have to manually change them? Should I switch to a different software besides the Creality one?
So I experienced a blob of death. Must admit I’m having more issues with this k1 max than I expected.
Anyways what do you guys recommend changing and maybe upgrading while at it? I was thinking of getting a unicorn hotend with nozzle.
Anyone had this happen and does anyone have good replacement suggestions. With links if possible. I’m currently completely lost in all options and versions and just don’t know what to replace anymore.
I bought my K1 in December 2023. Lately I've been thinking if it is possible to have CFS with these and it seems like it is. But I have absolutely no idea where to buy the Upgrade Kit. I found the CFS on the Creality Store Website but the Upgrade Kit is only even mentioned in a set with a NEW K1... Please help
Hey guys I'm pretty new to this whole thing so if this is obvious then I'm still learning, but I'm really not sure what's going on, I'm getting a variety of issues with this most recent print.
#1 and probably the most important is in the first 3 pictures, these really mangled first layers. Sometimes it does this sometimes it won't.
#2 if it's not doing that it's coming out like picture 4 where the first layer is really thin and wirey.
#3 if it manages to get past the awful first layer, or if by chance the first layer is alright, it will get precisely 17% through the print and then fair on this specific part (pictures 5 and 6) by causing this wirey mess
Now this FELT to me like a nozzle clog but I've cleaned it with these wire nozzle cleaners and had no results. Tried changing the print temp (printing ABS) from 260 down as low as 240 and none of this has worked.
The hot air generated by the electronics and the PSU has nowhere to escape, and the printer keeps shutting down. I'll have to run some tests tomorrow.
HI, All, special Official Creality!
How match CFS-C I can use with K1Max 2024 right now?
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Hi everyone,
I tried to add a shim to the back now it's in better shape but I couldn't manage to deal with right back corner. Anyone has a suggestion?