I'll be interested to see what the printrbot folks came up with.

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I’ll be interested to see what the printrbot folks came up with. Hope I won’t have to undo my fixes to implement theirs.

Originally shared by paul wallich

Printrbot Metal Plus thermal fixes

A lot of people have been complaining about the heated bed on the Metal Plus. The original design didn’t heat the bed very fast, couldn’t get seriously hot, and had to have bed temperatures fiercely tweaked because the actual surface temperature of the…
http://invisibleturtles.org/2015/02/06/printrbot-metal-plus-thermal-fixes

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It’s all working great now and we send fix kits to everyone with a plus. Metal simple owners can order one for free and pay shipping

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@Brook_Drumm
Thanks! I can’t wait to see exactly what you folks did and how much better it performs than my version. (Already printing quite nicely.)

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Unofficially, we hold 120 c no problem. And heat up is many times faster

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Faster than without any of it, that is

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Cool!

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My heated bed upgrade kit for the metal simple arrived yesterday. The kit now includes a sheet of radiant material to cover the heat plate from the bottom, plus some delrin pieces that isolate the Al bed from the metal wings. I won’t get to try any of it until I get an ATX power supply.

They have a guide that shows you how to install the new parts, too.

http://help.printrbot.com/Guide/Installing+Printrbot+Metal+Simple+Heated+Bed+Insulator+Installation/193