MORE Crazy 1mm Nozzle Experiments - Hairy Lion in 7hrs!

Fitting a large nozzle is something every 3D Printing enthusiast should try! In this video I'll show you the pros and cons to using a 1mm nozzle and how I used it to print the popular hairy lion model at 300% scale in 7 hours.
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[@shenqiangshou]

That's no hairy lion, that's a rasta lion man :p

[@esqueue]

lol

[@odinata]

No, that's PASTA Lion, man!

[@shenqiangshou]

Angus, now you really need to reprint the hairly lion using some protopasta filament... then you can call it pasta lion, mon :)

[@OskarasNauseda]

snoop lion

[@PossumMedic]

A Rasta-Monsta! :p that crap gives you wings!

[@3dtechnologies153]

I want to thank you for sharing your knowledge and experiences with the community. I have learned a lot by watching videos like this one. People like you make life easier for others and inspire others to follow suit.

[@robertcolon3103]

I totally agree.

[@geldan]

To get custom nozzle sizes in cura I had to install the "printer settings" addon.

[@erwinkonopka7071]

Cura does DLCs now?!

[@foxvulpes8245]

**PTSD flash backs to full metal alchemist**

[@bassnbluegill1406]

nooooooooooo

[@Devan...]

Too soon... Its been 10 years and its too soon...

[@snottysash9787]

Took me a while to figure that out, haha

[@ineedaname1341]

NOOOOOOO NINA!!!!!

[@hddbc5787]

Too soon man

[@ScubaStevo83858]

Angus how many of those classy cat models do you think you've printed ? Lol

[@b5a5m5]

So many that I know it's called the Gayer Anderson Cat

[@Volt64bolt]

Erik Bradstreet well I’ve printed 562 mini vans

[@MrMinigung]

Did you ever think about using a dual nozzle printer with two different nozzle sizes (1mm / 0.4mm)? Using two nozzles you could print the inner layers with the big nozzle and the outer layers with the finer nozzle, reducing print time by quite a bit.

[@Tony_Goat]

There would be the risk of nozzle collision with that. If you do the inner layer first, the external nozzle would have to dip down below it, and if you do the outer layer first, the opposite is true. There are probably ways around that but it would require special slicer settings to indicate the relevant sizes of the nozzle and would inevitably leave gaps between the wall and infill.

[@decembercat8524]

Z hop?@@Tony_Goat

[@medyk3D]

That black matte PLA looks great. Low poly mask is looking great.

[@makermatrix9815]

Point of advice: Linear Advance is paramount to getting nice quality with large nozzles.

[@avejst]

Drill, simple and efficient👍 Thanks for sharing👍😀

[@spikekent]

Great info Angus. I've had a 0.8mm nozzle on the #Borg for some time and it works great, primarily I use it for engineering models rather than aesthetics, however big vases with large layer heights do look spectacular. Good call on giving a shout out to Welbot, he's anther great Aussie that helps many people, myself included, and I wish him all the best.

[@AndrewWorkshop]

Very cool findings. I tried 1mm nozzle that came with my Anycubic Mega-s and i had mixed results, had some gaps on a large print project i am working on. So I switched back to the stock nozzle. Fun to try and speed up my prints a crazy amount but not practical for my use case.

[@1akmason]

That is so cool thank you for doing that and I definitely agree I can’t imagine why so many 3-D printers with a larger print area come with a Standard size print nozzles

[@3DPrintingNerd]

YEAH BRING THAT HAIRY LION BACK!

[@Sam-zu8vo]

youre a legend

[@TestSpaceMonkey]

Spent the last two weeks cranking out parts that I should wouldn't have had time for without larger nozzles. The time saved is definitely worth the price of a set of assorted sizes. Some other notes: - It also helped to cut off fixed lengths of filament and time how long it takes manually push them through the hot end under gentle but consistent pressure to get a sense of how much more volume throughput you can get at higher temperatures. This results in added stringing but is invaluable for cranking out quick test prints with the larger nozzles...just keep the rasps and flush cutters handy. - cut a washer out of silicone or teflon sheet to seal between the nozzle and heating block. This mitigates surprise leaks if you're swapping nozzles a lot. Selecting nozzles with wider hex profiles help squeeze the seal too. I think I used a drill bit for the centre hole and a paper hole punch to make nice consistent washer disks. - when swapping, make sure to only twist the nozzle against to heating block and not the rest of the assembly which could damage bearings or loosen other parts of the assembly. I ended up using a small hex socket and adjustable wrench to really control what was being torqued.

