Orion heated bed...

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Lately I've noticed that the left side of the heated bed seems to be allowing the
parts to be raising from the bed. I tried a second print after moving the parts
to the right as far as I could get them and they seem to be holding to the bed
much better. I'm using ABS for the first time with a Nozzle temperature of 232
and a Bed temperature of 90. I'm using Elmer's purple glue stick on the bed
which seems to be working well for those areas that are not coming off of the
bed. I thought I might try using hair spray next time.

Has anyone else had a problem with the Orion Delta bed?

Thanks,

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Mine seemed to always curl with ABS off to one side.

My suggestions are to...
-Print your ABS at a bed temp of 85 and a nozzle temp of 225.
-Reset your Z height to a lower height at 0.1 increments, testing your prints each time for curling. No more, no less. It smooshes that first layer into the glass a little bit more and can help prevent curing.
-Make sure you apply the glue while the bed is cool, not after you've heated it up.
-Try to keep the printing away from a breeze or fan. The curling is caused by a difference in temperature between the layers already printed cooling down rapidly underneath the layers that are printing fresh and hot. If you can prevent that a little bit, it may help the curling issue.

Hope some of these options help!
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I think I finally found out my problem. I believe that the fans from the computer
used for 3D Printing were causing a draft near that side of the bed causing a
cooling area unlike the right side of the bed. The plots so far are do not seem to
be as problematic.

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Sweet! :D
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If 80 or 85 C work on the bed for you. We normally recommend 100C.

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Norm77 wrote:I think I finally found out my problem. I believe that the fans from the computer
used for 3D Printing were causing a draft near that side of the bed causing a
cooling area unlike the right side of the bed. The plots so far are do not seem to
be as problematic.

Norm77...
That would probably do it. The temperature seems to easily affected. Case in point, spray a little hairspray on it while it's hot and see how much it drops.
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