Well I could listen to this guy talk all day.

Is there a program somewhere between TinkerCAD and Fusion?

I am watching some videos but… maybe I’m not getting it - how does this fix my hardware problem?

Pardon?

I reported them for being shady af and told them they’ll take the printer back or face legal repercussions. I’m beyond being patient.

Yeah, I’m really annoyed. I had bought a bunch of nozzles in advance, so when I needed the replacement, I’d have it. Imagine my shock when my printer spit out a unicorn nozzle on the day before Christmas Eve, after everything had closed. I was in the middle of printing Christmas stuff. I was LIVID.

I use AI for stuff for the sake of speed. DM me and I’ll give you a link.

Oh, my model is the current one. It’s the older ones that everything is tailored to. That’s the whole problem 🤣

It’s not counterfeit. Creality literally admitted the problem. It’s super whack, I agree.

My printer before this was an Ender 3 v2, I’m not useless. But when I can’t even find parts that fit, that’s a problem.

No, I don’t mind replacing things. But how? Do I just buy a slew of different parts from random sellers? Creality parts don’t fit. I’ve tried.

Evidently? Everything I order for it is for the original K1, and Creality quietly made changes midway through production so nothing labeled K1 will fit. The connections for a new hotend, for example, would not fit my board. The nozzles labeled K1 are short, like nozzles my Ender took, but then I found out my K1 takes unicorns. I literally can’t buy parts.

Yeah, I’m not even sure what to get now. But they’re taking this Frankenstein monstrosity back or I’m going to burn them to the ground. I’m loud, angry, and litigious.

Oh damn. I’m discovering they’re so much worse than I thought.

Nothing fits. I originally ordered regular nozzles because it said they were K1, but I went to replace one and out came a unicorn.

Then I wanted to replace my thermistor, but lo and behold, the connections didn’t match.

I think the only thing I’ve bought that fit was the camera, and that didn’t even fit properly - the head bangs into it all the time.

I was just going to ask what you bought instead. The thing is, I really liked Kevin. Yes. I named it Kevin.

Do they think people won’t talk?? What a garbage company. I’m reporting their bullshit to the consumer affairs people.

Art, for sure. Glue some LED strips to it and make a cool swirly wall thing.

I will try sending those links to someone who can see them. Thank you for sticking with me while I ranted lol

Well I wasn’t asking you. I just think the whole situation is bonkers. I’m going to see about reporting them to consumer protection or whatever.

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?

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.