0,2mm Airbrush nozzle is going strong!!!
Fullsize benchy and 18mm tall dwarf, both at 0.05mm layer.
Printed on the DICE?
A question about your “services” regarding the DICE: you’ve constructed more than a couple of these printers. Do you contract the CNC cutting aspect for the panels, or do you have your own tooling capability?
I was hoping in these photos to see a comparison of a “typical” Benchy print, although it’s pretty easy to see how precise is your print. The circles are amazing.
Is there any reason/benefit for using airbrush instead of clasical nozzle? I see only disadvantage of one more thread connection.
Nice work
@Ondrej_Pistek i can only talk about why i using them .
But for me its a cost factor.
They are cheaper compared to equally nozzle for 3D printer.
I can buy here one for 9,99€(hardened steel)
And their easier to get, the original printer nozzles a can only buy on special online stores but airbrush nozzle’s at least here in Germany are aviable in any art store and some playtoy stores. So I have also no delivery costs.
And also the normal relative cheap printer nozzles are only brass.
The airbrush ones are hardened steel.
Maybe for plastics like abs that’s not a big deal but for the one with a abrasive factor like filament with carbon fibers that’s a huge point in my opinion.
And and least for me I love the small long form factor more.
I hope its solve or at least helps a bit with the problem of hanging plastics on the nozzletip.
@Sebastian_Schmidt iam from germany too. On ebay there are lots of small nozzles like 0.2 for e3d that cost about the same. But at that small size and small layerheight its not so easy to print with. I was looking for airbrush nozzles myself but was wondering how the print come out. Nice work
@Fred_U yes, that was printed on the DICE.
@Ondrej_Pistek The shape of the nozzle is a huge advantage. The heaterblock is more than 10mm above the printed part and let it cool really good.
@Mark_Rehorst It’s a standard E3D-V6 with just a custom nozzle. And some additional tweaks like a silicon coat. Extruder in charge is the cheap and simple “compact bowden extruder” with an also cheap chinese MK8 pulley. I don’t care about abrasive filaments, because at this size of nozzle you don’t want to print such filaments.
@VolksTrieb E3D-nozzles with their big flat tip aren’t made for prints this size. IMHO E3D-nozzles or similar shapes are “beginner-nozzles” with no big disadvantage but also with no special advantage in one field besides “general purpose”.
Ah, and some of you mentioned the cost: 4€ custom made adapter + 0,98€ airbrush nozzle.
@Rene_Jurack yes thats true. The thing i dont like is like you mentioned that the heaterblock is near the print which causes curling up of edges most of the time…
Because of this, one isolates the heaterblock, picks a long pointy nozzle to increase the distance even more and blows hard with a fan. Additional, the long pointy nozzle puts less heat into the print than a flat tip nozzle. All this combined together and you get prints like the one in the pictures…
@Rene_Jurack
About that. I’ve tried isolating the heater block with a molded silicone jacket, but I was not very impressed with the result. 5 or 6 layers of capton tape seem to isolate better.
@Rien_Stouten Interesting point. I did not compare any isolation yet. But I also don’t like to mess around with kapton 