Bed Plate for Prusa i3 printer

[Iain DownsParticipant @iaindowns78295]

Hi, all.

After a recent tussle with my printer I am in need of a replacement bed.

The tussle involved the heater and thermostat popping out of the hot end, falling on the print in progress and proceeding to melt what was already printed in some kind of manic thermal runaway. The plastic was really hard to remove and I broke the tile in the process.

What I need is a 200mm x 200mmx4mm glass mirror tile. I have been unable to find something of that size in glass, though I'm sure they were available a couple of years back.

If anyone can suggest a source (or an alternate), I would be very grateful.

The printer is originally from Factory3D but Mike who is normally very helpful seems to be out of action at the moment,

Iain

[Iain DownsParticipant @iaindowns78295]

200mm glass mirror tile?

[Neil WyattModerator @neilwyatt]

You can get 200 x 200 or slightly larger squares of pyrex type glass which is much mor durable for a 3D printer bed than mirror glass, from 'a popular online auction site or from a popular mass sales site'.

I use one coated with a 50/50 mix of PVA and water and find it by far the best solution.

Neil

[Roderick JenkinsParticipant @roderickjenkins93242]

A search for "borosilicate glass 3d" will give you lots of options. That's what I did when a pulled lumps out of the original mirror on my Factory 3d printer.

HTH,

Rod

[Roger WoollettParticipant @rogerwoollett53105]

Try these from IKEA. Sorry these are 30×30. I have them on my Prusa. Maybe you could cut them down to 20×20.

Edited By Roger Woollett on 12/07/2023 17:25:00

[Iain DownsParticipant @iaindowns78295]

Sometimes you just need to know the right name for something. Thanks to all – borosilicate 3D was the trick.

I was hung up on the originals being mirror finished…

Iain

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