Quick post to show off the extruder nozzle I machined!
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| Brass M6 nut for comparison |
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| 0.508mm hole! |
The process of making it:
- Start with a length of 10mm brass rod
- Using this as a guide I machined (on a hobby lathe) the outer dimentions
- Using a pin vice to hold the tiny drill bit (number 76 twist drill bit), and a jacobs chuck to hold the pin vice i drilled the hole to a depth of around 3-4mm. I set the lathe to the fastest it would go.. which was around 900 RPM.
- I then flip the brass around in the clamp and drill out the inside diameters
- I then tapped the external and internal threads (M6 external, M8 internal)
