bend heat bed hey, I just received my first standard mk2 heat bed. before i used a custom capton sticker not a rigid surface like the MK2. However its visibly quite bend. my question is if that matters if the glass or mirror is laying on there. I saw these clippers here IMG-20130823-WA0010_preview_featured.jpg mod_embed_images_loadimage('8d37dca1ed1c2410c6e4d5dc715dd587', 'https://reprap.org/forum/addon.php?1,module=embed_images,url=http%3A%2F%2Fthingiverse-production.s3.amazonaws.com%2Frenders%2Fb7%2Fec%2F60%2Fca%2Fa9%2FIMG-20130823-WA0010_preview_featured.jpg', 'http://thingiverse-production.s3.amazonaws.com/renders/b7/ec/60/ca/a9/IMG-20130823-WA0010_preview_featured.jpg', 'https://reprap.org/forum/addon.php?1,module=embed_images,check_scaling=1,url=http%3A%2F%2Fthingiverse-production.s3.amazonaws.com%2Frenders%2Fb7%2Fec%2F60%2Fca%2Fa9%2FIMG-20130823-WA0010_preview_featured.jpg', '', 409116, 800, 400, 'Loading image ...', false); http://thingiverse-production.s3.amazonaws.com/renders/b7/ec/60/ca/a9/IMG-20130823-WA0010_preview_featured.jpg which would force the bed onto the glass, or shouldnt i bother and return it right away? Cheers https://reprap.org/forum/read.php?1,409116,409116#msg-409116 Mon, 10 Aug 2026 19:38:16 -0400 Phorum 5.2.23 https://reprap.org/forum/read.php?1,409116,409276#msg-409276 Re: bend heat bed https://reprap.org/forum/read.php?1,409116,409276#msg-409276 nechaus General Fri, 19 Sep 2014 06:34:05 -0400 https://reprap.org/forum/read.php?1,409116,409274#msg-409274 Re: bend heat bed https://reprap.org/forum/read.php?1,409116,409274#msg-409274
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You need a bed on top of the heater to flatten the surface.
ok clips it is. thanks]]> sungod3k General Fri, 19 Sep 2014 06:30:39 -0400 https://reprap.org/forum/read.php?1,409116,409270#msg-409270 Re: bend heat bed https://reprap.org/forum/read.php?1,409116,409270#msg-409270
You need a bed on top of the heater to flatten the surface.
I have 20cm mirror tiles from ikea and use 8 clips to fix it to the heater.
2 on each side.
This levels it out and gives you a good surface to put your tape or whatever you are using to make the print stick.

Instead of bulldog clips im using the larger supaclips that you put on paper with a little tool.
Much lower profile and less likely to hit the nozzle.
Keeps dveryghing secure.

Gordon]]> gordonendersby General Fri, 19 Sep 2014 06:16:44 -0400 https://reprap.org/forum/read.php?1,409116,409207#msg-409207 Re: bend heat bed https://reprap.org/forum/read.php?1,409116,409207#msg-409207 sungod3k General Fri, 19 Sep 2014 03:09:52 -0400 https://reprap.org/forum/read.php?1,409116,409146#msg-409146 Re: bend heat bed https://reprap.org/forum/read.php?1,409116,409146#msg-409146
yours does look bent, is the top glass perfectly flat still?
Does it heat the whole piece of glass up?]]> nechaus General Thu, 18 Sep 2014 20:57:20 -0400 https://reprap.org/forum/read.php?1,409116,409116#msg-409116 bend heat bed https://reprap.org/forum/read.php?1,409116,409116#msg-409116
I just received my first standard mk2 heat bed. before i used a custom capton sticker not a rigid surface like the MK2. However its visibly quite bend.

my question is if that matters if the glass or mirror is laying on there. I saw these clippers here http://thingiverse-production.s3.amazonaws.com/renders/b7/ec/60/ca/a9/IMG-20130823-WA0010_preview_featured.jpg which would force the bed onto the glass, or shouldnt i bother and return it right away?

Cheers
]]> sungod3k General Thu, 18 Sep 2014 17:01:53 -0400