What printer around 600€

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Ok the printbite is available again on their website, the problem is that a 15x15 sheet, shipped to italy would cost me at least 24€ if i choose the non tracked shipping, otherwise it's 30€, i'm really uncertain whether to get this or ask a glassworker to cut me some 15x15 borosilicate piece of glass, it'd probably cost less, but the problem is still how to block it to the bed, gators are out of question since there's no way to clip them, edge holders need to be designed and printed on purpose for this, since the space between the bed and the platform is very very thin, i was thinking about some thermal pads, similar to those use for pc hardware, any idea?

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hi-temp double sided sticky tape.
It's what i'm currently using for my printbite on the flashforge creator.

Seriously though 30 euros is worth the price.

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hi-temp double sided sticky tape.
It's what i'm currently using for my printbite on the flashforge creator.

Seriously though 30 euros is worth the price.

Isn't printbite self adhesive already?

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the original printbite I got a couple years ago - was not self adhesive.
It also did not have the very fine pattern the current stuff has.

I'd have to say that the sheet of recent printbite on alexa is noticeably better than the original sheet on the flashforge.

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the original printbite I got a couple years ago - was not self adhesive.
It also did not have the very fine pattern the current stuff has.

I'd have to say that the sheet of recent printbite on alexa is noticeably better than the original sheet on the flashforge.

Alright, i'll see how much a custom glass will cost me from some shop

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Hello guys, long time no see, i've been pretty busy lately.
I've only recently gone back having fun with the printer, i finally decided to buy a glass to replace the stock pad which is absolute trash. i bought this simple 3mm 150x150mm glass, but when it arrived home, i found out it's not exactly 150x150mm because apparently these guys don't cut with CNC, so it's basically 148.85x148.68mm and the plate is 150.03x149.86mm, so yeah guess what happens...

here's few pics:

http://imgur.com/a/kUsce

i contacted the shop where i bought this, and they asked me to send photos and everything, but it's unlikely they'll replace or refund me anything, it's ebay after all, so i'll probably have to find another way to keep the glass in position. i might try a 145x145x0.5mm thermal pad or some thermal tape or maybe, even better, a big ass 150x150 adhesive thermal adesive pad. What do you guys think?

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Double sided vinyl sticky tape will do it. Doesn't need to be special thermal transfer. Its that thin that it doen't effect the heat teansfer.

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this stuff: https://www.amazon.co.uk/Supadec-dou...ded+vinyl+tape

It's what I've got my original sheet of printbite attached to my aluminium plate with on the flashforge.

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this stuff: https://www.amazon.co.uk/Supadec-dou...ded+vinyl+tape

It's what I've got my original sheet of printbite attached to my aluminium plate with on the flashforge.

Oh so it has nothing to do with vinyl, it's just used to attach vinyl to floor, ok, anyway can't find that on italian amazon, and apparently that doesn't ship to Italy, gonna see if i can find something similar, if the thermal pad i got doesn't do it.

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double sided carpet tape should be the same stuff :-)