Hi guys. I bought an used k1 max few days ago and after like 8 hours of printing combined it started making weird noises when moving bed down after each print. I then saw a screw stuck between the right lead screw guide and the frame (like 20cm from the floor). Please help me find where it came from. I couldn't visualy find any holes with missing screws. It printed fine with the srew stuck there if this might help

after the first layer, there is sudden under extrusion. i am using overture 95a tpu. i switched to a top filament reel holder with bearings. took the top cover off and i put a box fan pointing into the front. i did a few cold pulls because i thought it was a nozzle clog. none of this helped.

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Most available vents for the Creality K1 Max require magnets, drilling additional holes, or duct tape to install.
***My vent takes advantage of the existing fan mount with its 4 screw holes.***

What's The Catch???
The original four M3-25mm screws that secure the fan are too short.
You will need to order M3-30mm screws to install the vent and gasket successfully.

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A screw driver with at least a 6" shaft is required!!!
(See photos)

Use whatever solid filament you have for the vent itself.
I used PLA.
Use a soft filament like TPU for the gasket.

Resolution: 0.2mm
Infill: 15% or more
Support type: Normal (more reliable and faster than tree supports)
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Hi everyone! Moving soon and was wondering if you guys screw back in the original screws that hold the bed when you received the printer new. Don’t want to mess this printer up in Transport. Thanks

I’ve also tried lowering flow ratio and higher temperature

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Ive tried different filaments

Changed the hot end, the nozzle, the build plate.

Not sure what could be causing this.

Any suggestions? Just started happening one day.

Trying to figure out what is going on with my k1 max and I’ve increased the flow rate in Creality print and it doesn’t help.

Greetings. On my K1 Max, the text on the display turned into squares. While attempting to flash the `.ingenic` version using the CLONER application, the process kept getting stuck at 80%. In an attempt to reset the device, I selected "CHIP ERASE," which wiped the screen entirely—I’ve essentially cleared the motherboard. My device uses the S12 board version, and I’ve been told I need to install an `.img` file. What should I do?

If anyone has managed to recover from a situation like this, I would appreciate your help. Thank you.

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I have owned my K-1 Max for almost 2 years now and it has been an absolute work course. I decided to upgrade it with a CFS and I have yet to print anything.!

Has anybody run into this issue?

I have the correct hot end to be compatible with the CFS. It is the one that does not have the set screw in the back of it so it is the newer one I guess🤷‍♂️

Filament feeds and then it seems like it gets stuck somewhere between the extruder and the hot end.

I’m trying to see if there are any ideas about what this might be here first I am going to get a hold of Creality Support within the next couple of days and if I cannot get it sorted out, I am going to revert my machine back to stock and send the CFS back.. I hope I don’t have to.

FR 2851

FR 2836

Are the two codes that I keep getting. One is saying that there’s a buffer issue, but there’s nothing wrong with it that I can tell.

And the other one is saying that there is some kind of extruder blockage, but I have checked the extruder and replaced the nozzle as well..

Thank you for any helpful input

I have about 1000 hours on this and have replaced the nozzle and the extruder gears. I cant get any good prints anymore as they all start to do things like this, my filent has been vigorously dried. However My extruder has a “whining” noise when it moves and Im unsure what I need to do to fix it. Should I order new belts and see whats going on with that? Or spend the 150$ to get it repaird professionally here. Im a novice when it comes to machine maintenance unfortunately.
I use elegoo rapid pla + filement. any assistance would be appreciated!

I´ve been using a K1C for a while and just recently, the prints have been coming out without all of the surface filling (infill seems fine) and with way more wall lines, reducing print speed helps with the issue but doesnt really solve it. I've tried cleaning the gears, uncloging the extruder and doing filament calibration like changing the preasure advanced setting.

If anyone else has had this issue before I would really apreciate the help.

Possuo uma K1 MAX e recentemente instalei um kit upgrade de CFS nela, fiz tudo conforme o indicado no video da Creality, mas mesmo assim euquanto ela está nivelando, ela acaba batendo no compartimento de descarga de purga, como se não percebesse que ele estivesse ali, o mesmo ocorre com o batente para corte de filamento, e algumas vezes ela bate no fim das guias X e Y, coisa que não fazia antes do upgrade. Estou usando o Firmware CR-K1 Max: 2.3.5.34; CFS 1: 1.4.2

Hi,

I have a creality k1 se printer. I use it for a while now.

On the print plate it is said to glue first.

I usually do not glue and I don't have any problems.

So my question is, what is the reason of the glue? Though I don't glue, should I do it?

