Creality K1

[jimmy bParticipant @jimmyb]

My new Creality K1 arrived yesterday, been waiting a few months as it was a pre-order.

On the 600mm/s printing is unbelievable! Really impressive quality even at that speed. Not as noisy as I (or Mrs Jim) feared….

Only drawback is having to use the Creality slicer.

Jimb

[jimmy bParticipant @jimmyb]

[jaCK HobsonParticipant @jackhobson50760]

Its the lock-in that puts me off. Otherwise it seems great.

On my heavily modified Ender 3, the most annoying noise is the cooling fan (the noise doesn't annoy me at all but I share the room it is in). With the K1 enclosure… is fan noise less? Well, what source of noise is dominant/most annoying?

[Ron ColvinParticipant @roncolvin83430]

On the **LINK** website, it states that the K1 is Compatible with various slicer software such as Creality Print, Cura, Simplify3D, PrusaSlicer.

[jimmy bParticipant @jimmyb]

Ron,

Sadly not the case! I was disappointed at this, having used Cura for years.

There is a massive amount of start code, I was going to create my own Cura profile, but having had an afternoon playing around with the Creality slicer, it's much better than first appearance, so I will stick with it for now.

Done a couple more prints and I'm blown away by the quality of finish, it's better than both of my, much molded, Aldi printers and my Creality CR10 MAX ones I use at work and that is running 6 times faster on the same filament.

The Hyper PLA is good for 12x speed with the same quality.

Jimb

[Anonymous]

Posted by jimmy b on 22/07/2023 17:10:37:

Sadly not the case! I was disappointed at this, having used Cura for years.

I would definitely check that. Their website that Ron linked to is quite clear:

"Slicing Software: Creality Print; compatible with Cura, Simplify3D, PrusaSlicer"

[jimmy bParticipant @jimmyb]

I knew before I ordered that there would be an issue with Cura, having read up on the;'net, but the Creality software did have a slicer for the K1, which was the reason why I ordered.

I had given the new Pursa MK4 some serious thought, but on balance went with the K1 as a core xy printer.

Mrs Jimb did say this afternoon that it's much quieter than she thought, It must have helped showing her youtube clips at maximum volume……….

Jimb

[jimmy bParticipant @jimmyb]

Having used the Creality slicer for a week, I have to say its very very close to Cura.

Having spent years with Cura, I did just want to carry on with it, right now, I'm not missing it!

Jim

[Ian McVickersParticipant @ianmcvickers56553]

I just got myself an Elegoo Neptune 3 pro. Never had a 3D printer before so this seemed a good starter one. Printing speed isnt fast but quality seems good.

Currently making some tool holders to tidy up the lathe a bit. Many thanks to the person who uploaded the file for use. Next thing is to get myself a copy of Fusion 360 and start learning.

Cura was a bit of a pain to setup but ended up copying some info from a post so I will see if it sorts out the issues I had.

[Ian McVickersParticipant @ianmcvickers56553]

How are you getting on with the K1? What's the print quality and machine build quality like?

I think I picked the wrong printer so may be looking to change mine already. Having issues with the extruder and bed temps staying where they were set. Extruder cooling fans started squealing already.

[jimmy bParticipant @jimmyb]

I'm really impressed with the print quality. The high speed really needs Creality "Hyper pla" to be successful, I had 4 rolls come yesterday as the results are worth it.

The build quality and Creality slicer are better than I expected.

Overall very happy.

Jimb

[Ian McVickersParticipant @ianmcvickers56553]

Thanks Jimmy. I have arranged a return of mine, thankfully Amazon has a decent returns system, and ordered the K1.

Should arrive Thursday, hopefully when someone is home, and I'll be printing again by the weekend.

[Ian McVickersParticipant @ianmcvickers56553]

So the K1 arrived. Unboxed it removed packing and screws and went for a self test. It failed the first one with an internal error E002. Then it locked up after a rest. So power off for 20 mins while I had tea and tried again. Finished the self test ok but took around 15 minutes. Then printed the boat benchy. That printer is insanely fast. I think I will need to fit some ballast to the table it sits on.

[Neil WyattModerator @neilwyatt]

I know this is an old thread, but I’ve been using a K1 Max (I was demoing it at MMEX). The results were very impressive, and after I printed a 10″ Tyrannosaurus skull I found myself fighting off people who wanted it for their kids!

Neil

[DomParticipant @dominicwatson41373]

Spotted this at the show. That was an impressive print – very fast. Amazing how far 3d printers have come on since the RepRap Darwin and Makerbot cupcake days! Seeing the dinosaur skull jogged my dads memory of when he was commissioned to clean up prototype mock-ups of shower heads. Back then (20 or so years) the prints had very thick prominent layer lines which needed extensive filling and sanding, Dad was amazed at the quality of what your printer was producing.
I would like to have ago at printing the skull on my ended 5 but imagine it to be a lot slower.

