<div>okay, as soon as I have a machine I'll get an extruder and some raw material...</div><div><br></div>Thanks for the advice...<br>
<br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Thu, Oct 28, 2010 at 3:11 PM, Andrew Plumb <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:andrew@plumb.org">andrew@plumb.org</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex;">
Get a 0.35mm BigHead plastruder to start. With his groove-mount, yes it's possible to swap nozzles. Maybe get a second if you want to swap more cleanly between materials like ABS vs PLA vs HDPE.<br>
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I'd go with a Compact for smaller nozzle diameters (i.e. 0.25mm) so you can use the narrower diameter filament (1.75mm), making for better prints at those resolutions.<br>
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He's confirmed the BigHead and Compact are interchangeable, but you'll have to compensate for the relative height difference. That's just a Z-axis homing delta.<br>
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You can ping Rick directly for more details: <a href="mailto:rick@makergear.com">rick@makergear.com</a><br>
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On 2010-10-28, at 2:35 PM, Darcy Whyte wrote:<br>
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> should I buy a specific nozzle size or is it possible to change the nozzle size?<br>
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> They are sold out of the .25mm. Is that the one I should get?<br>
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> On Thu, Oct 28, 2010 at 2:22 PM, Andrew Plumb <<a href="mailto:andrew@plumb.org">andrew@plumb.org</a>> wrote:<br>
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> I'd recommend picking up one of Rick's: <a href="http://www.makergear.com/products/plastruder" target="_blank">http://www.makergear.com/products/plastruder</a><br>
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> Very solid, reliable build, and great support. He also offers a selection of nozzle diameters to get finer detail.<br>
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