Is it possible to add 0.2mm nozzle support to Creality Print? I bought one on AliExpress but it’s hard to find the proper settings for it. I got some profiles on Orca and Prusa slicers, but even those I’m not sure are using the printer to its full potential.
Thanks for any pointers
I think you can discuss the topic about Creality print here.
They are currently upgrading Creality print and may need everyone’s thoughts.
I purchased my Ender-3 V3 KE in the understanding it was a finished product.
I misunderstood.
Is there a specific reason I can purchase a variety of nozzle sizes - from store.creality.com, for example - yet there’s still only a profile for 0.4mm nozzles provided?
0.4mm is the standard profile for pretty much all their printers. For non-standard sizes you’ll have to make your own printer profile. Yes you can buy 0.2/0.8/1.0 nozzles but they aren’t the standard. Welcome to the world of DIY printing, there are a number of tutorials out there for different nozzles and profiles. I shall have a play myself as I have a couple of 0.2 nozzles that I want to try.
I’m wondering about this myself. I bought the “nozzle pack” offered with the K1C in the package deal, and it comes with a .6mm and .8mm nozzle. However, as others have observed, it seems pretty difficult to actually figure out how to use them.
Feel free to share one of the number of tutorials out there, for a 0.2mm nozzle on the KE. I’ve Googled, Binged and CoPiloted - mostly just find lost people on reddit. There are partially and possibly useful comments here and there, which may also be entirely useless as many are multiple years old.
DIY printing - yes - alright, I don’t mind tinkering here and there for this and that; I wasn’t quite looking to code my own firmware/software. In my opinion: If you happily sell ‘non-standard’ optional parts (for years running), one might possibly expect some form of support to go with the raking of cash.
My thought is to test the future releases more carefully. 5.0 works fairly well, but 5.1 crashed and burned in a number of ways!
Not checked through the settings yet but Cura 5.8 beta has many nozzle settings to choose from, only just loaded it so not tested it. I think rule of thumb is half the nozzle diameter, 1/4 flowrate, 50% higher feed rate. I think, like with all filaments, you should calibrate per filament/nozzle combination.
I have a similar nozzle pack for my KE, I shall try the 0.2mm but I think it might be a little violent to do it justice. I shall be machining my V3SE hotend to make it fit my Ender 5 plus’ Microswiss . I can then use my old SE nozzles on the only printer I would trust with fine prints.