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I have a heavily modified Ender 3 Pro, and have had good and bad times with the buildtac bed (I've replaced many times). I've tried some PEI beds and had mixed results, but I got this one 2-3 months ago and over ~20 prints it's been just fantastic.

https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B0B38R478Y/ref=ppx_yo_dt_b_search_asin_title?ie=UTF8&psc=1

Amazon link, but not affiliate. Posting because the previous PEI build plate I got was the worst thing ever.

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[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I’m not knowledgeable about Ender but all the 3rd party sheets I’ve seen, it’s the bed that’s magnetic.

My bed is glass, but the sheet I bought contained a magnetic sticker, that I stuck on to the glass bed and then I can add my PEI sheet on top.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

That's what's throwing me, a lot of these I see on Amazon come with a magnetic sticker, but my bed already has that, I believe.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Then you just don’t attach the sticker and use the sheet as is.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

Right but that's what I'm trying to figure out. I thought the magnetic side was that baseplate on my printer, but it seems like the removable bed is the part that is magnetic here... which means the spring-steel type PEI sheets may not work here. I guess before I put in an order I'll have to remove the current bed and see if there's any magnetic 'stick' on the baseplate.