0.2mm nozzle on the MPMD - PART 2 - results are in! Can the Monoprice Mini Delta print miniatures??

[@Dylanm0909]

looks great..... where can i get that locomotive model :P

[@LostInTech3D]

Haha the youtube autofill reply wants me to say "I made it" (yes...there are auto replies). Sadly I didn't make it, it's from Factorio and it's here www.thingiverse.com/thing:3254947

[@tomyocom5886]

How have you come along since this video? In mesh mixer they have an auto orientation for the 3d models. suggesting near best way to have your printer print it. This model of yours also seems Very difficult to print. You can you that you can get GREAT prints from your pinter by the BACK of your near first print. That was great resolution and texted. Knowing that you can work on getting the rest of the model to look that good. You may need retraction for stringing, a different , easier model to see the your printer is great and give you confidence to continue to look for solutions..... great stuff, but baby steps.... going from a new nozzle to difficult model even on the other printer is a giant leap.

[@LostInTech3D]

There's a lot of good info there, much appreciated. It's quite time intensive trying to experiment with a small nozzle because the print times are insanely high, but I plan to spend some time focusing on tuning it at some point so this is all useful feedback. 👍 much appreciated

[@Karavusk]

I pretty much went the opposite way with my 0.25mm nozzle. Line supports with support interfacea and 0.25mm z distance. Easily removable and it looks pretty good. Of course the underside is still kinda meh but it prints well. Also printing at 190c helps a lot (depends on filament) I would love to see a material comparison for printing miniatures. The ones that seem interesting to me are PLA, PVB and ASA (mostly because Prusa mentions them for miniatures). PVB and ASA have the benefit of being easily smoothable but finding out what gets you the best (unsmoothed) details would be nice. Sadly I don't know anyone who tried this out.

[@LostInTech3D]

ASA...I know next to nothing about that material, I've seen it sold though. Is it safe to print with or more like ABS where you kinda want to stay away from it?

[@Karavusk]

@@LostInTech3D As far as I know it is very similar to ABS. It mostly is just slightly better in almost every way (+ UV resistance). Based on what I have read it is pretty much a complete upgrade and using ABS instead makes almost no sense. Warping is still an issue but according to Prusa that isn't a problem with printing miniatures since they are so small (-> no heated chamber needed). You should still avoid being near it while printing though (maybe slightly better compared to ABS?). I mostly read through Prusa's articles about their prusament and the different materials. PVB and ASA both mention being suitable for miniatures and I wonder if they can print details better than PLA. Being able to smooth prints is a nice side effect but that always loses a bit of fine details though.