Are cheap 3D Printing nozzles worth it? - let's look inside.
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I’ve always wondered if the expensive ones are worth it. There’s a part 2 coming.

  • BakedCatboy@lemmy.mlEnglish
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    10 months ago

    Those stacked focus shots and the 3D model is super neat! I’m looking forward to part 2. I’ve always just gotten E3D hardened steel and not put much thought into it (didn’t want to have to worry about printing glow in the dark, and not willing to think much about nozzle wear like some of my friends who love to buy sub dollar multi packs of no name brass and swap them frequently).

    Hopefully this investigation validates my decision haha

    • moody@lemmings.worldEnglish
      2·
      10 months ago

      I haven’t used it yet, but I bought a cheap ruby nozzle from aliexpress. I am planning on using some abrasive filaments, but I don’t have them yet. I’m curious if it’s actually any good.

    • morbidcactus@lemmy.caEnglish
      1·
      10 months ago

      I’m about to try some phaetus hardened steel w/ some sort of coating, if they work I can pick up 2-3 of them for the price of 1 nozzle x (which has been my go to for a while) from the vendor I usually buy from. Changing nozzles is a pain on a stock V6 style hotend when you’re all thumbs like me, I’m using dragon HF and UHF hotends for more or less common spares and almost one handed nozzle changes.

      If I get to trying the new nozzles this weekend, I’ll give an update.

    • NOPper@lemmy.worldEnglish
      1·
      10 months ago

      I swapped over to vanadium when I picked up a Mosquito a long time back and they’re all still holding up perfectly after printing tons of different materials.

    • TwanHE@lemmy.worldEnglish
      1·
      10 months ago

      Only downside is abysmal flowrates with hardened steel unless you’re using a hardened cht. Even the clone hardened steel chts are fine since its actually only the tip of the nozzle that wears fast.

      • BakedCatboy@lemmy.mlEnglish
        1·
        10 months ago

        Yeah I was a little worried about thermal conductivity but luckily haven’t had any issues with flow - granted I also print hot most of the time by the advice of my coworkers at a 3D printing startup that prints a lot of functional parts in their in house prototyping mini farm.