I’ve printed probably 5 kilos worth of prints with a lot of success, but exclusively PLA. I’d like to branch out to a new material. Should I start with ABS or TPU?

  • ikidd@lemmy.world
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    17 hours ago

    That’s a bowden extruder, you’ll have problems with TPU.

    Try PETG, just dial up the retractions a bunch and slow it down.

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      2 hours ago

      A1 has a direct drive extruder. It does function as kind of a hybrid thing with the AMS though. Use of the AMS with TPU isn’t recommended, but there are a couple of harder TPU filaments that supposedly work.

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        1 hour ago

        Oh, ok. Every picture I saw made it look like a bowden extruder sitting on the end of the X gantry, with the tube going over to the hotend.