tenaja wrote:Thanks for the "reality check" on the nozzle/height, but I just threw out a few numbers trying to get the point across that I'm not interested in a hand-sized part taking several hours to print, the way most hobby-speed extruders do.
This is not my first rodeo, and I'm not using a router; my mill can handle g-code just like any other mill, and I can add a few axes for the extruders. I'm just trying to find high speed extruders that will do a good job of pumping out plastic but can still be set up to put down a .15mm outer perimeter looking decent.
It obviously is your first rodeo. Will your mill control extruder temps? 3d print Gcode isn't very much like any other mill gcode.
Good luck, be sure to take some pics of it when you get done in a few months. The proof is also in the part quality, be sure to take pics of those too. Try not to burn your shop down in the process as mills typically don't deal with 500 degree F heating elements.
Meanwhile me and my "hobby-speed" printers will be plugging away printing near injection mold quality parts.