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Re: Ends on long piece lifting?

Posted: Mon Mar 28, 2016 4:00 pm
by dkightley
To quote myself:
An alternative...or even a supplement to a brim....is using "mouse ears", small two or three layer sacrificial discs that you place on the print bed just on the edge of your model, joined either by overlapping your model or by small connecting strips.

Re: Ends on long piece lifting?

Posted: Mon Mar 28, 2016 4:48 pm
by kumaichi
Thanks for reiterating, these were the results. maybe I need to add two more mouse ears to each end at the corners?

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Re: Ends on long piece lifting?

Posted: Tue Mar 29, 2016 2:31 am
by smartavionics
Have you tried blue painter's tape wiped with isopropyl alcohol (IPA)?

I get very good adhesion of PLA even for long thin parts using tape and IPA on a heated bed.

Cheers,

Mark