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Topic: DaVinci 1.1 Plus Glass Bed Chipped

Just wondering if anyone has experienced their glass bed chipping on their DaVinci. I did a print yesterday, fairly large and covered most of the bed. I used a standard filament cartridge with everything at factory temps. The print took 10+ hours. When I checked it first thing this morning, the print was done the bed was completely cooled and upon removing the print, which wasn't stuck to the glass in any way, I noticed the chips in the glass. Glass was attached in the bottom of the print. The bed was chipped in two different places. I've ruled out the extruder hitting the bed. It was perfectly level and I watched the first few layers going down without an issue. I used no glue, tape or anything else on the glass.

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Re: DaVinci 1.1 Plus Glass Bed Chipped

It's a fairly common occurrence, not just on the davincis. You can order them online or go to a local hardware store or glass shop and get a piece.

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Re: DaVinci 1.1 Plus Glass Bed Chipped

Make a point of getting borasilicate glass. Its better at handling heat.
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Re: DaVinci 1.1 Plus Glass Bed Chipped

With the DaVinci printbed, is there anything special I would need to do when removing the glass? Is the bed attached to the heater underneath or does it just sit on top? (no glue or anything?) Is there a specific dimension and/or thickness that I should get?

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Re: DaVinci 1.1 Plus Glass Bed Chipped

The heater is attached to the glass. There is a guy that sells it is on this forum. heres a link to the thread:
http://www.soliforum.com/topic/9642/da- … th-heater/
I got one off him without a problem.
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Re: DaVinci 1.1 Plus Glass Bed Chipped

Thanks. I did some some more reading and found the ones he has for sale. Since my printer is new and under warranty, I opened a case with the manufacturer to see if they will replace the bed. Decision is pending.

So it seems that printbed glass replacement is a common thing. Are there some best practices to use when removing prints from the glass? I was finding that my ABS prints were printing quite well, without glue or anything. Removing them can be tough and I'm not always around when the print finishes, so they may cool all the way down. I've started experimenting with painters tape on the glass (covers the chips, too).

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Re: DaVinci 1.1 Plus Glass Bed Chipped

They should be removed only when cooled to room temp. If you are trying to remove them while they or the bed is still hot then that is why you are getting chips. The glass used by XYZ is also very cheap and chipping and breaking glass has been a problem with the entire XYZ line. Waiting till the glass and part cool however does help minimize the damage.

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Re: DaVinci 1.1 Plus Glass Bed Chipped

You can see if http://www.davincizone.com/ has a bed for your pinter.  I got a new bed for my 1.0 from there and it was worked great.  It's Borosilicate glass.

9 Reply by scobo (edited by scobo 2016-09-12 01:08:36)

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Re: DaVinci 1.1 Plus Glass Bed Chipped

The bed on my 1.0 just cracked the other day after 2 years of abuse.
For now, I'm just using a 200x200mm aluminium plate bunged on top of the glass held down with a couple of bulldog clips and covered with kapton tape.
Apparently, it's fairly easy to remove the glass from the stock heater element with acetone so I might give that a go at some point and fit a new glass plate.

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