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Creality Ender 6 3D Printer

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The Creality Ender-6 offers a fresh new Core-XY design, a near-excessive number of awesome features, and a blue enclosure with subtle stylish accents.

250x250x400mm Volume | Semi-Enclosed Chamber | Real Core-XY Design | TMC2208 Drivers | 32bit Motherboard

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When looking through the numerous different manufacturers of 3D Printers nowadays, it’s often easy to see which brands are the leaders in the space, as they are the ones who are typically pushing the industry forward with fresh new designs, iterations and refinements toward Hobbyist 3D Printing Tech’. However, if there’s one brand that really shines in this regard, it’s Creality, with an average of around 5 to 7 new machines being produced each and every year since 2017. This is one of the aspects that we love the most from Creality 3D, as overall have become some of the key players that are driving the technology forward at a blazing fast pace, and we feel that the Creality Ender-6 is an excellent example of precisely what makes them leaders in the space.

The Creality Ender-6 is a true masterpiece of a 3D Printer that features a unique Core-XY design, which is very different from the standard Creality CR-10 and Ender 3 based machines, and is designed in a similar manner to the Creality Ender 5 Series. However, while the Ender 4 and Ender 5 machines were designed according to the H-Bot standard, the Ender-6 now features a Core-XY build, and this does an excellent job at catering to some of the minor weaknesses of the H-Bot design, offering a higher level of accuracy and speed due to the reduced strains and forces that the various 3D Components experience throughout 3D Printer movements. This translates to faster print speeds and better accuracy throughout each and every print, while also offering some of the key features that have made the modern Creality 3D Printers so damn attractive when compared to other models on the market.

 

The Powerful New Features of the Creality Ender-6:

While some 3D Printer models have placed a strong focus on going big, and others have focused purely on features and functionality, the Creality Ender-6 strikes a beautiful balance between these two core focuses, offering a good build volume that is just a little smaller than the Creality CR-10 S4 and just a bit larger than the Creality Ender 5 Pro, as well as a great mix of features that are not only valuable to Makers, but cost-effective too. This has resulted in a true powerhouse of a 3D Printer that can cater to almost any Maker out there, making it a great choice for Makers who like to print BIG, but also for those who like to print with precision!

So let’s take a brief look at a few of these key features that make the Creality Ender-6 such an enticing offer, and take a deeper dive into what those might mean for you, as an enthusiastic Maker with big dreams and a desire to Create:

  • Semi-Enclosed Printing Chamber – As you may have noticed, there aren’t too many 3D Printers nowadays that come with an included enclosure, and this is primarily because effectively enclosing a 3D Printer is a difficult task to achieve. In fact, we know this from our own experience from when we were designing enclosures for our DIY Prusa i3 3D Printers, which were surprisingly demanding and took some serious engineering to refine and polish. Fortunately, enclosing a Box Design 3D Printer is much easier than a standard cartesian or cantilever design, and this is one area in which the Ender-6 shines. However, it must be noted that because this design doesn’t have a roof (hence being semi-enclosed rather than fully enclosed), it won’t quite offer the same effects as a full enclosure will. With that being said though, the semi-enclosed style does help towards 3D Printing quality, as it helps to block out external forces like wind or air-conditioning systems, and this of course ensures that printed items can stay warm after being extruded, rather than cooling down too quickly and cracking or warping due to sudden temperature changes.

  • Real Core-XY Design – Because 3D Printing is still a relatively new industry, the term “Core-XY” gets thrown around a lot, and although some machines are certainly based on a Core-XY design, a large portion of machines that make that claim are actually designed to the “H-Bot” standard, which is arguably similar, but doesn’t quite fit the exact criteria that make a Core-XY design so good. This is why we’re delighted to find that the Creality Ender-6 is a genuine Core-XY, with a clever belt system that helps to remove all of the odd twisting forces, moments of inertia and other complex engineering forces that you, as an end user, should never need to worry about. Instead, you can simply enjoy the longer lasting belt lifespan, better positional accuracy, as well as faster print speeds throughout each and every print, which of course translates to great quality and speedy turnaround times for all of the awesome decorations, tools, toys and other items you want to Make.

  • A “Goldilocks Size" Build Volume – If we were to take the Creality Ender-6 and describe it in a single famous quote, we would have to go with the ever-popular quote from Goldilocks, in which she states: “This bed is Just Right!”. This is because, while some Makers consider the bed sizes of the Ender 3 and Ender 5 machines to be relatively small, others consider the build volume of the CR-10 range to be too big when compared to the price. This bed, however, strikes that perfect balance of a “Just Right” sized build volume, being big enough to print a large majority of the popular (and unpopular) prints, but not excessively large – translating to cost savings for end users, as well as reduced problems relating to heatbed hot spots and z-wobbling at various heights. So if you’re looking for a bed that’s “Not Too Small, Not Too Big, But Just Right”, that can handle almost any design files you throw at due to the huge 400mm height, the Ender-6 offers that ideal middle ground that Goldilocks would certainly be proud of.

