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 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

I have just been making my own heated beds using resistors

yours does look bent, is the top glass perfectly flat still?
Does it heat the whole piece of glass up?

I only bought the bed not the glass.

It looks like you are trying to print on the heater.

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

I wont print directly on the bed

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You need a bed on top of the heater to flatten the surface.

ok clips it is. thanks

good luck !!!! have fun