“You need to buy this special heater pad to break the screen adhesive!”
No, I think you will find that in fact I don’t.
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Can I use it to warm up a sex toy? Asking for me.
Just 3d print one and grab it while it’s fresh and warm.
I realize this is a joke…
But don’t do this. Really. The fdm layers are unhygienic, and there’s a not-insignificant risk of things snapping off and leading to awkward emergency room visits.
A better solution is printing a 2 part mold and casting silicone.
glad to hear from the 3d printed sex toy experts in the house
wont the layers transfer to the silicone?
You can process the inside to be smooth (sanding, priming. If you have a solvent - acetone for abs, as an example. And mold release.)
Even just using a filler/primer should be enough
I was really impressed by the lulzbot manual mentioning this! Its also important to consider that most 3d prints can be sensitive to water unless sealed too.
I’m just gonna assume some one printed a butplug, had it snap off leading to said emergency room visit and they tried to sue lulzbot.
Who is this someone you’re talking about, FuglyDuck ?
Idk lulzbit are also just super consumer freindly out fit (I think are still one the only 3d printer that are FSF Respect Your Freedoms certified).
Yes, and you can also warm up lube as well.
I won’t take any questions at this time
Has anyone else found a use for their 3D printer that wasn’t exactly listed on the label?
Not from the 3D printing world, but sometimes I’d use our heating plate to reheat pizza LOL! Gotta make sure to clean the surface really well afterwards though.
Sounds like a job for tin foil or parchment paper
Fair enough. I just ended up placing it on a paper towel, then cleaned the surface with rubbing alcohol afterwards.
How about all three? Really make sure you don’t get that thing dirty.
I used to use the heated bed to brew tea while I was modeling. Poly makes a good cup.
I know a guy whose cat will take naps on it.
Used to have problems with the cat sneaking up while preheating, and being very intent on not getting off. (Even with the cold hot end poking him. It was… hilarious. Took an old i3 and sacrificed the build plate to solve the issue though.)
They need an enclosure
it really was hilarious watching the cat stubbornly refuse to move out the way as the bed moved back and forth and the hot end poked it. the cat had this most baleful look like it was being martyred by the machine.
(Yes, the friend was careful not to hurt the cat.)
Bed is good at keeping fresh krispy kreme warm.
The wife and I once used it to keep our fondue warm.
Ngl that’s fucking genius
Seeing as you can do the exact same thing with a hairdryer, it’s inventing a solution to a problem that doesn’t exist.
The heated bed is coupled to a thermistor. I’d argue controlling the temperature in order to not accidentally overheat parts of the phone is a step above a hair dryer.
Also bad is that hair dryers don’t spread their heat around very well at all. You can easily create hotspots on the object and damage things with them.
And, I don’t own a hairdryer. (Or much in the way of hair, these days.) But I do own a 3D printer…
A hairdryer or heatgun kinda work, but it’s super easy to accidentally heat damage the display underneath (and it’s sensitivity only gotten worse with these super fancy displays these days).
It also doesn’t spread the heat very well.
This is a great solution because the bed is temp controlled and evenly spread
Holy shit. I do a fair bit of small electronics repair on the side, the cost of a decent heat pad is about half that of a 3d printer… This may be what finally inspires me to get a 3d printer.
Is that a motorola moto z2 play? I owned that phone and I used to disassemble it just like this!
Edit: saw in another comment that it’s a z4. The camera did look strange for a z2 at a second glance
Also thought was a z2 lol. Loved that phone
Opening phones and heating burritos :)
And melting gallium when I 3D print moulds to make some silly metal objects (probably not so smart next to so much aluminium extrusion)
Wax is cheaper than gallium I think
Oh I know, I just have a few hundred grams of it since I like collecting elements, so I recast it into something funny when I’m bored
Sound’s fun. I’ve been meaning into getting into a 3d printing to casting process to make metal objects.
Not sure if this is really what you’re asking about, but there are some laser cutting/engraving add-ons you can get. Basically replaces the hot end with a laser. After I upgraded to a Prusa MK4, I’m thinking about getting one of those for my old E3v2 and turning it into a laser cutter.
I’ve used it for releasing an iPad screen adhesive as well as for warming cinnamon rolls so they’ll rise when our oven was in use.
Totally had the food wrapped with Saran Wrap all around and had something between the plate and the glass pan. To make sure nothing that wasn’t safe for food prep didn’t touch it and to stop from “cooking” the bottom by accident.
Doesn’t that require a much higher temperature than most beds would be able to safely achieve.
I had to take the screen off of a Pixel not terribly long ago to replace the battery. I used a heat gun and I remember it requiring a temperature of like… 240C° or some such? And when I’m printing PLA, my printer bed only gets to 60C°. (Not saying it couldn’t go higher, but 240C° seems way higher than 60C°.)
No, that temperature would damage your screen. The professional hot plates for phone repair are typically set to 85-90°C. With a heat gun you may need to set a higher temperature since you are only heating up part of the phone and it cools down again during the process. My printer (Prusa MK3) with PCB heater can go up to 120°C, so it looks perfect for the job.
A heat gun is enough to melt through plastic, there is no need for higher temperatures. You can do it with a hairdryer.
90 degrees was the spec for this job. 240 is way too high.
Nah 85/90 degrees is perfect for the job. Much better and more uniform than a heatgun, let alone a hairdryer
You are thinking about a soldering plate? Those go up to 300°C or some times 400°C.
A phone screen is fixed with hot glue, that starts to melt around 60°C.
What I’ve used for this purpose is one of these. And I can attest that 60C° is nowhere near high enough to set that kind of thing for purposes of getting a Google Pixel 3a off safely.
But I bet ThetaDev is right that a flat plate heater can work just as well when set to lower temperatures because they heat the whole screen at one time.