[@millomaker]

Very nice test, interesting to see the print speed

[@technicpiledriver7732]

Hey Angus your so Nice man i really like your videos im getting a 3D printer today thanks for THE tricks you where telling u’s. Now i have experience to programing my 3D printer 😁👍🏻

[@chloemcholoe3280]

When you haven’t showered in 10 days Or the homeless hairy lion

[@zman1508]

After loosing my previous printer in a fire decided to get a resin printer for my first step back into the space after a while. And man it's insane I'm absolutely loving the quality I can get on this thing. Got some new resin colours coming in and I'm going to see if there's some way you can layer colours in the vat. Wondering if I can get a sorta tie dye effect going on.

[@zman1508]

Well I tried it and seems that mixing different colour resins of the same brand and type results in some really crappy prints. No idea why.

[@domb580]

I love your esk8! I’ve got the same one

[@p4r4m3c1um]

This would be awesome for topographic maps!

[@cameronjones7597]

Would love newer 1mm videos. I'm just started printing about 4 months ago and immediately upgraded my sidewinder x1. V4 to a hemera with a SuperVolcano. I'm printing huge models and can quite get the settings right

[@archeebookingagent1909]

I love the fact that you all compliment and complete each other.. Stefan, Thomas, Jhoel, Jessy. Reminds me a bit the Automotive KZbin scene unlike ESK8 where everyone is pushing his own agenda, brand and of course their own copy of Casey N without actual story...

[@HELLADJ]

I don’t do any 3-D printing but I love watching your videos

[@ScaldaYT]

Cool video, I did a hairy lion few months back on my anycubic predator maxed the scale out and it printed using a 0.8mm nozzle and 0.4lh and that came out really well. Any way great video yet again.

[@michaelgoodfellow4992]

For boxy stuff (electronics mounting boxes), would the thick layers work, or give you really crappy corners, screw holes, etc.?

[@macswanton9622]

Gooday from SF. Thought I'd ask if you're still putting any time into laser stuff..?

[@iteerrex8166]

I'm new to 3D printing.. that's a very cool trick for making hair.

[@StopChangingUsernamesYouTube]

Another approach I've seen is to print a bunch of unsupported horizontal radial lines. The sagging that occurs when the nozzle makes the trip back to the center winds up making a long loop that rests on the loops below it. Saw it on a pine tree model a couple years ago.

[@burikd]

7:53 - What a classy toilet brush!

[@neil200830]

Really good video. Just for a quick question My cr10s with bltouch has been working really well, but the last couple of prints have not been so good. They are gaps in beween the first layer just like.if the nozzle was to high. But I have not changed anything for this to do that. Any suggestions to why this is happening to me? Thanks and keep up with the videos

[@Tek_0135]

This would be good for creating parts designed to be sanded or machined to final dimensions and would probably be smoother when done

[@gnydick]

I've used 1.2mm nozzle to print X mounting blocks for Core XY gantry. It was fantastic.

[@andrewmackie5110]

Of course the lion's mane turned out shabby, considering Angus can't even keep his own hair combed

[@MakersMuse]

I feel so called out hahahah

[@Graham_Wideman]

What are you talking about -- it's a carefully cultivated style!

[@MegaScienceguru]

ok so if were talking mods here, may i suggest longer rails on a delta printer? i heard about someone putting 1.5 meter long rails on the anycubic predator

[@3D_Printing]

7:54 reminds me of an old chimney sweep's brush

[@TheWheels1965]

Hey Angus, about two months ago I got my Prusa SL1 printing and for two solid months I ran it everyday printing stuff in incredible detail the thing is amazing in quality! But all good things must come to an end, the UV LED in time (400hours) will cook the LCD screen so you have to replace the LCD Im still waiting for Prusa to get back to me with a cost for the new LCD. So for other SLA users, print wisely! it may cost big time! cheers mate!

