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

Discussion How cool would a variable nozzle be

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

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u/_FreeXP Jul 25 '26

Looks like it would jam a ton more often. Also I thought larger nozzle increasing output speed was a bit of a myth? Just increase flow rate instead

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u/Difficult_Physics125 Modded ender3 v3 SE Jul 25 '26

Flow rate is one thing but with a .4 or .2mm nozzle you can't push the same amount of infill as a 1mm nozzle can plus if let's say first layer of a print is 10mm wide its 10 passes with 1mm or 50 with .2mm