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I would say that it would be fine. Doubling the melt zone is just like halving the print speed, and you don't get burns and clogs at 30mm/sec.
The downsides to Volcano:
1.) longer melt zone, some polymers may not like this
2.) more expensive to machine (slightly)
3.) longer hotend, sacrificing z-height
4.) longer hotend, increasing chances of bending the heatbreak
What you really need now is a dual extruder with one Volcano and one normal E3D and slicer software that can divide up models to put all the heavy duty structure on the Volcano and all the fine detail on the E3D so you could get the best of both worlds :-).
Big batch of these coming in tomorrow. 100+ orders will go out in tomorrow's mail!
These are finally in stock, ready to ship. Here's a few prints from folks so far:
Nice, tracking says mine should be there when I get home today! Are those T-glase prints or another material? Looks kinda see thru.
What temp are you printing with T-Glase and the E3D? Mine is coming out cloudy at 240 degrees.
What temp are you printing with T-Glase and the E3D? Mine is coming out cloudy at 240 degrees.
I can't answer the question with the Volcano but 240 is a little hot with a V5 and a .6 I run T-Glase at about 215.
I run the 1mm nozzle at about 225+/- for tglase
what speed settings. layer height and such
I run the 1mm nozzle at about 225+/- for tglase
Check out http://www.soliforum.com/topic/9985/e3d … -settings/
I posted my settings there.
0.4mm nozzles now available:
Excellent. With these I could use a kraken with the volcano! Also would this allow for faster prints with .4 mm since there's a longer melt zone to get the filament liquid? (I assume that's the reason why they offer nozzles in this size now)
AZERATE - Do you print support material, and if so what setting do you use?
I am using the 1.0 mm nozzle and have been getting some great prints, but using slic3r with support enabled I get a support that is almost impossible to remove without damaging the part.
This is one of the downsides to a thick extrusion - the part is very mechanically strong, but so is the support material.
Decrease the extrusion width for support. Typically AZERATE along with myself, prefer no support if possible. Decreasing the extrusion width below half the nozzle diameter will change two things. First it sets the tool path and second it will decrease flow. You'll have to experiment with it some to get a support that is removable.
I have some parts that simply need support. Fortunately your tip has helped significantly - enough so that I can at least separate the part from the support material.
If there was a setting in Slic3r to allow the support interface extrusion width to be set independently that would be really useful!
Ultimately I guess I really need to get active cooling on my printer so bridging will work better, and then I can use far less supports for many of my prints. As I'm using ABS I haven't needed it yet.
Thanks
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