[@BRUXXUS]

That lion looks like it came straight from the tour bus of an 80's hair metal band. 🤣

[@robertcolon3103]

Question, Printing on brand new Flashforge Creator Pro (NOVICE LEARNING), Using ABS on right extruder and PVA on left extruder for water soluable supports. How can i set the print bed to to accommodate both types of filament? The ABS is set to 110 on the bed but the PVA is saying up to 60 max is needed? how do i do this? Thank You Rob C.

[@alainfizaine4411]

Hi, I wonder if it would be possible, with a dual extruder, to print external perimeters with 0.1 mm nozzle, infill and others ones with 0.4 mm nozzle for example ... It would be nicer and faster, but I don't think it's an option in any slicer ? What do you think about that ? One way to do it would be to slice it twice, one for each nozzle size, and to mix the gcode lines in one new file. Not so easy to do ! I will try with a simple little cube to begin, as soon as I got my dual extruder.

[@darren990]

nice video angus

[@antalz]

With respect to the nozzle diameter, does that setting even do anything? As far as I know, everything the slicer actually outputs depends only on the various linewidths.

[@JohnOCFII]

Very creative! I am curious if any of the issues you faced were due to the home-made nature of your nozzle being drilled out.

[@MakersMuse]

Not getting the diameter spot on probably doesn't help, but reliable flow at such a large size is definitely crucial.

[@ragnarfoxtrot4622]

soooo what are your thoughts on the nova hot end?

[@craigcamm]

What brand of shirt is that, I like the logo

[@sinitarium]

I like printing with 1mm using my tevo little monster however I find layer adhesion to be tricky... Especially big prints with little infill are feels brittle compared to same kind of model with more thinner layers I find so far. Any hints on improving that? I was thinking perhaps heated chamber with less cooling seeing how I'm already printing PLA at 235 to output that much plastic... I think slowing down helped with layer adhesion maybe? I look forward to experimenting printing ABS with that 1mm nozzle but need few more upgrades still :-/ EDIT: WOAH! Thanks for making me discover CNC KITCHEN! This dude is amazing... Answered all my questions about layer adhesion when using big nozzles and then some! Freaking awesome :-)

[@peacefulsurfer]

Is there a way to work with dual extruders at different sizes?... If I really dedicated some time to I could manipulate it to a working way to print a single print with two different sizes, say .2 for the lions body and both .2 and 1mm for the hair. I think you would have to set it up much the same as you would for a dual color print but by creating 2 seperate slices (one for the .2 and one for 1) and use the .2 as the main printing for the "color 1" then replacing all the code for the "2nd color" with the code for the larger dia 1mm. I'm more of a CNC guy so this is a bit out of my wheelhouse, but it sounds feasible.

[@anakondabombo2399]

can you print with abs with this nozzle and then use acetone to smooth it ??

[@kevincozens6837]

In Cura 4.4.0 you can enter the nozzle size in mm. No more drop down menu from which to select one of a fixed set of nozzle diameters. You worked out the actual nozzle diameter was more like 0.95mm instead of 1mm. Did you print a retraction calibration object? I would hazard a guess that the retraction settings would need to be tweaked somewhat for that large diameter nozzle. It would be interesting to see how that might affect the quality of the prints.

[@DJlegionuk]

I am working on 3d printed parts for my 3018 cnc and just brought a 0.8mm nozzle thinking this would print stronger, now I am now so sure it will work.

[@Graham_Wideman]

Check out CNC Kitchen's channel for test of strength of prints from different nozzle sizes.

[@DJlegionuk]

@@Graham_Wideman yes I did and I also watched the annealing Tests. I have htpla V3 and I tried it at 110 with good results, but warping was enough that I am not going to do

[@StarLiteNL]

I wonder how well cura's 'adaptive layer height' would work with such a nozzle.

