Hey guys, Im trying to get to .1mm layerheight. I have now a .35mm nozzle and I saw that on makergear they have a .25mm. Is there some place which offers an even smaller one? Cheers https://reprap.org/forum/read.php?262,175953,175953#msg-175953 Sat, 13 Jun 2026 11:19:24 -0400 Phorum 5.2.23 https://reprap.org/forum/read.php?262,175953,177227#msg-177227 https://reprap.org/forum/read.php?262,175953,177227#msg-177227
The pressure drops linearly with flow speed so you can always slow down to compensate, but as you are extruding much smaller filament the build time rapidly increases.

With PLA you can increase the temperature a bit to make it less viscous but then it won't span gaps. With ABS the viscosity changes much more slowly with temperature and you hit a limit around 260C where it starts to discolour and burn.]]> nophead Printing Thu, 17 Jan 2013 05:37:35 -0500 https://reprap.org/forum/read.php?262,175953,177201#msg-177201 https://reprap.org/forum/read.php?262,175953,177201#msg-177201
It is not a problem to slow down the speed, but I hope my direct drive extruder will be able to push the filament!

What about the temperature? How do you adjust it, when reducing the nozzle size? Does it make sens to increase it, so the ABS is more runny?]]> fma Printing Thu, 17 Jan 2013 02:33:26 -0500 https://reprap.org/forum/read.php?262,175953,177121#msg-177121 https://reprap.org/forum/read.php?262,175953,177121#msg-177121
The downside is the pressure increases with the inverse four power of nozzle aperture so the flow rate is limited, slowing down the build speed.]]> nophead Printing Wed, 16 Jan 2013 14:38:18 -0500 https://reprap.org/forum/read.php?262,175953,177075#msg-177075 https://reprap.org/forum/read.php?262,175953,177075#msg-177075
I'm currently using a 0.3mm GRRF nozzle (for 1.75mm filament), and I tried yesterday night layers of 0.075mm. It worked fine, but XY accuracy does not seem to be improved over 0.1mm layers.

Is it because 0.3mm is to high for the nozzle hole? Do you think I can get better details on XY using a 0.2mm nozzle?

Are there some known issues using such small nozzle?

I'm printing ABS...

Thanks.]]> fma Printing Wed, 16 Jan 2013 08:17:22 -0500 https://reprap.org/forum/read.php?262,175953,176764#msg-176764 https://reprap.org/forum/read.php?262,175953,176764#msg-176764
-Rob A>]]> RobA Printing Mon, 14 Jan 2013 12:57:25 -0500 https://reprap.org/forum/read.php?262,175953,176227#msg-176227 https://reprap.org/forum/read.php?262,175953,176227#msg-176227 it also depends on the nozzle and how much the filment is stretched, On my 0.5mm Buddashnozzle, I can't even bridge 50% infill on a test cube at 0.1mm layer height.
But a 0.35mm nozzle is half the area, so you'll get away with more.]]> Polygonhell Printing Fri, 11 Jan 2013 19:18:26 -0500 https://reprap.org/forum/read.php?262,175953,176217#msg-176217 https://reprap.org/forum/read.php?262,175953,176217#msg-176217 -------------------------------------------------------
> As you reduce the layer height, at some point
> you'll be forced to print with 100% or close to
> 100% infill.
> At really low layer heights, the filament won't
> bridge sparse infil.

I just did a .05 layer yoda a couple days ago. I only had 20% infill. It did fine. (.35 nozzle)]]> xclusive585 Printing Fri, 11 Jan 2013 18:36:00 -0500 https://reprap.org/forum/read.php?262,175953,175959#msg-175959 https://reprap.org/forum/read.php?262,175953,175959#msg-175959 At really low layer heights, the filament won't bridge sparse infil.]]> Polygonhell Printing Thu, 10 Jan 2013 13:16:38 -0500 https://reprap.org/forum/read.php?262,175953,175956#msg-175956 https://reprap.org/forum/read.php?262,175953,175956#msg-175956 nophead Printing Thu, 10 Jan 2013 12:49:08 -0500 https://reprap.org/forum/read.php?262,175953,175953#msg-175953 https://reprap.org/forum/read.php?262,175953,175953#msg-175953
Im trying to get to .1mm layerheight. I have now a .35mm nozzle and I saw that on makergear they have a .25mm. Is there some place which offers an even smaller one?

Cheers]]> sungod3k Printing Thu, 10 Jan 2013 12:13:06 -0500