Printer Bed - Tapes and print adhesion and leveling
About Kapton Tape Kapton Tape is used primarily to ensure that your build sticks to the build plate, as well as making sure it can be removed afterward...
Sat, 1 Mar, 2014 at 7:24 AM
What are they?
They are disks of various sizes that
you can add to a print to minimise lift and warping.
When to use
When dealing with objects ...
Wed, 3 Feb, 2016 at 12:59 PM
LEVELING YOUR BED TIPS AND TRICKS
The attached PDF has pictures for your ease of reference
The hardest thing people seem to find to understand is ...
Wed, 8 Oct, 2014 at 3:56 AM
I am going to be honest here, lots of us have had
problems printing on the Replicator here in oz. I tend to think,. having
examined this issue for som...
Wed, 8 Jun, 2016 at 2:13 PM
The platform for the replicator 2 was built with a simple locking mechanism to allow the plate to be removed and installed, for easier cleaning and maintena...
Wed, 7 Oct, 2015 at 2:16 PM
5th Gen Makerbot Z-Homing issue with Firmware 1.3
The Firmware 1.3 for Makerbot Replicator 5th gen machines is known to occasionally cause a Z (up...
Wed, 8 Jun, 2016 at 2:00 PM
The Printer Bed
The composite printer bed supplied as standard with the Cube is a thick layer of fibreglass with a top layer of special material th...
Sun, 29 Dec, 2013 at 10:40 AM
Introduction
The Z-Offset is a value that determines the height at which
the nozzle will be set after the sensor has detected the bed. If you find ...
Mon, 16 May, 2016 at 12:04 PM
This glass bed kit is designed to allow you safer access to prints to remove them from the bed, and allow for faster starting of the next job.
How t...
Fri, 15 Jul, 2016 at 9:33 AM