Changing nozzles

I own a stock ROBO 3D R1 PLUS from june with the all metal hot end. Are there any nozzles I can buy with different diameters. I would like to see how I can change print time with thicker and possible even thinner layers.. Is this possible or do I just have to get an entire new setup?

 

awesome thanks for the info. Have you used different nozzle sizes on your printer before? If so what sort of results have you seen?

 

also in the topic of nozzles and extruder compatibility, is there an "easier" route to dual extrusion as far as a mod. I have seen a few but you seem to be the guy to ask.

 

The kickstarter price to actually get the Mosaic was $600. Which really isn't all that expensive by the time you compare that to the time and trouble of printing the modified carriages, buying additional E3D hotends and all the assorted nozzles, the additional stepper motor, drive gear and extruder body printing and wiring and fan extender for the Robo. Plus all of the crimping/soldering tools needed if you don't have them already.

The biggest portion of this is the time spent on changing everything over properly if the person doing it has no experience whatsoever tinkering. To say nothing of the hassle some folks have getting their PC to even recognize the Robo when running Arduino software on 64-bit machines.

That said, I'd really suggest that the OP not try to do the dual modification until they get comfortable doing single color prints. There is a surprising learning curve that all printer manufacturers pretend don't apply to their printers that the OP needs to get around first.

After the OP has figured out settings for printing parts with detachable supports in various single color prints and done it reliably, that would be a good point to look again at going dual extruder and deciding if it's really worth the trouble.

Especially since the only two benefits to going dual extruder are:

1. Printing where the supports are printed in a dissolvable material--good for complex things like skeletons of sci-fi/fantasy creatures, but not much else.
2. Printing in two different color filaments at the same time--really a great deal more limited than people think.

I'm only doing it to my Robo because I've gone so far from stock there is no putting it back, but I wouldn't recommend a newbie go down this path at all.

 

Hey. I like dual colors ok.

 

I hear "print in two colors!" far more than "print in two materials!" when people aren't talking about dissolvable supports though.

 

my main motivation is being able to print support material that dissolves. I mostly build enclosures for electronics, but would like to expand on overhangs and detail without losing detail. I also thought it would be neat to keep one nozzle at 0.4 and another at a higher diameter for support and for fast prints.

 

yeah simplify 3d supports are generally better and less effort than dual extrusion. Cost is about the same without all the added headache of duals

 

I actually have simplify 3D

 

I have it tuned pretty well but I feel like I could really expand my printers capabilities with solid supports. Right now I get very little noticeable artifacts on my prints from the simplify supports, but I have had issues with certain prints. I think if I ever do this mod it will be a long way down the road. I also was thinking I could use some of the more exotic filaments for perimeters and solid layers and then infill with with pla to save those rolls of more expensive filament.

 

It's definitely something that's there in Simplify though. My customized Robo dual setup has the option of using a specific nozzle for infill and supports and doing perimeters with the other so it's definitely something that's possible.

 

I am pretty tech/software/hardware savvy. I built large structures and have wire houses and electronics. I am currently building a CNC machine. I think I would be capable of adding a dual extruder, but I definitely fear the long troubleshooting process.