Timeline for Can 1.75 mm filament be used in a printer that takes 3 mm filament?
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| Oct 8, 2016 at 6:11 | comment | added | BrainSlugs83 | You just need a teflon liner to prevent this issue (that's what the H-1 used to overcome this problem). | |
| Jan 15, 2016 at 17:32 | comment | added | TextGeek | Now I have to go try this. My intuition differs, but the best way to know for sure is for us to try it... :) | |
| Jan 15, 2016 at 17:18 | comment | added | tjb1 | In most cases, the gap around the filament would be larger than the hole in the nozzle. I don't know the math to figure it out but I am assuming it would take less pressure for the molten plastic to go backwards through the larger gap than through the nozzle itself. | |
| Jan 15, 2016 at 17:01 | comment | added | TextGeek | I don't understand why it would overflow. OP correctly mentioned that the settings would have to be changed; but once that's done, wouldn't the software turn the extruder motor only 1/3 as far to extrude the same volume of filament? | |
| Jan 15, 2016 at 16:42 | history | edited | tjb1 | CC BY-SA 3.0 |
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| Jan 15, 2016 at 14:27 | history | answered | tjb1 | CC BY-SA 3.0 |