#printed-parts, Making larger nozzle size the standard

Used 0.6mm nozzle, 0.32mm layer height and some other printer setting tweaks for my LR3 parts, on my machine… Also added Dual Gear Extruder and adjustable tensioners to my Ender 3 Max to help improve accuracy since larger volume of material is being extruded. Vaguely recall picking 0.32mm height based on some CNC Kitchen strength tests, and/or what I could get to reliably flow with acceptably accurate dimensions on my setup.

There’s so many dimensions to consider, the material, temp, speed, fan cooling, etc… Then there’s the machine itself, so many different models out there, and build/assembly variances even. Guessing it’s hard to recommend maximal settings that work for every machine. Docs recommending conservative safe low common denominator options doesn’t seem ideal. Helpful to see there’s a list of recommended resources, and process for folks to follow to help them learn and explore the settings that maximize their specific machine’s capabilities using things like Teaching Tech’s Calibration website.

Personally like seeing and learning from printer setting details in people’s build topics, especially when they’re using something fancy like voron, ratrig or a V1E Repeat 2022.

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