Obligatory we already create a lot of waste 3d printing. Please keep that in mind.
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Tar_alcaran@sh.itjust.works 3 weeks agoYeah, 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.
fmstrat@lemmy.nowsci.com 3 weeks ago
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.
nilloc@discuss.tchncs.de 3 weeks ago
Brass pot metal most likely. Don’t expect to be able to sell it for much though.
Might be neat to learn sand casting and make a huge commemorative nozzle trophy, or even better, a container for the future spent nozzles!
ulterno@lemmy.kde.social 3 weeks ago
Or get it machined into new nozzles by a friend who added a CNC Lathe to their setup.