Post by bpopilek on Mar 17, 2016 3:33:28 GMT
Per Andrew's request, I am sharing this upgrade I found on Hackaday.com.
A few months back, a gentleman posted that he was looking to create a 110/230v heated bed. At that time, I told him I would be interested in beta testing it. A few weeks ago, he contacted me and told me there was a small batch ready. It was not free, but only ended up costing around $50-$60.
It has the exact same footprint as the stock one we are currently using, but does not include the attached aluminum plate. It is basically a circuit board, so you would need to add a metal plate, or do like I do and use a thin piece of plate glass. There is no way to print to it directly. Additionally, you will need a relay to control the power to the bed, since it runs off of mains voltage.
The awesome part of this setup is the heat up times. On the stock bed we've been using, it normally takes me about 7 minutes or so to get to 60C, and it took me 30 minutes to get to a max temperature of 93C. Printing ABS really should be done at 100C or higher. This particular bed heats to 60C in about 10-15 seconds, and 30-45 seconds for 105C! I can now turn on the extruder and heated bed at the same time, and be ready to print in about a minute! I think he still has some available, and the link can be found HERE. Hope this helps someone!
A few months back, a gentleman posted that he was looking to create a 110/230v heated bed. At that time, I told him I would be interested in beta testing it. A few weeks ago, he contacted me and told me there was a small batch ready. It was not free, but only ended up costing around $50-$60.
It has the exact same footprint as the stock one we are currently using, but does not include the attached aluminum plate. It is basically a circuit board, so you would need to add a metal plate, or do like I do and use a thin piece of plate glass. There is no way to print to it directly. Additionally, you will need a relay to control the power to the bed, since it runs off of mains voltage.
The awesome part of this setup is the heat up times. On the stock bed we've been using, it normally takes me about 7 minutes or so to get to 60C, and it took me 30 minutes to get to a max temperature of 93C. Printing ABS really should be done at 100C or higher. This particular bed heats to 60C in about 10-15 seconds, and 30-45 seconds for 105C! I can now turn on the extruder and heated bed at the same time, and be ready to print in about a minute! I think he still has some available, and the link can be found HERE. Hope this helps someone!
