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submitted 2 weeks ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

If a 0.4mm nozzle is 4x the area of a 0.2mm nozzle, should I print 4x faster with a 0.2mm nozzle?

Context - I think I'm having heat creep and printing too slow. (ender 3, pla 210c)

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[-] [email protected] 3 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago)

Not just pet hair, but pet dander. Pets in general just add a bunch of stuff to the air that likes to land on top of uncovered rolls of filament; I run a repair shop for 3D printers, and after some surveying, I've found that people with pets experience clogs much more often.

0.2mm nozzles are like 25% of the area that a 0.4 has. That means every, little, potential bit of problem can, and WILL clog the nozzle.

Additionally, the 0.2mm nozzles are so tiny, there's not likely a good way to clean them, as most needles are 0.3mm or larger.

[-] [email protected] 1 points 2 weeks ago

Yeah that makes sense.

I guess I've avoided that since I printed and made a thing that wipes the filament as it goes into the printer, I suppose.

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