I don’t print any abrasive materials at all. Pretty much only normal PLA and PETG.

I noticed, that my print quality gradually went down quite a bit, especially in the last few prints. I had a lot of stringing, weird blobs, and scarred surfaces.

Now, the print quality is as good as it should be!

They are dirt cheap. You can get a set of 10-15 generic ones, in different sizes, for only a few bucks. Don’t forget that they are consumables.

  • @ulterno@lemmy.kde.social
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    33 months ago

    And after a while, you can melt all those nozzles into an ingot of whatever it is made of and show off the weight to others.

    • @nilloc@discuss.tchncs.de
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      43 months ago

      Brass pot metal most likely. Don’t expect to be able to sell it for much though.

      Might be neat to learn sand casting and make a huge commemorative nozzle trophy, or even better, a container for the future spent nozzles!