Is this supposed to be printed with the spider face down on the print plate?
Spider fan shroud for stock Creality K1 series fan
A cool spider design with a sliding LED shroud, improved cooling and easy face down printing.
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Very good toolhead cover and fan shroud! Model cooling is much quieter and effective (edited)
Great design! I printed one and it works perfectly. The only issue is that my Typhon 5015 fan doesn’t fit without modification. I tried editing the STEP and STL files, but they’re too messy to work with, and I couldn’t get a usable model. Would it be possible for you to make a 5015-compatible version? (CHCB-OTC compatibility would be awesome too—the hotends are about 3–5 mm longer, so the airflow needs to be directed slightly further down.)
@SebastianBai_3667896 Hi, this shroud is designed for the standard 4020 form factor. There is a 5015 version coming next year, I just need to save up a bit more money to complete the CFD simulations. It will be accompanied by a video performing CFD testing on other shrouds for true comparison. I have CHCB-OTC and Microswiss hotends which I can test for compatibility and make adjustments if necessary. In the mean time there are many other 5015 form factor shrouds for the K1 series. The paid skeletor shroud looks great if you have a cartographer
Printed using iSANMATE ASA at 250/100 on a Glacier plate. Many thanks! (edited)
Printed in ASA. Support threshold was set to 30 degrees and only on the build plate.
can you upload a different step file? file won't open in solidworks, and is completely broken in orca. thanks
@Sexzual_hotd_3067104 I just checked this to try and figure out what you're talking about and I can't reproduce the issue. The STEP file works fine for me. You may have a corrupt download - try downloading again or use the STL
@3DPHUB in solidworks it completely fails to open. in orca, it opens, but is completely blank. if i try to open the stl in solidoworks, it only opens as a surface body, not a solid. have tried multiple downloads and have tried converting the stl and step files to multiple formats, and nothing works.
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Nice work. Chopped up and printed real nice! Thanks.
what is the cooling like on this in comparison to the stock cover's cooling?
@BoolThings night and day. this has much more even and direct flow. the stock one is actually quite laughable with massive gaps snd indirect airflow. you will see a significant improvement in overhangs and bridging as well as normal layer cooling
@3DPHUB I'll be testing the difference, i may remix the toolhead cover to better fit my needs keeping the fan duct, do you have the .step file by chance?
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Black asa-cf with acetone smoothing (maybe a little bit too agressive). Printed with a few tree supports, mainly for upper logo (edited)
Polymaker Polylite ABS in metallic Green printed on the Flsun v400 for the Creality K1 Max. go figure.
@SandraNowlin_1881113 thanks for sharing, can't wait to see how the resin print turns out!