SoliForum - 3D Printing Community — Heat Gun to Heat the Bed Faster

Re: Heat Gun to Heat the Bed Faster

null@example.com (w16240) — Thu, 16 Jan 2014 03:32:56 +0000

yea, i decided not to get one, and my bed actually doesn't take that long to heat up

Re: Heat Gun to Heat the Bed Faster

null@example.com (Wavesurf) — Thu, 16 Jan 2014 02:34:00 +0000

I was having a problem with my glass chipping when I did this. The glass would flake off with the print. I had a two speed paint remover type heat gun that I ran at the low speed. Worked great to get the bed up to speed in a few minutes but I got tired of buying new glass. Also, I had to worry about burning myself or equipment if I wasn't careful.

Now I just deal with the 10 minute heat up by turning the printer on and start the bed heating before I set up Repetier Host and slice the files. And I leave the bed heater on if I plan on doing multiple prints. You can set that up in Repeter's "Printer Settings".

Heat Gun to Heat the Bed Faster

null@example.com (w16240) — Thu, 02 Jan 2014 01:49:27 +0000

Hello,

I saw that some people said taht they used a heat gun to heat up the bed a little bit faster, so I was just wondering what temperature you should use on the heat gun when heating the bed.

Thanks