[Neil Wyatt]

On Neil Wyatt Said:

I know this is an old thread, but I’ve been using a K1 Max (I was demoing it at MMEX). The results were very impressive, and after I printed a 10″ Tyrannosaurus skull I found myself fighting off people who wanted it for their kids!

Neil

Hey, Neil …. it’s easy to drag-and-drop a pic these days. No need to put it in your album any more

😉

[Peter Greene]

On Peter Greene Said:

On Neil Wyatt Said:

I know this is an old thread, but I’ve been using a K1 Max (I was demoing it at MMEX). The results were very impressive, and after I printed a 10″ Tyrannosaurus skull I found myself fighting off people who wanted it for their kids!

Neil

Hey, Neil …. it’s easy to drag-and-drop a pic these days. No need to put it in your album any more

😉

About the only decent picture I have of the printers. If anyone can help with better pics please message me!

Thanks

Neil

[Anonymous]

I was looking at the Creality K1. There appears to be several models of this printer around – particularly judging by the variation in prices – but I couldn’t figure out the real differences.

Could anyone provide me with a concise summary/comparison of these models or direct me to a web page that would do that?

[VersabossParticipant @versaboss]

As no one else jumps in, let me try. I own a K1 since about a month. AFAIK there are two models, the smaller K1 and  the larger (and more expensive) K1Max. My impressions so far: It is the fastest and most precise printer I ever saw (ok, I haven’t seen all of them). It needs no manual leveling of the print plate, all is done automatically.

Here the few things I printed up to now, without changing anything except sending the stl through the Creality slicer.

Ah, a well known problem from the old forum: VERY difficult to add text after a picture, if one doesn’t add a placeholder before.

Anyway, The picture shows the usual Benchy, a test pyramid, a test cube and a ball joint. I neve saw such a flat and fine underside of the prints as here on the ball joint.

Now the less agreable points. The operating panel is very primitive and lacks some important things. E.g. it is not possible to adjust the printing speed, it the temperatures from that panel. It is said that the printer internally works with something called Klipper, but Creality cut off all what Klipper could do.
I just hope there will be some updates soon. In YT there is a description how to ‘free’ that Klipper thing, but it’s a bit above my head.

About Cura and other slicers: I was using (up to now) the Prusa slicer, but I downloaded also the newest Cura version. Cura has profiles for almost any printer on the market, but NOT for the K1. If it is easy to set up a profile I don’t know. Seeing what the printer does before the print really starts, I think that would be hard.

Ok, let’s see how my first entry in this new forum works. A spell checker was not active, so I hope I found all my errors.

Kind regards,
Hans

[Anonymous]

Thanks, Hans – that’s really helpful.

“YT” ?

[JasonBModerator @jasonb]

YouTube

[Neil WyattModerator @neilwyatt]

Having explored the CreaLity slicer, it’s basically CURA.

If you go into the settings then hit the advanced button, all the Creality features are there.

I actually find it a bit more pleasant to use.

[VersabossParticipant @versaboss]

Hi Neil, that’s a very interesting answer. It seems your slicer is not the same as mine.

That’s what I see when opening it, nowhere an advanced button in sight. I would be very pleased if you could show me where it is.

Kind regards, and a happy New Year
Hans

[Ex contributorParticipant @mgnbuk]

Have the K1 users here had issues with hot ends, extruder failures or surface finish vibration artefacts that seem to come up a lot on reviews / forums along with, maybe, less than satisfactory support from Creality ?

My Anycubic Mega is coming up to 4 years old and, while it prints just as well as it did from new, the technology of FDM printers seems to have moved on enough now to make me contemplate a replacement. The K1 is an attractive price, but there is enough negativity about to make me think twice about it compared to, say, the Flashforge or Bambu Lab alternatives.

The Anycubic largely worked out of the box & I could just replace it with the current Kobra 2 Pro version (another bed slinger but with with Klipper, ABL & zero setting, input shaping, direct drive extruder etc.) but the Core XY configuration does seem to have advantages. I am  looking for a tool rather than another hobby !

Nigel B.

[VersabossParticipant @versaboss]

To spin the thread a bit further: Only one problem with my printer, once a print started strange and the printer run amok and ploughed some gouges into the PEI plate. I could save it with a coarse file and some glasspaper, only the looks are now a bit worse.

But what I need to know, and did not find out up to now, is how to use the WiFi connection. Our esteemed Editor Neil wrote something in his article about the K1max, and I tried to connect my printer. To my surprise, it worked, although the printer is in a basement room and quite far away. But now: what can I do? Certainly, some software is necessary on the desktop computer, and the CrealityPrint slicer it isn’t. Or did I miss something?

I’m also asking this on the Creality forum (a very nice forum system, btw…) but I hope that Neil jumps in here and gives the needed explanations.

Thanks, and kind regards
Hans

 

 

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