To do some advertising for Rene
I’ve recently bought some airbrush nozzle adapters from him and I have to say I’m blown away by them. There are several advantages that come with them:
-small nozzle sizes available (I use 0.3mm)
-cheap nozzles (~5€ per 5 nozzles)
-perfect overhangs!!! The small pointy nozzle seems to keep the heat away from the print much better than standard E3D nozzles do.
-much more clearance at the nozzle tip for airflow and a much better view whilst printing small parts
-they seem to do not adhere to molten filament as well as brass nozzles do
yes, it is in German and google translate doesnt help much. It doesnt have much details about how the adapter and nozzle work. apologies for wasting your time with my asking for details .
the e3d nozzle is an M6 thread and an airbrush nozzle is M1.7 thread (if i’m reading rene’s info correctly). you obviously need an adapter to connect an airbrush nozzle to an e3d v6 heatblock. that’s what this is.
you just screw the adapter in the heatblock instead of your regular e3d nozzles and then screw an airbrush nozzle into the adapter.
I suspect another benefit of using these nozzles is that the nozzle tip face isn’t so big compared to the orifice. If you look at E3D’s drawings, they have a tip face that’s 2.5x the size of the orifice, so it’s pretty blunt. Nicer printing nozzles seem to have a very thin edge around the orifice.
My preferred 0.4 nozzles have a very pointy tip and work great. The 0.3 and 0.2 mm nozzle I use have more of a flat on the end but I can still get really good detail out of them. This offers a really pointy option at a much steeper angle. Nice!
Another advantage of the point is that a part cooling fans air flow will converge on the far side of the nozzle quicker allowing for a more consistent air flow on the far side.
@Gentili_Giuliano Theres a PDF drawing of the nozzle on the WE website … Try to check if all measurements on your nozzle are roughly the same.
But usually if it’s a M6 thread it should fit …
