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Destroyed my Glass Print Bed - What to do now (europe.pub)

submitted 3 days ago* (last edited 3 days ago) by Klajan@lemmy.zip to c/3dprinting@lemmy.world

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I was printing some ABS on my modified Anycubic I3 Mega overnight, when I awoke to this horror of a destroyed glass print bed...

Now the question remains, how to actually fix this? One part is still firmly attached to the Bed and I fear this may destroy the Bed even more.

And I obviously need a new Print bed, but I can't find the exact replacement, so should I even get a replacement Ultrabase? I saw that there are magnetic PEI beds available, but I am unsure if it is worth the 80-100€ for this.

Edit: Since the glass is glued to the 1.5mm aluminium heater PCB (and I already had to resolder the broken off wires once) I was looking at complete replacements at first, which why the price is relatively high

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[–] kassiopaea@lemmy.blahaj.zone 3 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago) (1 children)

Mine was also glued to the heat bed when I broke it... I ended up replacing both the glass plate and the heater because trying to separate them wasn't worth the effort. A PEI sheet should work okay on the thin aluminum as long as the bed is trammed reasonably well and you can use mesh bed leveling. Otherwise, yeah, stick with glass and be sure to use a release layer.

I got some screw-on bed clips to hold it on at the margins outside the print area instead of gluing down the new one.

[–] Klajan@lemmy.zip 1 points 2 days ago

Luckily I already have a ABL setup, since I had to re-level the bed every 2 or 3 prints...