K1 Max Cura 5.8 Slow speeds

[GeorgeLou 0]

Hello i want to ask why your Creality K1 Max profiles has too much slow speeds.

I compare the settings with other slicers and has big differents

I am very happy with your profiles because i print a benchy to 0.1 profile and it was printed perfectly without VFA and it was smooth but the time was about 3 hours.

Im waiting for your reply.

Thank you

Happy Printing

[Slashee_the_Cow 619]

Proper answer: The author of the K1 Max definition (Creality don't submit printer definitions, they're done by the community) didn't bother to overwrite the default speed, so it uses the default for Creality printers, which include much older and slower models. The recommended speed for printing most materials is marked on the side of the spool, so just change the speed in Cura to that (well change the "Print Speed" setting to double the recommended speed, since it only does infill at the "print speed" and everything else at half that).

 

IMPORTANT DISCLAIMER: The specs for the K1 Max say that it can print at up to 600mm/s. This is almost always a bad idea. It requires specialty high speed filament and even then any direction changes at such a high speed can cause vibrations which will show up in your final print. Print at the speed your filament recommends, or lower than that for detailed work. It's not so bad when it does infill faster since you never see that.

 

Slashee's honest opinion (don't bother reading this): Hey @GregValiant can you do a git blame for whatever lazy %*$! submitted the definition for the K1 Max? It doesn't bother overwriting the default speed_print from creality_base... which covers all Creality printers, including the much older ones which can't go very fast. Also, how did it get approved when they made their own extruder definition which is literally the same as creality_base_extruder_0, especially given that the K1 Max definition inherits from creality_base?

Also unless Creality's done another "manual and website are different" they set the max_feedrate for x and y to 800, when the website says 600.