Okay, has anyone acutally used it and had success? I’ve used around 3 spools trying to get it to work on my K2 SE and my extruder just clicks and the pipe thing jumps… im using the correct profile on orca slicer, I’ve also tried on the normal PLA profile yet it just doesn’t work, I’ve tested my printer with bambu lab PLA and it works perfectly.
Anyway… The reason why im moaning is because i don’t want to use good quality PLA on prototyping but the only choices i have at the sec is my bambu lab pla which cost me like £20 a spool or the Hyper PLA…
Anyone got any recommendations on a trust worthy PLA thats on the cheaper side? thanks
It should work, I didn’t have any issues with it clogging neither on Creality printers nor other ones. What temperature and volumetric flow rate are you printing it at? Have you tried the Creality Print 7 Profile for this machine and filament? The PLA profiles are usually ok to use there.
You can also buy the 6€/kg Sunlu stuff, if you don’t push the volumetric flow rate too much any decent PLA(+) should print ok. The Hyper PLA prints a bit faster.
I guess this is a bit high even for Hyper PLA on a K2 SE, not quite sure about the hotend’s capabilities but it looked more like the K1 toolhead when I first saw the K2 SE. Maybe Try 17mm³/s for Hyper PLA and 14mm³/s for regular PLA at 220°C.
Have you tried the Creality Print 7 profile? I’m not sure what the OrcaSlicer profile set for the K2 SE in terms of retraction etc. It should print Hyper PLA at 17mm³/s though with this kind of toolhead, works on the K1 series as well which look pretty much identical.
is this what you mean? im currently trying out Creality print and it seems to be no different. The screenshot i sent you before is creality print, again i would like to thank you for your time!
Yes, I just mentioned it because you previously wrote
So maybe the retraction settings or other toolhead related settings are different.
Maybe it’s not the toolhead at all, have you also checked the reverse bowden tube, if it has a tight bending radius that can cause the same issue.
Yes, like thousands of other people. I’ve been using it for over 2 years at 23mm^3/s and 300mm/s without problems. K1 MAX. If you are new to this as you say, I suggest you go through all the things you need to do with a new filament, ie calibrate it on your machine. There is a calibration menu in Creality Print V7.1 and some good tutorials on Creality web site on how to use them. Start with a clean 0.2mm process preset and save it as 0.2-calibration or something, as a user preset. Copy the material and save it to a new name. Use the renamed copies to go through all the calibrations. Can I also suggest you get a book called “3D Printing Failures” by Sean Aranda.
thank you!! i just got the book im about to read through it.
I’ve figured out that the clicking only starts when my printer moves towards me… its coming from the extruder gears because i can see it jumping as it happens during print
So its probably a mechanical failure somewhere… just need to figure out how to fix it
Oh Oh I can help you here, Its the gear wheels in the extruder; your filament is slipping, hence the clicking. Check by holding the filament while it’s running you will feel the kick back if you just lightly pinch the filament. you can replace them if worn or clean them with a wire brush after you remove the extruder from the head, p.s can be a tricky one to remove please check the creality video guides and remove the nozzle first!
I’ve used many many spools of RFID Hyper PLA with no issues at all. Only one issue with a ceramic heating element that was not holding temperature. That was an easy fix and took less than 30 minutes to swap heads. I use this filament on my Snapmaker U1 as well with no problems.
