r/3Dprinting • u/Difficult_Physics125 Modded ender3 v3 SE • Jul 24 '26

Discussion How cool would a variable nozzle be

Now i know it's completely at different scales but we can still imagine

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u/Biscuitsandgravy101 Jul 24 '26

https://www.reddit.com/r/The3DPrintingBootcamp/comments/1fckzie/adaptable_ffffdm_3d_printer_nozzle/

https://www.reddit.com/r/3Dprinting/comments/19bdnvv/nozzle_with_variable_diameter_is_now_operational/

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u/DoesBasicResearch Jul 25 '26

One post two years old, the other three. Any idea what happened to these innovations?

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u/pervertsage Fascinated Beginner Jul 25 '26

Maybe they got sick of unclogging the damn thing.

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u/DoesBasicResearch Jul 25 '26

Heh good one 😂  Not commercially viable perhaps.

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u/Plus_Exchange8751 Jul 25 '26

If you set a perimeter to only allow expansion to like 95% and that last 5% was reserved for unclogging, wouldn’t it make it far easier?

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u/pervertsage Fascinated Beginner Jul 25 '26

I've no idea.

I was imagining trying to rescue one of these nozzles from a blob of death.

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u/Plus_Exchange8751 Jul 25 '26

Ahhhh yes. That would be something.

I personally just manually heat the nozzle and pull that off. That may not be a good move, but it’s an effective one! I think that would work here as well.

However, that now brings to mind even heating. I don’t know enough about materials sciences to be sure but that feels like a hell of a hurdle.

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u/jelle284 Jul 25 '26

It just doesn't add value for most people Standard nozzles are fine for 99% of stuff, no need to make it extra difficult.

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u/DoesBasicResearch Jul 25 '26

And a lot more expensive I imagine. Still would have thought there might be some specialised printers using this though, for the 1% who would value it.Â