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Review on πŸ–¨οΈ Creality Makerbot Extruder 3D Printer by Juzer Rashid

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Hex too small - Additive Manufacturing Products

I ordered them for Anet A8. With these new nozzles, I ended up having clumps of material on my prints. On my printer, the outside diameter of the chamfer on the aluminum block of the hot end is larger than the flat-to-flat distance on the nozzle, which allows material to ooze and drip onto my prints, rendering them unusable. The original nozzle is 5/16" (8mm) above the flats versus 6mm on these nozzles. If these are regular nozzles then the buyer should beware but I have only resolved this issue after the return date has passed. I assume , I could grind 0.01-0.015 on the surface of the aluminum block to reduce the bevel diameter on the hot block, but that seems to take a lot of effort to get everything right, I've also considered making copper discs, but since the Thread diameter of 6mm is only slightly larger (0.229" vs. 0.238") successfully centering the disc would be extremely difficult, not to mention I don't have metric punches of this size.If you have an Anet A8 I suggest suggest trying to find nozzles with the original size (or larger) in hex I have a cleaning kit but I'm not entirely sure of the result.

Pros
  • Industrial & Scientific
Cons
  • So far so good