change 1.75mm 3D printer to 3.0mm printer

[Sebastian Finke]

Well, I'll be printing mostly in ABS, and sometimes in PLA, both of which are available in both 1.75 and 3.0mm filament. Besides that, based on my budget this was probably the best printer I could find, and also I'm saving up for a far better printer in the future, so now I should be asking the question: is there any difference in printed part strength or quality, printing with a 1.75mm filament compared to a 3.0mm filament and with a 0.2mm nozzle.

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0.2mm nozzle... hope you have a lot of time.

No it makes no difference other than you are pushing a thicker filament through a very small space. You may get some incosistencies. You will definitely have to add a reducer gear (and edit your firmware accordingly).

[Roy]

Adding a reduction gear with the 1.75mm filament or the 3.00mm filament?