[@diffeebradley]

What speeds were you printing at? You may have been over the maximum cm^3/s of material for the hotend, which may have affected your quality.

[@dim1723]

A cool project would be to print candy. I wonder if a jolly rancher loader for the print head would be hard to make.

[@gamerpaddy]

dual extruder setup with 0.4 and 1mm nozzle?

[@Rowynn71]

I've just started printing with different size nozzles, and in Cura 4.3 or 4.4 I just change the line width because that changes the tool path and extrusion amount together. I'm not sure if that's the correct way to go about it as intended by Ultimaker, but it works so oh well. Tested on 0.25 and 0.6 and 0.8 nozzles

[@fozbstudios]

Perhaps you should try PETG since it requires less cooling

[@kr0mka]

What's the fan duct used here?

[@elitennant5262]

Awsome!

[@brentdodds9211]

Volcano with custom 1mm or 0.8mm airbrush nozzle and beasty cooling fans should give pretty good results and is on my shortlist of mods to try out 🙃

[@rikdenbreejen5230]

Angus, what is your advice on eliminating elephants foot? I have an ender 3 with PP (glass type) bed

[@NirateGoel]

In curra there is an initial layer height compensation modifier. Use that.

[@benblank609]

Could you do a dual extruder, one with a thick nozzle and one with a thick nozzle, and use the thick for the bulk of it, and the thin for the fine work.

[@benblank609]

Now thati think of it, that wouldn't work cause the layer heights would be completely different.

[@ognotapussyslayer5917]

"That person... edward. Big brother ed"

[@PossumMedic]

I don't know, 3D printing nerd is definitely no hair stylist! Side by side, yours isn't looking to bad! xD Jk jk love you both!

[@codemonkey2k5]

I use a .8 all the time on my CR-10 but do .2 mm layer heights, yeah it's not as fast as .6 mm would be but with far fewer parameters, you still get a very high quality print in most instances. And because you can usually get a way with one perimeter, it's still a lot faster.

[@zfotoguy71]

Did I miss it? How long did it take to print the lion? Compare the time with a 0.4mm nozzle. BTW, LOVE your channel. thanks for all you do for the community.

[@optimus2200]

do you recommend an acetone bath after such prints ?

[@MakersMuse]

Nope, acetone won't affect PLA and even in ABS, the layers are much too coarse to really benefit from smoothing.

[@Personnenenparle]

Looks like you would need to have a heating chamber inside your nozzle that force the core of the filament to melt too, looks like you are just melting the edges sometime

[@johnc8209]

I just bought my first printer a cheaper one the ender 3 base model. But I’m wondering if anybody knows if you can buy/build upgrades to increase the print size?

[@TechnologistAtWork]

I wonder how accurate and fast a printer with a nozzle array would be?

[@samuelschwager]

The dude approves!

[@hesperhurt]

It's the Bob Marley of Hairy Lions! 😃👌

[@rossk7927]

I've been using a 0.8mm nossle for my more chunky functional prints. The only problem I'm having is tuning out the questionable binding of the solid fill layers to the outer perimeters. I just can't seem to close the gaps to my liking.

[@AmusementLabs]

Hairy Lion: Cousin It Version...

[@welbot]

Omg! Thank you so much Sire! I had to watch this vid after seeing the hairy lion tagline just to see if I had pre-guessed it, but I'm blown away that it gave you the idea! Even though it was a far from perfect print, I actually reckon the printed result you got looks amazing! That messy hair makes it look kind of "wet" 🤣 Really nice stuff! And thank you thank you so so much for the shoutout! Means the world! 💜

[@xevilgames9067]

1:50 is that a special magic the gathering dice on top of that gray block?

[@emo6577]

I know it wasn’t intended, but that explosion effect on the black cat looked pretty cool regardless

[@providenceagent2372]

What printer where you using?

