Robo3D [KS] Glass Plate

 A lot of people are worried about contaminating the bearings and bushings if they use hairspray; I decided to use a removable plate of glass to not worry about the issue:

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Glass plate held in with binder clips.  Sorry about the filament bits!
  1. Go to Lowes (since Home Depot won't cut glass) and get a 10x12" piece of glass.  Have them trim it to 10x10 (unless you want to drill holes in it for the bed bolts to go through it.  Better yet, get 2 or 3 so you can have 1 "ready" for easy swapping.
  2. Cut a notch in the front-left leg so you can have the full range of motion without hitting a micro-binder-clip
  3. Apply hairspray/abs juice/etc to the plate of glass while it is not in your printer.  Wait for it to dry.
  4. Secure it to your printer with 3 binder clips.  Be sure it's flat on the bed with nothing between the bed and the glass.
  5. Adjust Z height if you don't have autolevel.

Now you can print with hairspray without worrying about it contaminating your bearings!

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