I finally got multi-color working on my Creality K1 Max using the 3D Chameleon.
Decided to make a 2 color benchy and scaled it down to 75% to save time, along with 0.25mm layer height.
So far the Chameleon has been pretty picky with filament, but when it works it works well! This print is with silk gold and matte black. I have even gotten 95A TPU to print with it surprisingly!
I modified the color-change code so it takes 1 minute less, which makes a big difference when you have hundreds of color changes.
Next up, 4 color benchy. Probably will be 10 hrs lol
Thank you! That's very helpful!
Do you have to use creality slicer or can it still work with Cura or Prusaslicer? And can I still use octoapp to watch/tune from my phone? That seems to be the biggest drawback I was able to sus out of their marketing materials is that it seems to be a lot more locked down to the creality ecosystem than prior models, I'm hoping that's changed or I was just interpreting it wrong.
Thanks again, appreciate the insight!
You can use any slicer you like. I have mine connected to Cura, Creality and Prusa slicers with the ability to send and start a print right from the slicers.
I never once set mine up with their Creality cloud app, you can skip that during setup and just do LAN and USB prints.
The key is to root it, which is really easy, then you can install Fluidd and have way more control during prints. You can even change your pressure-advance on the fly. There are tons of mods you can do after rooting such as these
from the looks of this post you can now use octoeverywhere on K1 printers
That's great, thanks so much! Pretty much seals the deal for me.
Just don't pay MSRP! They often go on sale for $700. Got mine for $680 before tax!
If you do pull the trigger, here is my Creality slicer profile for quiet, yet fast, printing
Dude, you're awesome! Yeah I actually just saw that Microcenter has them for $699 rn, matches full retail for the Bambu P1S and $100 cheaper than the Prusa Mk4 self-assembled kit, which are the other two I've been looking at. Pretty sure my search is over.
I don't think you'll be disappointed. The size of the max has been useful already. did 298mm tall print that would be impossible on those printers. Literally printed myself some small trash cans lol