Quite some time ago I installed a PEI print bed surface on my Ender-5 Pro. While I had a funny issue with it I can now confirm that it works great.

I cannot see any difference in bed adhesion while printing (which is a good thing because the stock bed surface of my printer also worked great). But after printing I just wait for the bed to cool down and the part comes right off, I can basically just take it.

Had to clamp the new surface down, because the stock magnet sheet is glued on and I don’t want to ruin my print bed – but it is a bit to weak to fully hold the new bed surface in place. I carefully tested and the clamps do not block the nozzle.

#Ender5pro #Comgrow #TexturedPEI #springsteel #3Dprinting

Oh loooook, ma baby got new shoes! 🤪

We’ll see if they fit …

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I experimented with custom supports (here: to prevent warping). Worked out perfectly well. It not only caused a much better and less error-prone first layer outline, but also actually prevented warping.

The object did not curl up in the middle parts, but only at the four outer corners a little.

Cleaner first layer, no warping, easier print, all of this because of 4 short 5mm wide one layer high lines in exchange for snipping a tiny bit of the print off later. I call this a success.

Also, not having the Z change in one of the corners, but in the middle results in the notch not having those nasty stringing tips as seen on the fourth photo.

But now that I have perfected the print, there is only one box left … 🙃

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Nighttime entertainment …

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Call me scale, baby! ⚖️ 🙃

Long overdue re-calibration of my #Ender5Pro with the bed leveling knobs. Used a piece of chocolate bar wrapper cardboard to get a consistent height at the four adjustment points.

Since I use #BLtouch for distance, the manual calibration is only used for a leveled surface and not for bed-to-nozzle distance.

The Bed Level Visualizer confirmed it: a variation of 0.102mm from lowest to highest point just after one cycle of calibration (maybe 10 minutes, including confirmation).

That’s better than my last time after 2 hours.

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It is possible to repair supports during a 9.5-hour print that has already been running for 4 hours …

The supports just came loose at 1 mm on the last layer of the bottom. I already had a test print in the trash that deliberately fits into the gap three times and happened to be 1 mm thick.

I used tape and glue stick for the first time … I hope the print bed isn't ruined now – the print definitely isn’t (apart from a few misaligned lines caused by pressing the repair parts onto the print bed. But it’s a utility item, so that’s acceptable).

It is now well past the “critical point” for failure, and I just have to wait two more hours while watching it on the webcam.

The print settings have already been adjusted for the second of these parts, with wider support and some measures to prevent warping.

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Does anyone use medium format cameras?
If so what are you using.

I read today about people printing medium format bodies using asa filament.

3D Printed Medium Format Camera for Mamiya Press lenses

https://youtube.com/watch?v=_GxiANVp2mk

Thanks for your time.