Build Plate for Creality Ender 3 V3 SE//Ender-3 S1/Ender 5 S1/Ender 3 S1 Pro/Ender V3 KE/K1/ K1C 3D Printers - PEY Build Plate Flexible Sheet 235x235mm (No Magnetic Base) Water Ripples+Wood Grain

I didn't get many prints off of the build plate before the surface started peeling the clear coat. And I use glue sticks.

Es muy útil y necesaria para las impresiones.

When I first started 3D printing, the bed material was either a sheet of glass or a soft rubbery magnetic material. Both seemed to work okay, but the advent of flexible steel plates coated with polymers like PEI made life much easier. Not only do they seem to work better (at least for me) but they’ve become an art form in their own right. Many have fancy holographic type patterns embedded in the surface and these interesting textures appear on the base of printed models.I got this bed plate from GOMENL because it had an H1H coating that claimed to have a temperature limit of 200°C. I don’t know what H1H is and I’m never likely to approach this 200°C limit but I have had issues with similar plates when printing with nylon or polycarbonate filaments when I take the temperature (just) above 100°C. Hopefully, this new plate will behave better under those conditions.The product arrived very well packaged – there were 4 layers to remove before I could use this plate. The outer packaging was a type of bubble-wrap envelope, inside that was a solid cardboard box, under that was a sealed plastic bag, and finally each side of the plate had an adhesive film that had to be peeled off before use. This plate was coated with H1H on each side with different fancy colorful holographic patterns. I have a Creality Ender 3 Pro printer and while this plate is the correct size for my printer, it does have two locating notches on the rear edge for compatibility with other printers. This means that the back 5mm of the plate could be lost when printing large models. I don’t think this will be a problem for me but it’s worth noting. This plate is steel-based and needs a magnetic pad to be mounted first on the hotbed. No magnetic pad is included with this product which wasn’t a problem for me as I have a few already and didn’t want to pay for more. For new users without an existing magnetic bed, this product is not going to work for you.For my initial tests, I used a matte-black high-speed PLA that I was familiar with. I’ll be using this plate with more exotic filaments later, but I wanted to start with something that I could make a good comparison with other plates. I designed and printed a coffee distributor to level out coffee grains in a portafilter before putting it in an expresso machine. I rinsed the plate before use in soapy water and wiped it over with isopropanol. The bed temperature was set to 60°C throughout the print with a nozzle temperature set to 230°C. In this first print, I didn’t use any additional adhesive. Adhesion was strong until the model and plate had cooled and then the model simply fell off – it was working as expected. The photo shows the result. What was particularly interesting was that the holographic finish seen in the plate was transferred to the base of the printed model. I would probably lose that if I had used glue.