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Creality K1 woes (lemmy.ca)

submitted 18 hours ago* (last edited 15 hours ago) by discomatic@lemmy.ca to c/3dprinting@lemmy.world

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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.

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[–] spitfire@lemmy.world 2 points 7 hours ago* (last edited 7 hours ago) (1 children)

Did you get K1, K1C, K1 max or something else? Can you link to the parts you got/show their photos ?

[–] discomatic@lemmy.ca 1 points 7 hours ago (1 children)

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.

[–] spitfire@lemmy.world 1 points 6 hours ago (1 children)

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).

[–] discomatic@lemmy.ca 1 points 6 hours ago

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?