I have always wanted to try printing larger, using a bigger nozzle - just got around to swapping to a .6mm in my MK3S+. Printed a gift for a childhood friend. 300% size. Took just under 10 hrs. With the slicer settings on .4mm it was over 17hrs.
0.6 is such a huge time saver on big prints. One of the best upgrades you can make imo
Sir_Kevin@lemmy.dbzer0.com 11 months ago
Wow that’s a significant time savings! I may have to give that a try! Did you have to make a lot of changes with your slicer settings aside from the nozzle size?
Thanks4Nothing@lemm.ee 11 months ago
I used the default profile that Prusa has for .6 nozzles, and I changed the layer height to be larger. I think I may have actually added a perimeter as well, which slows things down normally. Nothing else changed at all.
You have to change the nozzle size in the printer hardware menu. Then I had to run the first layer calibation. I found out the hard way that that calibration test ALWAYS uses .4 settings. I printed about 10 of them and nothing was turning out, then I made my own, but creating a 75x75 box, that was one layer high. It printed perfectly with minimal z adjustment.
Thanks4Nothing@lemm.ee 11 months ago
(this is all specific to Prusa MK3/Prusa Slicer)