Everything was going great until I had to replace some parts. The nozzles I bought as backup? They’re supposed to be for the K1 but they didn’t fit. That’s how I found out I’ll need nozzles that cost $20 each, or more.
The hotend kit from Amazon said K1 but the JSTs don’t match. Pulled the wires to swap between the old part and the new one, and the wires don’t fit either.
Nothing I’m buying for a K1 actually fits my machine. Creality refuses to answer me or help.
Anyone know what’s happening here?
I’m editing to add that the parts I’m buying are official Creality parts.
Did you get K1, K1C, K1 max or something else? Can you link to the parts you got/show their photos ?
You would think that would be the solution, but no - printer registers itself as a K1, no C or Max or anything else. That’s why I’m so confused.
Nozzles: https://a.co/d/aYVIVGY Hotend: https://a.co/d/1yqFogq
Neither of these work with my machine.
So is your printer using unicorn nozzles (https://s.click.aliexpress.com/e/_EHOujRQ)? I believe K1C and maybe some newer builds of K1/Max came with those. I have switched to CHCB-OT (https://s.click.aliexpress.com/e/_EJhmisG) it has a good flow and easy to find nozzles (MK8).
Link doesn’t work 😞
It is using unicorn nozzles, yes, but I didn’t know that until I needed to replace them. Thankfully, I was still within the return window for the $40 set I bought just in case. But shouldn’t I be able to tell which parts I need before they get here? How do I know what to buy going forward? What if I get something incompatible and can’t return it?
Here’s another hotend link, the old one was dead indeed: https://s.click.aliexpress.com/e/_EQs5RNi You can get very cheap MK8 nozzles for it, or get some better ones too. The hardened steel ones can handle the CF filaments really well, I’ve been using one for over a year now.
I don’t one why you’re asking me these questions. The link works for me - maybe it’s your adblocker. I believe it was only the extruder that was different. Creality support was pretty bad, but I’ve pressed them to eventually send me replacement parts when I needed them
Well I wasn’t asking you. I just think the whole situation is bonkers. I’m going to see about reporting them to consumer protection or whatever.
Good luck with that, they don’t care too much about respecting OSS licensing either. Aside from that I’m enjoying my K1 - after I’ve modified it ;)
I will try sending those links to someone who can see them. Thank you for sticking with me while I ranted lol
Can you really blame a company for not helping with your issues caused by 3rd party unoriginal parts?
But regarding parts not matching despite 3rd party sellers claiming they do, it is quite common for these cheap Chinese printer manufacturers to continuously develop products (both in terms of functionality and production price optimization) with no publically available official versioning to distinguish them.
They’re Creality though?
Pretty sure creality is a Chinese based company
I’m just saying, it’s not like I’m buying 3rd party parts. These are direct from Creality.