Bed cracked in half

Well I just cracked my bed down the middle trying to remove a piece of PLA that went diagonal across the whole bed. Do you have pictures of your new set up?

 

What is PEI?

 

Here's some pics and the STL file of the Y axis bracket i made to fit 10mm rods. They are held by 4 bolts with nuts so i can level the bed a lot better. I plan on modifying them for my other printer with 8mm rods and i can post that STL when i get the time.

PEI
http://www.amazon.com/Polyetherimid..._1?ie=UTF8&qid=1461803063&sr=8-1&keywords=pei

 

Polyetherimide

 

Thanks

 

Well I have been looking around the internet this morning and ran across the Zebra bed. As I written I shattered my bed yesterday. My question is could I tape that bed back together and run a Zebra bed on top of it? I am running strictly PLA here and won't need the heat if that Zebra performs. Suggestions are welcome

 

I have both the zebra plate, and zebra skin. They both work great but I wouldn't use them on top of a bed that is broken in half.

I think I actually prefer the zebra plate since its removable, two sided and you can bend it to pop prints off.. I use small binder clips with the handles removed.

I have had some things stick really hard to both of them and having to slam/chizel dig on the zebra skin makes me worried..when its attached to the bed permanently basically.

Zebra Plate:



Zebra Skin:

 

I think robo will give you a discount on a new bed if you ask them. Not positive though but I heard they give discounts for broken parts out of warranty or non-warranty parts.

 

Well I am a idiot. I put one of the magnets on backwards with superglue. I tried heating it with a lighter and soaking it with finger polish remover. Any suggestions?

 

I put the magnets in place on the carriage, a drop of glue on each magnet and *then* the glass bed and let it sit overnight while curing to avoid this issue when I replaced the bed on the original R1.

 

I've been communicating with someone from the Thingaverse board who glued a magnet backwards himself. He said he ended up drilling under the magnet on the Y carriage and pushing it out to flip it. This might be a route I go if an acetone soak doesn't do it.


Earlier in the thread someone posted in the past with an earlier model you were able to attach another sheet of glass to prevent this sticking problem. Could it be done on the R1+ today?

 

Thats what I did as well. put the magnets on the carriage and put epoxy on top of them. i marked my bed s edges with a sharpie before hand to make sure I lined it up pretty good. Then sat the bed down with some books on top of it

Sorry I don't know how to get superglue off.

 

Check your local hobby store, if they sell CA Glue (Super Glue) they usually carry the stuff that dissolves it also.