hornguy Posted November 6, 2021 Share Posted November 6, 2021 Hello all. I was just wondering if anyone has used 3D printer tips for gas nozzles and if in fact they are reasonable possibility. As they seem to have a greater range of orifice sizes than mig tips, I am thinking they may be a decent option. I’d love to hear your thoughts. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Irondragon Forge ClayWorks Posted November 6, 2021 Share Posted November 6, 2021 I believe there are several threads on those. Just one off hand search like this in google 3D printer tip site:iforgeiron.com https://www.iforgeiron.com/topic/63431-new-source-of-nozzles/ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hornguy Posted November 6, 2021 Author Share Posted November 6, 2021 Thanks for pointing this out. I tried a search but perhaps I wasn’t using the best criteria in it. will try once again. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Irondragon Forge ClayWorks Posted November 6, 2021 Share Posted November 6, 2021 You're welcome. The search feature on the forum is not the best, so I use any search engine and add site:iforgeiron to the search string. Always get a lot of hits, but the older threads will have lost the pictures after a forum update. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mikey98118 Posted December 1, 2021 Share Posted December 1, 2021 On 11/6/2021 at 2:55 PM, hornguy said: Hello all. I was just wondering if anyone has used 3D printer tips for gas nozzles and if in fact they are reasonable possibility. As they seem to have a greater range of orifice sizes than mig tips, I am thinking they may be a decent option. I’d love to hear your thoughts. They are QUITE handy in small burners (3/8" or less) but too short in 1/2" are larger burners. Why is a matter of friction. the smaller the gas orifice the more friction interferes with acceleration through a tube, such as a MIG tip, or a capillary tube, so the shorter the "tube" should be. Drilled holes in thin plate becomes the best choice when the orifice diameter drops below ).010". While why favorite MIG tips are 1-1/2" long, only about 1/2" of their lengths, at the tip's end is actually a tube shaped, The other inch is larger and narrowing down. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BIGGUNDOCTOR Posted December 1, 2021 Share Posted December 1, 2021 I worked for a shop the could make nozzles. If there is enough interest, and you have a design you would like made I can see how much they would charge to do a run of them. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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