Creality CR-6 SE 3D Printer
| SKU: | 2099-1 |
This product is only available for shipping within Canada, and will ship with Canada Post Expedited Parcel service. A separate shipping fee of $30 applies to this item.
See spare parts for Creality Printers here.
What is OctoPi?
If you are looking for a better way to send prints to your 3D printer then look no further than OctoPi.
OctoPi is a Raspbian SD Card Image for the Raspberry Pi that already includes OctoPrint plus everything you need to run it. OctoPi allows you to remotely manage your printer, send gcode, monitor your printer during prints and even create beautiful time lapses.
There are also many OctoPi plugins that extend the functionality and allow you to do things like AI Monitoring of your prints, or sending status information over your favourite messenger.
Setup is quick and easy, and OctoPi supports Creality Printers out of the box.
To get started with OctoPi here is what you need.
- Raspberry Pi Budget Kit or Raspberry Pi 4B
- HighPi Raspberry Pi Case
- Power Supply (Minimum 5V, 1.2+A )
And
- Connection USB cable (Mini-USB for the original and Pro; Micro-USB for the V2)
- MicroSD Card with OctoPi imaged
- Raspberry Pi Camera
- Long Ribbon
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CR-6 SE 6 months later
After using this printer regularly since January 2021, I am totally happy with it. Ive at least 2 spools of PLA so far and havent had a single problem with the printer. This is my first 3d printer and I was quite surprised at the quality (smoothness) and precision of the prints. Ive only had problems with bed adhesion when i didn't clean the bed first (rubbing alcohol). The automatic bed leveling seems to work fine - Ive printed some high precision prints and never had a problem with level. There are a couple of firmware patches that I applied without problem. But you need to carefully follow directions to update both the display and the embedded Arduino Mega 256. Oh and it's quiet too. Ive actually had it beside my bed and slept through qn overnight print! I started using OctoPrint instead of shuffling SD cards and have never looked back! I also converted to using the latest Cura slicer (9.10 as of today) and abandoned the custom Creality/Cura slicer that came with the printer. I prefer to print smaller designs as to whole process is very slow and can be frustrating if you discover a flaw at the end of a long print. So I'm glad I didn't buy a larger printer! I tried several modelling applications but settled on the free version of Fusion 360. There's quite a learning curve but the time invested is paying off in my ability to design and print whatever I can imagine. This is definitely a fun tool that can produce quality prints.
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Great so far
Works great so far, no issues, fast shipping !!