I was printing some ABS on my modified Anycubic I3 Mega overnight, when I awoke to this horror of a destroyed glass print bed…

Now the question remains, how to actually fix this? One part is still firmly attached to the Bed and I fear this may destroy the Bed even more.

And I obviously need a new Print bed, but I can’t find the exact replacement, so should I even get a replacement Ultrabase? I saw that there are magnetic PEI beds available, but I am unsure if it is worth the 80-100€ for this.

Edit: Since the glass is glued to the 1.5mm aluminium heater PCB (and I already had to resolder the broken off wires once) I was looking at complete replacements at first, which why the price is relatively high

  • Kuinox@lemmy.worldEnglish
    21·
    10 months ago

    PEI bed are 20€, not 100€.
    Just buy a compatible one on amazon or elsewhere.
    You just need to have the bed size somewhat correct, and the magnetic base have a sticky surface that will adhere on whatever is below your glass bed (usually some metal structure to hold the glass)

    • Klajan@lemmy.zipOPEnglish
      0·
      10 months ago

      Well I don’t have any way to mount the PEI bed? This is a glas bed with the heater glued to it, and the mounting screws are integrated into the heater. So I would need to find a way to either seperate the glass from the heating PCB or somhow mount the new bed on top of the exisiting one.

      Unless there are cheaper compatbile option I did not find. It is quite hard to find something for this specific printer

      • fuzzy_tinker@lemmy.worldEnglish
        1·
        10 months ago

        That’s what they are saying. Buy a PEI plate with a magnetic backing, remove the rest of the abs from your glass build plate and stick the magnetic pad on it. Then the pei goes on top.

        I did this as an upgrade to my own printer.