Thanks for all the responses but there is still one thing I don’t get. As Mike said at the beginning, 300x300 beds will need between 270-540W of power. Then Petters’ video ( very helpful by the way ) showed that some beds can even use 700W. And, apart from that, he has bought a 1400W heater. Now, my question is, what is the point of all this power if most motherboards can’t even get to it? Toby pmd10 - Mechanics
In that case I'll most probably use a 5mm thick aluminium plate as you say and I'll see what I can do about the steel plate. Thanks a lot for you timeby pmd10 - Mechanics
The thing is that my design requires five magnets (3mm thick) (I want to avoid using a magnetic surface to make the heat transmission as efficient as possible) to hold the flexible steel platform. However, the aluminium base that I’m using is 3mm thick and I don’t want it to be any thicker because of the weight. Those magnets will be embeded into the base and in order to prevent them from fallingby pmd10 - Mechanics
Awesome. Thanks a lot!! That really helpedby pmd10 - Mechanics
I don’t know if by telling you the thickness of the tape (0,06mm) you would be able to tell me if that is the right one to go with or if I should try buying a different one. And apart from that, from what I’ve understood it would be better to buy a 520W+ power supply rather than using the one I currently have. Am I right?by pmd10 - Mechanics
Hi everyone, I've decided to enter the DIY side of 3d printing and as a long-term project, I've decided to build a 3d printer from scratch. The bed design for that printer requires a special design for the heating pad, which I'm also trying to build myself. I've followed this video. However, the dimensions of my build plate as well as the width of the copper tape are different. I was wonderingby pmd10 - Mechanics