I have the Sidekick 747 with the Meteor 175 | Nickel Plated Brass | 0.5 mm head. Can I use the 0.03, 0.04, 0.08 nozzles?
Reg
Besides the misplaced decimal point there, yes.
Thanks.
My fingers love those 0’s
reg
I tried to change the nozzle size in the cura lulzbot slicer and it generated an error. It would not let me slice my part with a 0.4 nozzle setting.
Any ideas?
Reg
The line width and size from the profile you were using were configured based on the 0.5 size. You will have to modify the existing profile to compensate.
Basic rule is layer height should be between 20-80% of your nozzle size, and line width should be 100-150% of the nozzle size. You can measure the actual flat area of your nozzle to determine max width, but you can’t go below the nozzle diameter.
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Thank you.
I thought as much but I was not sure. So I leave the nozzle setting at 0.5 but change the settings to match the 0.4, or 0.3, or 0.8 nozzle size.
Reg
Setting the nozzle size in the machine change what line and height settings it will allow without a warning.
If you set your line width to .35 while the machine setting has your nozzle at .5, it will throw an error. If you set nozzle to .3 and a line width of .35, it should be fine.
It’s Medetor 1.75 because it used filament for 1.75 mm diameter but if you want to keep things simple use the same nozzle size currently mine is equipped with a e3D steel nozzle
I got a taz workhorse & a taz workhorse+ which are similar machines