[Lab] 1.75mm or 3mm for extruding

[Andrew Plumb]

Just send Rick an e-mail and I'm sure he can add some to your order.  Worst-case, I can lend you some to get testing.

Andrew.

On 2011-01-21, at 9:37 AM, Darcy Whyte wrote:

> Oh I see
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> I will see what happens with the 3mm on my cnc.
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> I am starting to set it up now
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> I guess I need a controller for the stepper.
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> Also some material for testing. I suppose I should have ordered that at the same place I got the extruder. Nutts I forgot.
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> I suppose I need a some suppliers for that. Plasto-filament.
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> Darcy
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>> On Jan 21, 2011 9:02 AM, "Andrew Plumb" <andrew at plumb.org> wrote:
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>> No, it allows you to use smaller-diameter nozzles, which in turn gets you the higher resolution because the filament is smaller to start with.  It's easier press cold 1.75mm thru a 0.25mm nozzle than starting from 3.0mm.
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>> In theory you can print faster because there's less volume of material to heat on-the-fly.
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>> Andrew.
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>> If your positioning system isn't up to the job though,
>> On 2011-01-21, at 8:51 AM, Darcy Whyte wrote: > So you're saying that the source filament affects...
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