I loved this glass bed. After so much time trying to get anything to stick to the stock ender 3 bed, this glass bed has things sticking almost TOO well.
It was fine enough for PLA, but I've been playing with PETG lately and it sticks a little harder.
Well today I printed the entire bed flat for a little hiking table I'm experimenting with.. and this happened when I tried to get it off...
Suggestions for replacement? Should I go glass again? I don't have bltouch so I like how flat glass is, set it and forget it. But I've seen those magnetic plates that allow for super easy removal but just flexing the plate, but this bed is aluminum I think. Plus that seems similar to the stock ender 3 plate that I despise.
That looks like somewhat similar to an ultrabase bed. I have had one of those on my i3 clone for years and years. I've also printed a reasonable amount of PETG on it. Was the print and/or bed warm when you tried to pull it off? Prints detach much better when cool.
I put the whole apparatus in the fridge for a few hours, hoping it would just pop off.
The edges came up clean, but the very middle was very unhappy. I had some lifting on the corners so I think there was a draft and the plate wasn't warming equally. Hot spot in the middle trying to keep up maybe? IDK.
Lifting on the corners, especially if this was a bed sized print, was probably due to warping. It stinks that it took out your bed, but warping probably wasn't the cause there.
My main printer these days is enclosed. When I print PETG on it I'll pop the lid open because PETG doesn't like to be too warm.
I thought too cold caused warping, does too warm cause it as well?