Partially Solved Broken Glass on The Heated Bed

Mine did this exact same thing this past week.

Where the big chunk is, diagonal from the lower left to the upper right.

Im going to try using Blue tape to see if I can still print.

 

I'm going to call a local glass cutter tomorrow and see it I can get one for a good price.

 

Standard window glass still transfer heat ok?

 

So, I work with computers and last night it never hit till I walked thru the door today. I have about 15 dead iMac computers with the glass covered lcd that just pop off, held on by magnets. Quick measure with my tape shows they are 1/16 inch thick. Would this work?

 

For a substrate cover on top of the existing bed, maybe.

No way as a replacement sheet though. Far too thin to support the weight of a print by itself.

 

i'm heading to lowes after work for a glass cutter and Staples for some binder clips. I'll post my result tonight.

 

Just use your wife's wedding ring. You bought real diamonds right? haha

 

So... the glass plate on the front of the Apple iMacs are not the way to go. The glass is very thin and every attempt to cut the glass resulted in splinters and spiderwebs. Was a worth while try. I will be hitting up the local hobby store that also mounts pictures and should have plenty of left over scraps I can pick through.

I did try Geof's recommendation of looking for windows on the curb, nothing yet.

 

Try craigslist...lots of dirt cheap windows around my area. Some free.

 

Have a local hobby shop that also frames art. She had plenty of scrap glass that was larger then 10 x 15 so she cut a piece down to fit. Installed it last night, but didn't get to print due to the World Series being on.

Question, do I have to make any changes to the slicer software now that the glass is on the bed or will the auto level feature zero out with the new height?

 

The homing of Z will determine the limit for you and the ABL probing will do ok with compensating for the rest.