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Answered Cracked my bed on my R1 Plus

Discussion in 'Troubleshooting' started by AkiraSieghart, Nov 11, 2018.

  1. AkiraSieghart

    AkiraSieghart New Member

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    Hi guys,

    I temporarily swapped to ABS while I've been using PLA since I owned my printer. For ABS, I had the extruder at 250C and the print bed at 90C. My house is rather cold and when my print finished last night, it seems the bed cracked while cooling back down. So I'm pretty sure it's a goner. My question is: what do I do from here? Robo3D doesn't have a replacement listed in their parts section. Do I send them an email and see if they have more that are unlisted? Do I try to find a replacement from somewhere else? Any other solutions?

    Any help would be appreciated.
     

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    If you look through the forums you will see folks have replaced it with other types of materials (aluminum is most common).

    I would suggest you CALL them not send an email as sometimes they do have spares, but.rarely anymore since they are only producing the C2/R2
     
    #2 mark tomlinson, Nov 11, 2018
  3. John in MS

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    I cracked mine months ago. I have a sheet off cut glass from Lowes on to of mine now
     
    #3 John in MS, Nov 17, 2018
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  4. BrooklynBay

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    You could buy a 10" X 15" precut sheet of borosilicate glass, then transfer the heating element, insulation, thermistor, and 4 magnets. Another option is to cover the existing glass with Buildtak.
     
    #4 BrooklynBay, Nov 18, 2018

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