3D Printers/Creality K1

Creality K1

Status

• The printer works fine - this wiki is a work in progress

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Last Known Good Settings

Date	Filament type, colour, brand	First layer	Other layers	Notes
May 25th, 2024	PETG, gold, overture	noz: 275, bed 85	noz: 275: bed 85

Slicer - Orca Slicer

Set up

As of writing this, the newest version was 2.0.0. To download, go here and scroll down to the "assets" section (under the "contributors" section). The windows installer .exe worked for Rana.

https://github.com/SoftFever/OrcaSlicer/releases/tag/v2.0.0

When installing, can set-up with their Creality K1 profile.

After that, download the custom Orca Slicer profiles.

File:K1 Configs-from Reddit may 2024.zip

(Found these settings from this link, as you all should, I trust random people on the internet for everything. https://www.reddit.com/r/crealityk1/comments/17885dk/k1_custom_profile_for_orca/ )

In orca slicer go to File -> Import -> Import Configs ; then select all the .json files and the one .zip file and click "open". The zip file is a custom profile for the K1 from the reddit link, it supposedly has a "speed boost" lol.

Changing to different profiles happens via drop-down menu's on the left-side panel. Click on the printer name / filament name / slicing name, a drop-down menu should show up. The reddit profile is "Creality K1 (0.4mm nozzle) Custom".

These print settings may require some tweaking to get perfect prints...

Printing

Once your model is in the slicer and you have the settings you want, click "Slice" button at top right corner. When slicing is finish the program should which to the "Preview" tab ("Preview" button is now highlighted above the left-side panel). You should see the model in layers now.

Beside the "slice" button there is a "print" button, this sends the gcode file to the printer. Click the down arrow that's to the left of the slice button and there will be an "export g-code file" option, select that. Then click it to export the gcode file.

Can put the gcode file on a USB drive and plug that into the front of the printer. Or go to http://192.168.133.60/#/home and you'll see files stored on the device at the lower right corner. Click "+ Import" button and select your gcode file. Once it's uploaded right click the file and click "start printing"

Usage

• Power switch is on lower left side corner on the back
• Has a built in remote printer control over wifi, you can go to this webpage to view it if you're connected to the hacklab wifi. http://192.168.133.60/#/home

Printing

• Before each print, a printer calibration ritual will be done.
• VERY IMPORTANT: Wait until the nozzle is hot enough (can see the temperature on the screen), when it at ~150C use tweezers to remove any bit of plastic that has oozed out. This must be done because during the ritual the printer will touch the nozzle to the bed to home the Z-axis. If a bit of plastic is in between the nozzle and the bed then the z-gap will be off and the first layer will fail.
• Use the glue on the smooth PEI sheet (the stock sheet that has writing on it). Don't forget to add glue to the purge line! (left most side of the bed)

Usage - Load/Unload Filament

• Turn

Hardware

• 0.4 nozzle (creality's official volcano knock-off)
• Core-xy movement system going super duper fast

Direct control of printer

To use pronterface to control the printer, first power up the printer, then connect the usb cable to your computer. On win10 it should auto-detect and possibly install 'maple' (wtf that is lol). Baud 115200

Maintenance Resources

put stuff here lol

Maintenance Log

Most recent entries at the top.

Date	Notes	Entry By
June 9, 2022	Setting up the printer	Rana
Nov 1, 2023	1mm nozzle installed and it works!!!	Rana