https://www.soliforum.com/topic/4723/smallest-filament-size/ Mon, 02 Dec 2013 20:54:34 +0000 PunBB https://www.soliforum.com/post/43062/#p43062 Smaller diameter filament would have the same effect on moire as a microstepping driver. (ie an improvment)

]]> Mon, 02 Dec 2013 20:54:34 +0000 https://www.soliforum.com/post/43062/#p43062 https://www.soliforum.com/post/43059/#p43059 No reason why, just curious.

]]> Mon, 02 Dec 2013 20:34:49 +0000 https://www.soliforum.com/post/43059/#p43059 https://www.soliforum.com/post/43058/#p43058 I'm kind of curious why you would want to run filament smaller than 1.75.  Aren't most filaments either 1.75 or 3mm?  Is there some other type of material that's sold in smaller diameters?  Now a smaller nozzle I think I understand because that would get higher horizontal resolution (I think).

]]> Mon, 02 Dec 2013 20:31:56 +0000 https://www.soliforum.com/post/43058/#p43058 https://www.soliforum.com/post/43057/#p43057 Depends on the hotend, but 1.2mm probably won't feed very well through the pinch rollers. 1.5mm is the smallest I've run reliably.

]]> Mon, 02 Dec 2013 20:16:28 +0000 https://www.soliforum.com/post/43057/#p43057 https://www.soliforum.com/post/43054/#p43054 with filament that small you will probably have problems keeping it from kinking, while it will lose pressure in the melt zone it will probably still work but the output from the nozzle will be very irregular at the least.

]]> Mon, 02 Dec 2013 19:42:44 +0000 https://www.soliforum.com/post/43054/#p43054 https://www.soliforum.com/post/43049/#p43049 I've got a SD2 with a .42 nozzle set for 1.75mm filament.  How much smaller can I go?  Can I go 1.25mm?

]]> Mon, 02 Dec 2013 19:12:18 +0000 https://www.soliforum.com/post/43049/#p43049