On Sunday, September 23, 2012 at 9:31 AM, Joheinz wrote:
> Can you send me some photographs how you did the 3 point mount? Did
> you drill the mirrors?
> Thanks,
> Markus

> 2012/9/23 whosawhatsis <whosawhat...@gmail.com (mailto:whosawhat...@gmail.com)>:
> > I use a 3-point mount with a kapton-on-glass (4-inch square mirrors I found
> > on amazon) suface, and it works great. If you're going for PLA though,
> > you'll probably find that blue painter's tape on glass without heating gives
> > you the best results.

> > On Sunday, September 23, 2012 at 4:35 AM, Joheinz wrote:

> > Hi *,

> > I have the HPB installed on a Cupcake and awhile ago I drilled the 4
> > corner holes so that I can use countersink screws to avoid bumping
> > into the screws when making large prints. Unfortunately I did not do a
> > brilliant job with my Dremel, and now I'd like to commission a panel
> > service to recreate the aluminium plate for me with 4 countersink
> > holes in the proper places.

> > Questions:

> > - should I use 4 holes or six to prevent warping of the plate? If
> > using 6, how would I go about leveling the platform?
> > - which alumunium works best, which thickness? Or another metal altogether?
> > - is it sufficient to use ordinary heater paste/thermal paste to
> > connect the plate to the PCB of the build platform?
> > - does someone have the measurements for the HBP? Which diameter, how
> > far is the distance of the screws (center) to the edges of the plate?
> > - I plan to go all PLA now, so I wonder if I should choose a
> > metal/kapton combination at all, or go for a glass plate. If yes,
> > which thickness has proven to work well?

> > Thanks,
> > Markus

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