I was excited to see a cold plate option for the Creality K1 Max pop up for pre-sale right before Christmas. I snagged one wanting to give it a go for low temperature ABS/ASA printing or even some PLA printing with the build plate completely off!
I was quickly let down when I opened the package and saw that the build plate had these awful ripples in it that were visible to the naked eye. I figured maybe it was just a thin coating or something or perhaps the light was hitting it in the right way...
Nope.
Those ripples are there and very prominate. If I rub my fingers along the build plate I can also feel the ripples. I was hopeful that I would still be able to get a good first layer, but that also was not the case.
The ripples also show up on my bed mesh (Running a cartographer for probing) and my ABL was overcompensating. Long story short, this new cold plate was unusable.
I reached out to Creality and to my response they responded and let me know that their must have been an issue with the product itself. They sent me a replacement and the second one had the same issue. They informed me they would be pulling the product until they figure out a solution.
Be warned though, If you happen to run across one of these Creality Cold Plates for the K1 Max, you've been warned that as of writing this, they do not work and are UNUSABLE.
Pablo
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