 

Creality Ender-6 3D Printer  -  Technical Specifications:

  • Printing Technology

– FDM

  • Build Volume

– 250 x 250 x 400mm

– Actual Bed Size = 290 x 290mm

  • Chassis Size (Desk Space Required)

– 495 x 495 x 650mm

  • Filament Diameter Compatibility

– 1.75mm

  • Extruder Style

– Bowden: All Metal Design

  • Stock Nozzle

– 0.4mm MK8 Nozzle

  • Stock Hotend Assembly

 Creality Ender-6 Hotend Assembly

  • Maximum Hotend Temperature

– 260°C

  • Print Platform Style

– Carborundum (Silicon Carbide) UltraBase                    

  • Print Platform Max Temperature

– 110°C

  • Printing Speed (Stable)

– 70mm/s

  • Printing Speed (Max)

– 150mm/s

  • Layer Height (Resolution)

– 100 to 400 microns

  • Motherboard / Primary Controller

– Creality V4.3.1 Motherboard

  • Stock Stepper Drivers

– Integrated TMC2208 Silent Stepper Drivers

  • User Interface

– 4.3inch full Colour Touch Display (Fast Response)

  • Slicing Software Compatibility

– Cura / Simplify3D / Slic3r / Repetier Host

  • File Transfer Method

– SD Card

  • Bed Levelling System

– Manual / Large Adjustable Corner Screws

  • Print Resume Functionality

– Included

  • Filament Runout Sensor

– Included (With Brass Insert)

  • Chassis Materials

– Black Anodised Aluminium / V-Slot Extrusion

– Acrylic Walls & Doors

– Injection Moulded ABS Corner Brackets

  • Included 3D Printing Filament

– Small Spool of Test Filament

  • Distinct Features

– Extremely Stable Core-XY Design

– Enclosed Printing Chamber

– Creality Custom 32bit Motherboard

– Integrated TMC2208 Stepper Drivers

  • Operating Voltage

– 24V DC

  • Power Supply Input

115V / 230V AC (Toggle Switch)   

  • Power Supply Output

24V, 360W, 15A

 

Parts Included with the Creality Ender-6 3D Printer:

  • 2 x Spare Nozzles                                 
  • 3 x Acrylic Walls
  • Spare Bowden Coupler
  • 2 x Acrylic Doors with Hinges
  • TF/SD Card & Reader Unit
  • Creality Ender-6 User Manual
  • 500g Spool of Test Filament
  • Set of Assembly Tools & Components                     
  • Scraper / Print Removal Tool
  • Power Cable

 

Our Final Verdict on the Creality Ender-6 3D Printer:

When first setting up and taking a proper look at the new Creality Ender-6, we must admit that the assembly of this machine is certainly quite a task, and is quite a lot more complex than what we’ve come to expect from Creality’s 3D Printers. However, despite the initially-daunting number of parts and the pages of instructions that we had to follow, we found it overall to be relatively simple, and it just took a little while longer than usual since we wanted to get our unit as squared up and precise as possible. Fortunately, this turned out to be time very well spent, as after setting up a test print and getting the bed levelled “Just Right”, the Ender-6 immediately started demonstrating precisely what it was capable of, showing off its impressive speed while maintaining a good level of precision – and all of this with nearly silent operations.

In terms of the features, what we really love most about the Ender-6 is the genuine Core-XY design, which caters to the minor downfalls of the H-Bot design, while dramatically improving theoretical top speeds and maintaining good accuracy even at those high speeds. Furthermore, this is complemented with a build volume that is quite a bit larger than the original Creality Ender 3, and all of this is neatly boxed up with a snug, well designed semi-enclosure that’s relatively simple to setup and take full advantage of. These features, coupled with the quality that has been steadily improving from Creality over the past couple of years, has resulted in what we consider to be a real winner, delivering on the promise of great quality, great speeds and awesome reliability.

 

Additional Resources:

  • If you’re eager to take a look at the User Manual, check out the Creality Resources Page, where they feature the Creality CR-6 SE firmware updates, as well as other handy resources.

  • Although we always prefer and recommend manual bed levelling, since it’s quite easy once you get the hang of it and is arguably quicker than any automatic method, we do also know that some of you are definitely going to want to equip this beautiful machine with a BLTouch Sensor for ultimate convenience to match the awesome quality. As such, this Ender-6 BLTouch Video Tutorial demonstrates just how easy and hassle-free installing a BLTouch can be on this new machine, and how all you really need to do is mount it, plug it in, and then update the firmware easily via the SD card.

  • Next up, it’s easy to see that Creality have been stepping up their game over the past few years, and now they even include really handy resources like this entire Creality Ender-6 YouTube Playlist, which is there to help you learn more about the machine and troubleshoot any problems you’re experiencing, in a nice and easy to understand visual way.

 

Finally, the following is a pretty good unboxing and build video by Creality, which demonstrates many of the cool features and key components of the cool new Creality Ender-6, as well as the typical build process you can expect when you get yours unboxed for the first time:

 

Grade 
11/04/2021

Amazing 3D Printer

I have has this new 3D Printer for about two weeks and have printed PLA and TPU both with ease. The new core-xy design is super stable and print speeds are insane! I upgraded to a Micro Swiss all metal hot end and have not looked back. Really worth the spend!

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Although Creality 3D have been working within the industry since 2014, their addition of the Creality CR-10 series is what really catapulted them to the front line of competition, as it offered substantially better quality compared to other 3D printers – while simultaneously reducing the cost and complexities of the machines.


The quality of Creality’s 3D Printers and accessories shows through in their market history, with the brand selling around 3000 printers in their first year on the market, followed by about 10,000 sales over the next year. Now, Creality easily sells around 30,000 or more 3D printers each year, with sales continuously rising as they bring out more models. These are impressive numbers when considering the fact that they entered the industry as unknown competitors, quickly rising through the ranks and now even competing with Wanhao and similar top brands.


If you are looking for excellent 3D Printers that offer affordability without compromising on quality, Creality 3D is certainly a brand that you should take note of. From the basic Creality Ender 2 all the way up to the large build volume Creality CR-10 S5, there are few other brands who are capable of offering such a refined package while still maintaining some of the most enticing prices in the industry.