• x7tYnC6c@lemmy.worldEnglish
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    1 year ago

    I tried .8 nozzle for a while, but my vanilla hot end just can’t keep up at higher speed.

  • papalonian@kbin.social
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    1 year ago

    Larger nozzles do kick ass. I personally use my 0.6 nozzles pretty heavily. As others have mentioned though, there are definitely scenarios where you’ll really want or even need to drop to a smaller size. My printer hates trying to print PETG at higher sizes for example, maybe my hot end isn’t powerful enough.

  • CobraA1@kbin.social
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    1 year ago

    I printed some tiny but detailed board game pieces recently, I don’t think I’d get the detail I wanted with a 0.8. I also have Revo installed so I’m okay with swapping nozzles frequently.

    • ShadowRam@kbin.social
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      1 year ago

      For years now, I’ve always want to see someone try a dual nozzle setup. Same material, same filament, but two nozzles sizes.

      Small nozzle for outer perimeter at a low layer height.

      Large nozzle for inner perimeter and infill at higher layer heights.

      Maybe in the future, someone will find a way to control nozzle size dynamically.

  • Sawblade@lemmy.worldEnglish
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    1 year ago

    Dang, I have .8s for all my hotends but haven’t got around to trying them. Some day though.

    Thanks for the motivation.

      • Sawblade@lemmy.worldEnglish
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        1 year ago

        Yeah totally get it, going to .6 already forced me to switch to 5kg spools on my commonly used filament.

        Any troubles keeping up with extruding through a .8? Having a reason to spend money on a higher performance hot end was my main worry from using it.