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  1. MOwens5150

    MOwens5150 New Member

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    Hi all, just got my printer and PLA works fine with glue stick, but ABS not so well. This is the newer R! were the heated bed looks like held in place with magnets. Should I go to hair spray or mess with bed temps?
     
    #1 MOwens5150, Mar 8, 2015
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    It is going to take some experimentation.
    blue tape and glue stick might get you going.

    If you get the start first level set right you can print on the glass directly, but it is usually easier to start on something like the tape/glue/hairp spray/whatever. Since it is ABS play around with the heated bed temperatures as well -- it may want a little hotter. Without modification to the firmware I think 80 or 85 is the max.
     
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  3. Ben R

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    #3 Ben R, Mar 8, 2015
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    For ABS, I run my bed at 100 for the first four layers, and then drop to 90 for the remaining. I use glue stick on the glass with both PLA and ABS.
     
    #4 James Harry, Mar 8, 2015
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    Thanks all. I decided to try doubling the amount of glue stick then left it on stock temps of 235 extruder and 80 bed. It seems to be working now. When I tried changing temps higher than that the heat shut off after reaching temp.
     
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  6. Mike Glass

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    I have not had good luck with glue stick and abs, Aquanet seems to do the trick, and I never go over 80 for the bed else it gets all gooey and can lift off.
     
    #6 Mike Glass, Mar 8, 2015
  7. Ben R

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    if you let it cool, it walks off the bed on its own. That goes for about anything stuck well in hairnet.

    If I'm in a hurry I just toss down some alcohol and it sucks the heat out of the bed rapidamente.
     
    #7 Ben R, Mar 9, 2015
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    Be careful about putting alcohol on hot glass, I've seen it shatter doing this.
     
    #8 Fart_Plume, Mar 9, 2015
  9. Ben R

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    if it was cold. or.. well yea.. it could. But not likely that glass.
     
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