Monday, August 22, 2011

PCB heatbed

Here is a very clever use of a PCB. You an buy them off the shelve and cut with a knife if you have to. I will probably use the SUMPOD itself to etch a PCB to make it all uniform an pretty. I can probably use an Pyrogel® XT Blanket (aerogel) underneath to direct the heat and hope fully lower power consumption.
A hot end I saw recently on thingiverse prompded the idea to use a aerogel thermal insulation to concentrate the heat and keep the exterior cool (as in not burning). Someone had even tried to use aerogel before and abandoned it. Will have to find a adequate seal to keep fine grained aerogel dust from the environment.

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