Topic: Glass bed users... questions
I know Ian and some others have been using glass mounted on to the HBP and assisting with hairspray. I bought some glass last night to do this mod myself. I have a couple questions.
I forgot to measure the z screw, can someone tell me the diameter and length so I can get a longer one, mine's basically bottomed out already from the factory. I'm guessing it's M3 by about 20mm?
Since the hairspray is being used to assist the sticking, and some use non heated beds, has anyone experimented with just leaving the HBP off, which leads me to my next question.
What is the maximum size of build if you were to buy your glass oversize and figure a way to mount it to the build platform? What are the safe travel limits, could you get another inch each way in X and some extra towards the front of the SD2 in Y direction? Seems to me like I can move at least 1/2" or so for sure off the bed in X before I hit the end stop.
I'm not in front of my machine at the moment, but if you use teks jigsaw replacement can you go even further before hitting the end stop?
If you don't think it would work without the heat, what about making a larger aluminum plate to replace the 150x150mm plate, would enough heat transfer to the outside edges from the heating element to give you a high enough temp for the print to stick?