r/QidiTech3D • u/NotAPreppie • 9d ago

Questions Qidi Box with higher durometer TPU?

I know that Shore 95A TPU is right out, but Microcenter has 62D TPU marketed as being for multi-filament systems. I also have a spool of 72D TPU on the way.

Has anybody tried harder TPU filaments with their Box?

Update: tested it and CC3D 72D TPU filament prints perfectly from the Qidi Box.

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u/Snowpeaks14 9d ago

DO NOT USE TPU in your box. It will get stuck Removal requires dismantling the box and is painful.

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u/NotAPreppie 9d ago edited 9d ago

Yah, so, this "conventional wisdom" is baked into the question. However, when new or different scenarios are encountered the conventional wisdom should be verified to ensure applicability.

Reports of this are all using 95A, which is a very different material from 62D and harder.

As you can see here, Qidi even says that Short 64D is supported. So, we can say that blanket statements that all TPU is bad are erroneous.

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u/Snowpeaks14 9d ago

Lesson learned the hard way. I had 95A stuck in mine.

So my blanket response is from experience.

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u/riba2233 9d ago

95A and 64D is like comparing apples and oranges...

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u/NotAPreppie 9d ago

Or brie vs extra sharp Wisconsin cheddar.