What This Kit Does
The Micro Swiss Direct Drive Extruder Kit replaces your stock extruder and hotend with a direct drive system that includes an all metal hotend. The carriage is made out of lightweight aluminum and all of the parts feel substantial and well made. The kit includes everything you need for installation, instructions for installation can be found here.
How This Kit Will Benefit Your Prints
Converting a bowden system to direct drive is one of the first upgrades many hobbyists make to their machines and in most cases it makes a positive impact on their print quality. Direct drive systems allow for more accurate and consistent extrusion, as well as much lower retraction distance, eliminating many of the retraction issues seen with bowden systems. Direct drive systems also allow you to print flexible filaments like TPU and the all metal hotend included in this kit will allow you to print high temperature materials like nylon or polycarbonate. This kit also includes a brass plated wear resistant MK8 .4mm Nozzle which helps when printing abrasive materials.
Is This Kit Right For You?
If you are an avid 3D printer who is looking to improve your print quality, or start experimenting with new materials this kit is for you. However, if you are new to printing I would recommend mastering your stock machine before attempting any major upgrades. That way if something does go wrong you will know the cause of the issue and how to fix it.
Trade Offs
Pros
-Increased reliability
-Improved print quality
-Access to more materials such as:
- TPU
- Nylon
- Polycarbonate
-Dual gear drive system
-Simple installation
Cons
-Need to tune E-steps
-May need to reverse extruder direction
-Depending on your machine you may need to set new home offsets in your preferred slicer
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With the direct drive system should I expect to be changing my glow the flow when slicing?
Have one which will work with an anycubic chiron?
Hey Chris,
Unfortunately neither of the Micro Swiss kits are directly compatible with the Chiron. It is possible to make the kit work on your machine but this does require significant modifications.
Thanks!
Sam Dart
Fargo 3D Printing