Well, here's a odd case for you? I've been 3D printing now for almost 6 years. I of had only bowden tubed printers in the start. They all ( FL Sun QQ-S Pro Delta & Elegoo Neptune 3 & Voxelab Aquila ) without exception printed TPU of any shore hardness type just fine. Now I have some of the best direct drive printers which everyone states on the youtube channels are far better for doing TPU since there is no bowden tube to stop the flow of the filament! But here's the odd thing no matter what I do from the 4 years worth of TPU printing done, I can't get my Elegoo Neptune 3 Max Marlin 2 or the newer Elegoo Neptune 4 Plus klipper printer to do TPU at all. So many failed prints. Yes all the things you stated here I do and have known about for some time after seeing the ways others do the printing? But I get the filaments going jammed in the extruder gears even though it is set to the right pressure or it blocks in the nozzle even the new ones. ( Hardened 0.6 mm ) The funny thing is often the 1st few layers of the TPU will be laid down fine no problems and smooth then nothing will flow even if the heat & flow rate has been tested? So where am I going wrong with the direct drive printing?
Hi @colincampbell3679I have an Elegoo Neptune 3 Pro that is gathering dust at the moment, mostly due to inconsistent prints with PLA, so I never looked any further for additional materials, even with the latest firmware and custom Klipper Firmware The only things that come to mind are moisture in the Filament, and the ambient temperature/moisture around the printers, and the Direct Drive printers might be more sensitive to it, and to loosen the extruder gears a little
The voice is an AI clone of my voice, and its obvious that it didn't work as well as I was hoping for, thank you for the feedback, I have stopped using a clone of my voice
Well, here's a odd case for you? I've been 3D printing now for almost 6 years. I of had only bowden tubed printers in the start.
They all ( FL Sun QQ-S Pro Delta & Elegoo Neptune 3 & Voxelab Aquila ) without exception printed TPU of any shore hardness type just fine. Now I have some of the best direct drive printers which everyone states on the youtube channels are far better for doing TPU since there is no bowden tube to stop the flow of the filament!
But here's the odd thing no matter what I do from the 4 years worth of TPU printing done, I can't get my Elegoo Neptune 3 Max Marlin 2 or the newer Elegoo Neptune 4 Plus klipper printer to do TPU at all. So many failed prints.
Yes all the things you stated here I do and have known about for some time after seeing the ways others do the printing?
But I get the filaments going jammed in the extruder gears even though it is set to the right pressure or it blocks in the nozzle even the new ones. ( Hardened 0.6 mm )
The funny thing is often the 1st few layers of the TPU will be laid down fine no problems and smooth then nothing will flow even if the heat & flow rate has been tested?
So where am I going wrong with the direct drive printing?
Hi @colincampbell3679I have an Elegoo Neptune 3 Pro that is gathering dust at the moment, mostly due to inconsistent prints with PLA, so I never looked any further for additional materials, even with the latest firmware and custom Klipper Firmware
The only things that come to mind are moisture in the Filament, and the ambient temperature/moisture around the printers, and the Direct Drive printers might be more sensitive to it, and to loosen the extruder gears a little
Thank you fo this video about this video. You should redo the video by speaking about the different type (95A, 85A and the B versions).
Cheerios!
I'll add those to my list of topics to cover for more videos, thank you for the feedback and suggestion
Dude, Wake up...
The voice is an AI clone of my voice, and its obvious that it didn't work as well as I was hoping for, thank you for the feedback, I have stopped using a clone of my voice