[@WhatWeCee]

Hi Angus I've been debating getting a 3D printer for nearly a year. I have settled on getting a Resin 3D printer like the Photon S because of my passion for mineatures. Do you know of any changes happening in 2020 that would make it wiser for me to wait. Are there any newer printers, software, materials etc. that would make it easier, cheaper for me to wait a few months before hopping into 3D printing. I live in Canada (if that matters) and I'm speaking purely as someone who would like to become a hobbyist.

[@MakersMuse]

Resin printers are at a great price point now, I wouldn't hold off... Just be mindful of the safety considerations with resin!

[@datguy8805]

Whatever did happen to vangaurd anyway?

[@normoloid]

Could velcro-ish pattern be printed? It would probably fail massively.

[@richardhead8264]

*_Symba was a rebel without a cause._*

[@chilicoke]

To manually input nozzle diameter in Cura 4.3 is the same as before, go to Settings > Printer > Manage Printers, pick your printer and click Machine Settings > Hot End tab > Nozzle size. 👍

[@Hellmark]

Thankfully Cura 4.4 brought back the textbox for nozzle size.

[@certified-forklifter]

cool!

[@Toastmaster_5000]

So, what's the largest nozzle you can get that's relatively problem-free? As someone who likes to make a lot of mechanical parts with my 3D printer, using a thicker nozzle for the increased print time and strength might be a good idea for me.

[@Graham_Wideman]

maybe _decreased_ print time?

[@avaviel]

Maybe consider redesigning your supports? Start as a large triangle and go from there?

[@Thahamster]

I am pretty sure that one can nozzle size and adjust the extrusion width (thats how I have done it all this time and it has worked up to 0.8mm nozzles). At least in S3D the nozzle size only adjusts extrusion width and I guess cura does the same.

[@PiefacePete46]

A "Wire" printed shape with your big nozzle would be interesting.

[@seditt5146]

Hmmm... Is there any Filament that behaves like a fiber optic?

[@davidmilunic]

How about dual extruders using one large and one small nozzle. Do perimeters with the small nozzle and infill with the big one. Maybe get fancy and do separate processes with S3D...

[@alfadex50]

i always wonder if is there any option in any slicer, that for example on 3 outline perimeters print at 0.3mm and infill print at 1mm layer heght ! In simplify 3d i have not locate something similar to this

[@dogman8339]

PANTELIS k If I’m not mistaken, prusa slicer can do something similar. Add a modifier using a scaled down version of your part, and change your layer height in the modifier.

[@alfadex50]

@@dogman8339 i think it's time to try pursa slicer ,tnxx

[@blaizehicks4232]

Can you print a hairy creature on a resin printer?

[@t1il663]

As far as I know you could just change the nozzle diameter in the printer/extruder settings (device settings).

[@w3dprint-impressao3d52]

Great

[@elfpimp1]

Interesting.

[@philippschwarzer4070]

You can increase your line width to 1mm. I die that and it wirkend perfectly with a 0,8mm nozzle:)

[@JiminyFickett]

That hairy lion reminds me way too much of the chimera in Full Metal Alchemist. Harkening back to my childhood nightmares just in time to usher in Christmas! #loveandcheerandyourworstfears

[@Shiruvan]

I just change the line width when I change the nozzle, not much difference in terms of failing causes if there's any. Ender-3 often comes with e-steps lower than actual extruded length, I think this caused knots/bumps in infills that may crash with the nozzle, gets extremely bumpy the higher the print goes and eventually print failure due to skipped steps in x/y. not mentioning that the walls often had underextrusion in the start, whether that's due to glooping or that lack of extra flow from the anemic e-steps, specially true when using larger nozzle.

[@boobrowsky]

proper dready lion :v One of most interesting materials about 3d printing, something different than this ultraperfect hyper long prints that still are not perfect, maybe its only a necesity to adjust the models to diferent materiall properties... and what about clay? :D

[@bunnybro5977]

Lion after getting its hair finished : don't turn off dat hairdryer, mon,lemme light dis joint wit it

[@fredrikhalvarsson4135]

Boardgames to. Sweet!

[@MichaelHuikeshoven]

print something with ABS wit the 1mm nozzle and try to smooth it with acetone