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gereld.l
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First Print STUCK to Heatbed Solutions?

Alright the kit is working very well and fine, printed the logo no problems, then i decided to print a skull from thingiverse . part 1/3 now the print is stuck... help? i tried ramming a screwdriver to plier it out think i kinda dented the heat bed at 1 corner... help!

Posted : 16/04/2017 9:18 pm
Per-Anders Karlsson
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Re: First Print STUCK to Heatbed Solutions?

well i'm new at this but got one stuck aswell what i did was just heat up the bed to 55C (printed in PLA) and let it sit for a minute or to and then i tried again eventually it came of. Dont know if this is a good way of doing things though

Posted : 16/04/2017 10:32 pm
david.b14
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Re: First Print STUCK to Heatbed Solutions?

This is the point when others have damaged the MK2 by:

-Scrapping the PEI and/or bed traces with a tool
-Putting a hole in the PEI
-Warping the zip ties holding the bearings

At this point, save the MK2 and reprint the Skull by:

Use a heat gun to melt the piece off the bed (could use hair dryer but it takes longer)
-Reprint but put down blue tape (3M only works for me) on the bed.

After the print is done you can use a tool with more force since the blue tape will protect the bed and print surface

Posted : 17/04/2017 1:53 am
gereld.l
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Topic starter answered:
Re: First Print STUCK to Heatbed Solutions?

This is the point when others have damaged the MK2 by:

-Scrapping the PEI and/or bed traces with a tool
-Putting a hole in the PEI
-Warping the zip ties holding the bearings

At this point, save the MK2 and reprint the Skull by:

Use a heat gun to melt the piece off the bed (could use hair dryer but it takes longer)
-Reprint but put down blue tape (3M only works for me) on the bed.

After the print is done you can use a tool with more force since the blue tape will protect the bed and print surface

what's a blue tape ? sorry if i sound dumb 1st 3d printer and all.

Posted : 17/04/2017 8:38 am
david.b14
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Re: First Print STUCK to Heatbed Solutions?

Blue tape which is also known as painter tape which can be picked up at a hardware / paint store.

I have tried 5 different brands and have only had good results with the blue painter's tape made by 3M. Get the wider if they have different sizes, it makes it takes less work to place it down on the print bed.

Posted : 17/04/2017 2:41 pm
andrey.r
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Re: First Print STUCK to Heatbed Solutions?

Put some alcohol around edge of the print - the alcohol will go between print and the bed separating them. If it doesn't work first time, try it multiple times - let it sit for 10-20 minutes between every try.

It is better not to remove the skirt, so the alcohol can stay between the skirt and the print.

I couldn't remove the print too once and found that suggestion on the web, and it worked perfectly! Now I do it every time I cannot remove prints 🙂

Posted : 19/04/2017 4:33 pm
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