Stainless steel nozzles work well enough and aren’t that expensive
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Tar_alcaran@sh.itjust.works 3 weeks ago
And if you do print aggressive abrasive materials, remember to either get a super expensive hardox nozzle, or just throw them away after each print. Woodfiber will murder any nozzle.
EddoWagt@feddit.nl 3 weeks ago
thisbenzingring@lemmy.sdf.org 3 weeks ago
This solution to abrasive filament is a tungsten nozzle or one of the ruby tip ones. The cost is a bit expensive but with a tungsten nozzle you might be one and done
Tar_alcaran@sh.itjust.works 3 weeks ago
Yeah, 70 bucks buys a LOT of disposable ones though. It’s probably worth it at some point, but not at my amount of abrasive filament use.
clb92@feddit.dk 3 weeks ago
Yeah, you could get hundreds of cheap nozzles for $70. I’ve bought packs of 10 nozzles for 86 cents. That’s like 800+ nozzles I could get instead of one $70 tungsten one. Or maybe “only” 700 nozzles if I factor in the shipping cost too.
thisbenzingring@lemmy.sdf.org 3 weeks ago
The time and care required to changing the nozzle (unless you’ve got a good mod or fancy system) isn’t worth it IMO.
Quality > Quantity
ulterno@lemmy.kde.social 3 weeks ago
And after a while, you can melt all those nozzles into an ingot of whatever it is made of and show off the weight to others.
fmstrat@lemmy.nowsci.com 3 weeks ago
Obligatory we already create a lot of waste 3d printing. Please keep that in mind.
SmackemWittadic@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
Forget about tungsten, get yourself a Diamondback nozzle They’re pretty much indestructible regardless of the hardness of the filament! Ask our boy Zack over at Voidstar Labs
TheTetrapod@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
Bought one of these a while back, and it’s been great. Yeah, you can get hundreds of cheapo nozzles for the price, but not having to deal with increasingly shitty prints and nozzle changes has made it worthwhile for me, at least. I don’t even use abrasives, mainly just matte PLA.
Rolive@discuss.tchncs.de 3 weeks ago
Ackschually
PLA is not abrasive by itself but it’s additives might be. Titanium dioxide is a common colorant for example which might end up eroding your nozzle slowly.
thisbenzingring@lemmy.sdf.org 3 weeks ago
Not sure if I see a difference but it’s more expensive.
SmackemWittadic@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
The link I sent does have material property comparisons with most other nozzle materials, including tungsten carbide.
But, given that they’re trying to sell the Diamond nozzles in the first place I would take all those values with a grain of salt.
dual_sport_dork@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
This is what I did. I have not had to change nozzles since.
I will say, however, that this will definitely prompt you to git gud at cleaning nozzles, and inventing jigs and tools for doing so, because you’ll no longer just want to shrug and throw away your current nozzle if it clogs badly.