TPU Upgrades, 2 Easy Bolt-ons

Full Install, System Inspection and Testing

TPU Thermoplastic Polyurethane Upgrade Action – Sprite Extruder, Motherboard and Prints In Flight

Lab Work – TPU Upgrade Action, Max Neo Upgrades: The Parts, the pain and TPU Series

Covering TPU Action, starting with the removal, adding modifications, clean-up effort, settings for successful prints and final production.

Why Upgrade, Pieces and Parts

Let’s start with the why. Why upgrade your Max Neo board, extruder etc.? The easy answer is successful TPU prints. Prints of high quality, with low errors (blips and globs), working usable prints and again. How long did the upgrades take, i.e. duration, to upgrade the required parts for successful prints?

In short, the installation took 30 – 60 minutes, with tweaks taking an additional 2 weeks. The time to achieve successful and consistent prints was 2.5 weeks. This includes time for troubleshooting, adding/removing parts, multiple test prints (which might slightly affect the duration), and finalizing print settings within the Creality Slicer.

Slicer and Pre-Print Preview

If you have not checked out TINKERCAD yet, please do. This is where my drawings, ideas and digital designs come to life. It’s a web based application, specifically CAD (Computer Aided Design) software, used in the maker space and ideally in the global manufacturing industry. Quick note, Tinkercad allows tinkers, students, teachers, and professionals to learn, build and create in a simplified AutoCad environment.

Tinkercad is like the younger sibling of AutoCad by AutoDesk. A great option for those interested in AutoCAD and best of all it’s free. This web-based application is part of the AutoDesk software family which includes Fusion360, AutoCad, TinkerCad, and more. There are many things included in the UI or HUD, templates, shapes (shape library), custom shapes, porting (import/export custom svg’s) and more.

Great for those who are moving from novice to intermediate creations. The point here is simple: if you’re looking for fun, free, easy-to-use CAD program, give Tinkercad a try. Just sign up (email required) and create 3D designs, circuits, code blocks, and more. It’s a very cool web-based program, fun, and free way to learn something new for #makers.

Next, let’s discuss the cost. It may be helpful to share the components that were included in this upgrade session – TPU Update. The parts are as follows, or you can skip ahead to the upgrade process in the second post of this series. Below, we will cover the parts list, Creality upgrades, Duramic 3D Filament and Wyze Cameras, for live video action.

Upgrade Shopping List – Electronics, Parts and Accessories