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4.5
I installed this on the bed of a monoprice select mini with some 3m super 77 spray glue and it’s been great.I'm going to give this a try with a print even though the glass is not the correct size for the bed. This is advertised at a size of 120mm(h) x 120mm(w) x 3mm(thick). I measured and the glass is actually 110mm(h) x 110mm(w) x 3mm(thick).I'm only rating 2 stars because of the pros/cons listed below.Pros:1) The glass was delivered with no damages2) Thickness is correct (3mm)Cons:1) Packaging was used/ripped open, and addressed previously to someone named Rebecca. The box was wrapped in plastic as being "inspected by amazon"2) The glass itself was dirty3) Glass is not the correct dimensions as advertisedTo smallThe glass piece is not perfectly cut, but it's pretty close to the 120x120mm description. Surface is working great for PLA prints.As far as functionality goes, it does the job. The surface is adheres enough that I would not be concerned with any lifting. After printing it is extremely easy to remove. Much easier that the bed which came with the Ender 3. The reason for the 2 stars is the shape. It is square but with the corners cut just over a cm from where the corner should have been. This was not shown in the pictures. All the beds shown were full squares. This caused an issue for my printer when the nozzle primes on the very edge of the bed almost the full length. It basically runs out of bed at the corners and primes in the air.The inductive auto-leveling sensor that is included in some A8 kits is not sensitive enough to detect the metal print bed though the 3 mm of glass. Some sensors Amazon sells are marked 8 mm. These are more sensitive and just barely work, but need to be positioned within 1 mm of the glass.I bought this thinking that it would be a smoother more durable glass bed for my printer then the 8X10 picture glass I got from the hardware store for 6 Dollars, I was wrong. The surface was not completely flat and within a month of use the bed shattered, not from me removing a print, from the print cooling. I thought that maybe this was a fluke so I ordered another and it also was not as flat as I would have liked. This one shattered when it slipped and fell about 3 feet onto the floor. Granted the last one was my fault it seems to me that a thick piece of borosilicate glass should survive a fall that my picture frame glass had survived before. Unless some improvement is made to this I would recommend going to the local hardware store and buying a stack of picture glass, you can get probably four for the cost of one of these.Experience: 2+ years printing.The only small size I could find that fit my minibot. I was able to secure the glass with 1 big clip. Easy to remove filament with flat razer blade.I was extremely nervous about getting glass shipped to me, but Amazon came through again with their awesome packaging - this glass sheet is in perfect shape and is everything I had hoped for .it is supposed to be tempered glass it is not ,regular galss ( i had to cut the corners to fit my wanhao i3very disappointedProduct description doesn’t match what was received. It’s the wrong size!
