3D Printing - Securing and Printing on a Glass Plate - Part 1

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In this video series I review a removable Borosilicate Glass build plate. Printing on glass will give you the smoothest surface, but requires some extra care and technique for it to work.

Part 1 covers unboxing and figuring out the best way to secure the glass to the print bed

Part 2 covers cleaning the glass, spraying it with hair spray to improve the adhesion, setting the bed temperature, a test print including removing prints from glass using a freezer, and a production print using a 0.2mm nozzle.
NOTE: Part 2 shows using some brackets in the back to hold down the glass plate that I later abandoned. The end of part 1 shows the best way to secure the glass to the print bed.

Link to product I printed using Glass (Star Wars: Outer Rim board game Dashboards) on my Etsy Store:
https://betacygnidesigns.etsy.com/listing/1157516314/star-wars-the-book-of-boba-fett-new

Flashforge Guider II on Amazon:
https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B077QLTFF4/

Link to 250mm x 250mm Borosilicate Glass Plate:
https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B01FRX4MSA/

Link to Aqua Net Extra Super Hold Professional Hair Spray Unscented:
https://www.amazon.com/Aqua-Net-Extra-Professional-Unscented/dp/B002K33AFM/

These are the spatulas I used to help remove the pieces from the print bed:
https://smile.amazon.com/gp/product/B075SLTY8B/

These are the tweezers I used to help remove dripping filament from the print head:
https://smile.amazon.com/gp/product/B0845SKD7Z/

This is the wire brass brush I use to clean the nozzle tip:
https://smile.amazon.com/gp/product/B01J2BS92S/

These are the 0.2mm needles I use to clean the 0.2mm nozzle:
https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B06XPH7C16/

OpenSCAD website:
https://www.openscad.org/

I used Simplify3D slicer software for the test:
https://www.simplify3d.com/

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Link to my Etsy Store:
https://www.etsy.com/shop/BetaCygniDesigns

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End Screen Video Acknowledgement: Cosmic Reef Video produced by NASA and the Space Telescope Science Institute (STScI).
https://hubblesite.org/contents/media/videos/2020/16/1277-Video

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