Re: people with glass bed mods
I just used ordinary sandpaper (somewhere around 220 I think) and a sanding block (outside, so as not to leave ground glass on the floor :-).
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I just used ordinary sandpaper (somewhere around 220 I think) and a sanding block (outside, so as not to leave ground glass on the floor :-).
has anyone ever found any extruded aluminum with angled tracks on sides to hold glass plate edges so you could make a piece of it into the bed and just add back stop plate and a front hinged gate so we could just slide glass plates in like a snug drawer and not have to use clips that restrict print area?
would need extruded part in 6 inch and 8 inch for both style beds
To your exact question, no, haven't done the aluminum track thing that you describe, but do something similar using printed parts, not manufactured tracks.
I print on 8x8 mirrors (on a Solidoodle 2 6x6 bed) that were originally meant as decorative candle platforms. To hold them, I designed and printed a friction held registration corner (presenting just a vertical wall on the back and right side of the plate) at the back right rear corner. I slip the plate onto the bed and then slip the front left corner under a diagonally biased (toward the registration edge) printed corner clip with vertical left and front edges and a slight overhang to vertically position the glass corner and push it into the registration corner. My particular design is dependent on the design of the center biasing spring system I use on the front of the bed, and is not necessarily a design I would necessarily recommend repeating.
My purpose is to say that the idea of securing a plate on the heated bed using a corner register piece, combined with an opposite corner minimal clip, has worked for me and provides quick and easy plate removal and placement, without the stresses or limitations of some of the other mounting ideas that have been shown.
I hope I've described the concept well enough to be useful.
My Ikea mirrors (which you don't seem to be able to get in the US for some reason) are 8x8 for my SD2 which are 3mm thick and I put katpon on them as it seems less fussy than using hairspray all the time.
I know some get annoyed with kapton but the stuff got from banggood was cheap enough to allow you to replace it as often as you want http://www.banggood.com/200mm-x-100ft-H … 11890.html $23 for 200mmx100ft. I see you can get it from ebay cheaper these days which is nice.
Just give it a healthy does of Aqua Net hair spray, you sand and area to low you'll never get the bed leveled correctly.....
got mine on and tested today. so far great, I did use a number 38 orifice drill to pre size hole for the Z set extended mount to make it thread without cracking with screw.
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