I went straight to Prusa, which mostly protects me from my own ignorance and gives me way more confidence to actually learn and experiment with different materials, it’s worth every penny, haven’t looked back. YMMV. I too destroyed my Ender’s bed with inexperience. More than once. Being cheap, I suppose that’s why it isn’t such a tragedy. The other option is to just replace the print bed and carry on. I went through about 3 before I gave up on Ender. Still on my first Prusa Satin sheet 3 years later. I flip it occasionally just to even out any wear and tear.
Comment on PETG damaged plate
user_6282638282@sopuli.xyz 3 days agoWhat would you recommend instead?
I’d not heard anything negative about Ender, and until now have not had issues. I even printed this giant-ass computer case and fan shrouds with good success: printables.com/…/1616167-amd-bc-250-case-atx-psu-…
I think the problem in this case is my inexperience, and unearned confidence due to previous success.
cecilkorik@piefed.ca 3 days ago
Blue_Morpho@lemmy.world 1 day ago
I really like my U1. I also have an Anycubic S1 and have destroyed many build plates. The U1’s heated bed is a big plate of machined steel with magnets embedded. My S1 is heated bed is plastic with a soft magnetic plate. I’ve done a lot of petg and pctg on my U1 with auto level every time and it hasn’t failed yet.