Comments on: Canned Heat

By: obligatory obscure reference » More Aluminum Heated Build Platforms for the Makerbot Cupcake

Sat, 24 Apr 2010 19:57:47 +0000

[...] using the A6 pin on the extruder, same as other boards, all of which are basically doing what Eberhard documented on his blog. For software, you’ll need to download and build the latest ReplicatorG and firmware from the [...]

By: MakerBot heated build platform - www.vacau.com - Deep Web News Radio

MakerBot heated build platform - www.vacau.com - Deep Web News Radio — Tue, 16 Feb 2010 07:27:21 +0000

[...] fused together around a nichrome core. We told MakerBot about it, and they wanted more! Then Eberhard Rensch in Germany heard about it (go Internets!), and he went to town on a simplified software design. [...]

By: MakerBot heated build platform - www.webuda.com - deep web news radio

MakerBot heated build platform - www.webuda.com - deep web news radio — Tue, 16 Feb 2010 05:39:57 +0000

By: MakerBot heated build platform | Products & Tech News

MakerBot heated build platform | Products & Tech News — Sat, 13 Feb 2010 19:06:22 +0000

By: Heated RepRap print bed MK2 « PRUSADJS.CZ

Heated RepRap print bed MK2 « PRUSADJS.CZ — Thu, 07 Jan 2010 22:03:09 +0000

[...] 2 months findings. You should first read Look ma, no Warping, Nopheads Hot metal and serendipity, Zaggos Canned Heat and Zaggos Raftless. Now we have Heated Print Bed MK2, first design wasn’t as durable as we [...]

By: obligatory obscure reference » Heated Al Print Platforms for the MakerBot Cupcake

Tue, 29 Dec 2009 17:49:27 +0000

[...] forgot about how to hook it up! I’m using the A6 pin on the extruder, basically copying what Eberhard documented on his blog. For software, you’ll need to download and build the latest ReplicatorG and firmware from the [...]

By: Zaggo

Zaggo — Fri, 25 Dec 2009 14:48:51 +0000

I did post some pictures of the new layout on flickr a while ago. Sorry, I thought I’d posted the link to them here, but it must have been on the MakerBot mailing list…
However, here they are: http://www.flickr.com/photos/pleasantsoftware/sets/72157622869673205/

By: Heated CupCake Build Chamber « Keith's Electronics Blog

Heated CupCake Build Chamber « Keith's Electronics Blog — Thu, 24 Dec 2009 21:13:33 +0000

[...] heated build chambers to prevent warping. Most notably, Eberhard Rensch (CupCake #127) has blogged Canned Heat and Living in times of warp-free printing about his work mounting power resistors to an aluminum [...]

By: da3v

da3v — Thu, 24 Dec 2009 16:26:03 +0000

You said you have an idea about how to rearrange resistors so as to not block the Y stage movement. I’m sitting here staring at a chunk of aluminum and 3 of the same resistors you used, and the only thing I can think of is to set the whole assembly on top of the original wood build platform. (From bottom up: wood platform, resistors, aluminum platform, acrylic.) This would reduce Z travel by 20mm, but restore full range of Y travel. Would you care to share your alternate layout?

By: bjbsquared

bjbsquared — Mon, 14 Dec 2009 02:47:40 +0000

You are heating a shape with a significant amount of surface area. Insulating the bottom would help the heat up time and reduce the overall power required.

Good luck!