Creality K1/K1C adjustable standoff

If you approach bed leveling as a more of a challenge than an irritation, this may be for you. This adjustable print bed standoff allows about 1.5mm of adjustment. The key is using a plastic which has a higher melting point than the highest bed temperature you use. In my case I needed a melting point above 100 degC. I sent my .stls to Xometry to have the parts printed in Nylon 12. You could save money by having Xometry print just the K1AdjStandoffTop.stl which contacts the bottom of the print bed. The file  K1AdjStandoffBot.stl could be printed with a lower temp plastic like PETG.

After removing the bottom standoff screws (2.5mm), remove the factory standoffs and replace them with the K1AdjStandoffTop. Then wind on the K1AdjStandoffBot until it just begins to become snug. If it is tightened too much it will just unwind the top the of standoff from the print bed. Then replace the bottom standoff screws, again making the screw just barely snug so the adjuster wheel ifs free to rotate. I got best results using the adjustable standoffs with the Creality K1 Bed Levelers to compensate for the print bed sag between the standoffs.