has anyone tried the diamond black build plate

[3dgenius]

hey guys im new to 3d printing and keep getting prints warping. i have tried all the tricks in the book with no great success.
has anyone tried the diamond black build plate. was thinking of buying one but it looks amateur and don't want to get ripped off
here it is
http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Diamond-Bl...item339e3596ef

also do you have any new advice on preventing warping.

[curious aardvark]

what filament you printing with and which printer and what settings are you using and what surface are you printing on ?

Start there and we can probably help you.

[3dgenius]

what filament you printing with and which printer and what settings are you using and what surface are you printing on ?

Start there and we can probably help you.

sorry i should have started with that lol

i have a makerbot replicator 2
standard makerbot settings
currently using the build plate that came with the makerbot. "acrylic" i think
and i use capton tape on it.
i always use pla filiment

[3dgenius]

ive just bought the diamond black plate. im hoping it does what it says it does.

[dunginhawk]

maybe im completely wrong, but it looks like the surface is pretty gritty... even a tiny imperfection will show on every print.

[3dgenius]

apparently you need to use a raft, i tend to anyway so dont really matter with me

[3dgenius]

the diamond black build plate has arrived the first issue i had was levelling the build plate as i had to tighten the screws all the way. apart from the i managed to print 4 parts today.
the first 2 parts was just the standard chain links that makerbot supplied on the sd card. printed them easy enough, then i printed the heart box that went fine.
but on a larger part i had to use binder clips as it wanted to pull the plate up.
all in all seems like a good solution to warping

[curious aardvark]

so the plate is flexible enough to be bent by warping.

That right there is a definite problem.

[3dgenius]

so the plate is flexible enough to be bent by warping.

That right there is a definite problem.

i was printing a 100% infill large print. i think it will be ok.
and i am not using a heated build plate.

[3dkarma]

so the plate is flexible enough to be bent by warping.

That right there is a definite problem.

This is precisely the reason I had to give up on the fleks3d build plate. Nothing beats a properly levelled heated glass bed covered in glue-stick.