After switching to the E3D V6 hotend, I fitted a Bowden connection to the standard Ormerod extruder drive. This started proving unreliable, so I searched for a direct way of mounting the extruder over the hot end. I opted for the Zesty Nimble, purely because of the weight issue which is advertised as 37grams. Although I originally thought it was a bit pricey (+£15 postage from Australia) especially if it didn't work out ! It has proved an excellent investment. The support from Lykle at Zesty Technologies has been amazing in designing the adapter (FOC) [www.thingiverse.com] As for reliability...only time will tell but I really recommend this as an alternative to the Bowden extruder drive. [attachment 97563 ZestyNimbleonOrmerod2.jpg] https://reprap.org/forum/read.php?340,785357,785357#msg-785357 Sun, 06 Sep 2026 08:28:22 -0400 Phorum 5.2.23 https://reprap.org/forum/read.php?340,785357,785489#msg-785489 https://reprap.org/forum/read.php?340,785357,785489#msg-785489
X60 is one of the most flexible filaments available and the Nimble prints it fine.
This is the first print I tried with X60, so no tuning or optimising is done just yet. Only had a small sample so next it to buy a spool and start tweaking.

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Also, here is a photo of two blocks I printed. The left one is Carbonfil, one of the hardest filaments to print. The right one is the X60 filament. All printed with the same printer, just changed the temp and speed settings. Goes to show that the Nimble is a very flexible extruder (pun intended).
[attachment 97581 twofilaments.png]]]> Lykle Ormerod Tue, 29 Aug 2017 05:45:14 -0400 https://reprap.org/forum/read.php?340,785357,785472#msg-785472 https://reprap.org/forum/read.php?340,785357,785472#msg-785472 PlasticPogle Ormerod Tue, 29 Aug 2017 03:30:29 -0400 https://reprap.org/forum/read.php?340,785357,785455#msg-785455 https://reprap.org/forum/read.php?340,785357,785455#msg-785455
Both Lykle and myself that developed the Nimble use the Duet board, no issues at all, just need to make sure you have settings set correctly which we have well documented, we also hapily help people that get stuck with the docs.

[zestytechnology.readthedocs.io]]]> briangilbert Ormerod Mon, 28 Aug 2017 19:44:11 -0400 https://reprap.org/forum/read.php?340,785357,785431#msg-785431 https://reprap.org/forum/read.php?340,785357,785431#msg-785431 dc42 Ormerod Mon, 28 Aug 2017 15:14:48 -0400 https://reprap.org/forum/read.php?340,785357,785408#msg-785408 https://reprap.org/forum/read.php?340,785357,785408#msg-785408
And also the gear ratio of 30:1, do you find this to be a problem?, I seem to remember dc42 noting something about 10:1 would be max for the Duet (mass to higher speed, jerk speed, acceleration)

Erik]]> ormerod168 Ormerod Mon, 28 Aug 2017 11:01:48 -0400 https://reprap.org/forum/read.php?340,785357,785357#msg-785357 https://reprap.org/forum/read.php?340,785357,785357#msg-785357 www.thingiverse.com]
As for reliability...only time will tell but I really recommend this as an alternative to the Bowden extruder drive.
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