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What did you need to do to get your printer ready? Anything you've learned to make it easier a second time?
I think that heavily depends on the used printer, parts and filament.
But one tricky thing that comes to mind instantly was e-Steps. I got a metal dual gear Extruder and didn’t realize that the gear was smaller than the original. Because of that I had to change the e-steps in the printers firmware-settings so it knows how much it needs to turn in order to get one mm of filament through. As I didn’t know that I had some crazy underxtrusion and warping problems. Took quite a while to figure out (not only a problem with TPU).
But generally if your partner wants to get into TPU printing, I would get at least a direct drive upgrade. TPU is a flexible material and it’s better to press it in the Hotend as directly as possible. Also print very slow to get better results.
Thanks for the advice! Fortunately, our Fokoos comes with a direct drive, so that's checked off already. I think our major hurdle right now will be to keep filament properly dry, as I read TPU can get quite finicky with that.
I hadn't thought of the printing speed yet, though - appreciate the help!
For keeping it dry I got myself this one (currently 10% discount):
eSUN Trockenbox für 3D Drucker Filament, eBOX Lite 3D Drucker Hält das Filament Trockenbox, Staubdicht und Feuchtigkeitsdicht, Kompatibel mit 1.75mm, 2.85mm, 3.00mm Filament https://amzn.eu/d/1zvqBJd
It works really good so far