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Topic: How do you all mount glass on your beds

So I went and got a special piece of glass cut 8x8 and want to use it on my SD3. How did you guys mount yours. On top of the aluminum plate? Or did you remove the plate and put it straight on the heat pad?

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Re: How do you all mount glass on your beds

I just binder-clipped mine to the aluminum plate...clipped it on the left, front, and right edges and avoided the home position.

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Re: How do you all mount glass on your beds

Just spray the bottom of the glass with hairspray and set it on the aluminum plate with or without the Kapton tape in place.  Then heat/cool 3 times and it'll stick yet still be removable without the warping and other issues caused by binder clips.

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4 Reply by jagowilson (edited by jagowilson 2014-12-09 14:06:48)

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Re: How do you all mount glass on your beds

No binder clips is indeed better. My bed magically warped after quite a while of being flat so I can't really use clips anymore. I'll hijack this a bit-where can I get a replacement 8x8 kapton square cheaper than Solidoodle? Damaged my kapton a while back from printing on it a lot and ripped it up.

I've had luck just letting the bed sit at temp for a little while before starting a print, the glass sticks fine for me without cycling so you can try that too. If it does come loose, though, you'll want to be there when it happens or you'll be unhappy. I haven't upgraded my bed yet so cycling 3 times would take quite a while and I like to swap glass to start another print. Since the bed takes 10 minutes to reach 108 I don't want to lose the heat.

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Re: How do you all mount glass on your beds

The cycle 3 times only needs to be done on initial application.  After that you should be able to remove the glass and put it back on without doing anything as it will re-stick as the bed heats up.

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Re: How do you all mount glass on your beds

awesome. I'll give it a shot in the morning

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Re: How do you all mount glass on your beds

Just to chime in, the hairspray is the way to go. I had clips, and even though I did my best to avoid it, I had an software or connection incident that lead to a bent y axis motor. So, my advice is to ditch those clips ASAP.