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I have a 3D printer and it runs a lot.

If you want to print something flexible, that would be TPU. TPU works better with a direct drive extruder (most have the feed mechanism 12” away from the how end and feed the filament through a PTFE tube called a Bowden tube. The flexible filament like TPU eventually snags up and causes all sorts of hell. I tried a big TPU print earlier this year and it buggered up about 3/4 of the way through a big print. That loop of green around the extruder drive is not supposed to be like that...



If you want to do this yourself, get an ender 3 pro and a MicroSwiss direct drive upgrade for it. The all in cost will be under $400 and they are a very capable printer.

Here is a gear shift mount for my son’s playseat we printed last week.



I have a CR10S Pro and finally have it dialed in to the point where I hit print and walk away. I upgraded to the MicroSwiss all metal hotend (not direct drive) a few months back and it is great.

If I was to do it all over again, based on what is out there now, I would start with an ender 5. It is large format like the CR10 but either comes with an enclosure or can be easily setup with an enclosure for printing ABS and PETG.
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