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.

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    7 months ago

    When it works, it’s pretty great. I’ve got a weird overextrusion issue to fix on my MK3S+ with the 0.6 nozzle, but the prints themselves are tougher and faster.

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      7 months ago

      Did you play around with different filament settings or presets? Most importantly extrusion multiplier?

      Measuring the filament might be a good idea too, maybe slight differences are becoming visual with a bigger nozzle

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        7 months ago

        Thanks for the ideas, yeah I’ve tried playing around with the presets and such, and I’m fairly certain the filament itself is good, matterhackers pro PETG.

        When I have a moment I’ll be trying to make an extrusion tower to test settings.

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          6 months ago

          PETG is very leaky. It’s not a big deal with 0.4, but becomes a pain with 0.6. Try to set a higher printing speed.

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    I’ve been using 0.6 for some time, I normally do functional prints. It is a good compromise between speed and quality.

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    7 months ago

    Ever since Arachne came out .4 became obsolete for me. If you play with the settings right a .6 can produce nearly the same small details while being way faster for infill etc.

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    7 months ago

    I recently threw on a .6 nozzle on my x1c and now wondering why i never did this before

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    7 months ago

    Like many others on here, my stock is now 0.6mm

    I’ve also tried a 0.8mm which is amazing haha. Though it definitely has it’s limitations, so I usually just stick with 0.6mm

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      7 months ago

      That is a very good question. There aren’t any insane overhangs, just a few tricky spots. I had print he same thing smaller, so I knew it would be okay. I think the file actually mentioned in the notes that you COULD print it without support.

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        7 months ago

        I was shocked too at first, but then i realized the same thing, i don’t see anything problematic, what a great model

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          7 months ago

          I had to dig to find where I got the model from. I suppose I should add the link in case anybody wants to give them kudos or print it for themselves.

          It was created by Rocket Pig Games: Printables link

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    7 months ago

    I also use .6 as my standard nozzle. Since the stuff I print is usually custom brackets and cases, a bigger nozzle would be even more ideal. The problem is my stock heating can’t keep up with anything larger than a .6

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        7 months ago

        It’s an ender 3 pro with the stock hot end, but it’s also running klipper and prints at 60mm/s

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          7 months ago

          I have the same setup and with a bigger nozzle I found it useful to use auto speed and max volumetric flow, rather than speed. I found the hotend reaches its flow capacity before speed becomes an issue.

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            7 months ago

            What slicer are you using? I’m using Cura and I vaguely remember that being the reason why I didn’t do that.

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              I’ve been using super slicer, but it’s a fork of prusa slicer and I’m pretty sure the auto speed feature is a prusa slicer thing.