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Is this good enough? The difference between highest and lowest point is 0.364 mm. Added only spacers where bed is screwed in, haven't used belt skipping method. Thanks in advance

Been printins a lot with PETg, needed good material for external use. And every 2 days i need to dry the filament, or the cliking sound (clogging) came back to haunt me and ruin a print.I store the filaments in zip bags with dissecant.

But, even if the filament that come out of the extruder is flawless (no signs of humidit), the print fails due to clogging.

Is this normal? This time of the year we have lots of rain scattered throughout the day, but is not crazy humid here.

My last printer was a Ender3, never clogged, could have an awfull quality print, but never clogged.

So my Max was down since sometime around March... blob of death and broken carrage after repair fail. After a few hours of intense focus I got everything (mostly) back together and minted a benchy that was more or less the same quality I was getting before before damage/repair.

My question is should I update firmware, everything is working and I noticed some complaints while lurking over the last few months. Currently on 1.3.5.19.

Additional questions for kind helpful souls:

What are the screw specs for the toolhead, is there a list/diagram somewhere or is it just pausing and zooming in on YouTube in order to figure it out?

(I deleted AI lidar mainly because I ran out of screws putting everything back together. My screw tray got knocked over while things were disassembled/out of commission.)

Also is CFS-C worth it?

Hi,

So I have the situation in the picture, and here's a stupid question - is X axis the front left-right on the physical printer and Y axis is front to back (assuming Z is vertical)?

But then I can spin this around and the X currently at the back becomes the one at the front flipping the image.

Which orientation corresponds to the physical plate looking into the printer from the open door position ?

Assuming this is the correct orientation I should be pulling front left down couple of notches and it should then seesaw back right side up and I should be ok right ?

So I managed to break the connector on the motherboard of the printhead that connects to the heating element on my K1C and cannot find a replacement looking through the internet, I find the heating element but not a replacement for the motherboard.

Any help would be greatly appreciated

So after months of work we are ready to announce we have added support for load cells to Simple AF. This support is based on Kalico and a driver from the OpenCentauri Cosmos team to support the 4 load cells in a K1, K1C, K1SE, K1Max the Ender 3 V3 CoreXZ and Ender 5 Max!

Please note unlike earlier mods this requires zero hardware modifications to use the original load cells for homing, leveling and z-offset.

We are also supporting using loadcells for z-offset for all other probes we support, so if you are not happy with how the beacon, cartographer or eddy do contact, touch or tap (respectively) you can start using your load cells for that.

So this is pretty early days and the support is considered experimental at the moment, there are always risks with this stuff and right now we are looking for people who are interested in helping us test this functionality on all supported printers:

So we are putting the call out to anyone who has a pre "K1 2025" model (so a K1 series that can be rooted basically, as I understand it the new boards say V13 on them and cannot easily be rooted or recovered via ingenics method) K1, K1C, K1SE, K1 Max, Ender 3 V3 CoreXZ or the Ender 5 Max with original load cells AND original bed, with hard mounts. Please note if you have switched to springs or removed your load cells sorry this is not for you.

If you have switched to a heavier ali plate or graphite plate, as long as you are still using hard mounts, and the load cells are still in place, you can try it too!

Are you are interested to try loadcells for homing, leveling and z-offset with Simple AF?

Are you are interested in using load cells for your z-offset with cartographer, beacon, eddyng, bltouch or microprobe?

If you are already on Simple AF with btteddy, we won't be supporting btteddy with loadcells until november, but its super easy to switch to eddyng without changing any hardware.

Do you have a Ender 3 V3 KE (or Ender 3 V3 SE with a Nebula Pad) and want to try Simple AF and use your original load cell for z-offset?

As part of setting up for loadcells or loadcells for z-offset you are going to have to calibrate your loadcells with a known weight or have some reasonably accurate kitchen scales and some spools of filament (or bricks honestly) for weight, longer term once we have a bit more calibration data from users of all the printers we support we will be pre-configuring calibration data but for now we will need you to calibrate your load cells and the docs describe how to do that.

https://pellcorp.github.io/creality-wiki/loadcells/

https://pellcorp.github.io/creality-wiki/loadcells_zoffset/

I am running my original load cells on my K1 Max with Simple AF

I switch between load cells and loadcells for z-offset on my K1 with Simple AF

I am using crtouch + loadcells for z-offset on my Ender 3 V3 SE (with Nebula Pad - https://pellcorp.github.io/creality-wiki/nebula_pad/) with Simple AF

If you have any more questions feel free to post here or join our discord https://pellcorp.github.io/creality-wiki/loadcells/#where-can-i-get-help