"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.
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
Aren’t ribs a good thing sometimes?
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 ?
Sadly not.
I was told. Without asking. By a long lost friend of a cousin you wouldn't know.
My sex toy goes to a different school
My sex toy lives in Canada!
My sex toy brings all the boys to the (local) yard
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.
I used to use the heated bed to brew tea while I was modeling. Poly makes a good cup.
In an enclosed chamber, I warm it up to ~37°C to allow yeast dough to rise. Works like a charm.
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.
This is an amazing tip tbh. Never thought of using it for that.
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
I've used mine for a lot of stuff really
Weaken adhesive for opening a cell phone (like your picture)
Revive a Nexus 5X long enough to patch it and transfer the data off of it (a really frustrating process BTW)
Heat treat resin prints (place print in box, set box on bed, set bed to 80C, come back in an hour, turn bed off, wait for it to hit ambient, remove box) this process is great for hollowed prints as not only will it cause and trapped alcohol to evaporate out but it will further cure the part and increase the durability of the part as well (CNC Kitchen has a great vid on it)
Keep my coffee warm while I was building and setting up a NAS for a friend
Revive a Nexus 5X long enough to patch it and transfer the data off of it
My man! Backups, please! LOL
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.
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)
Can confirm this works, removed my tablet screen with my 3D printer.
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.
Looks like they are using it to warm the screen adhesive so they can remove the screen and repair the phone.
I hate heat guns. This is a brilliant alternative, thanks for the idea!
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.
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
Are those test pads on your phone?
No. It's a Moto Z4, which is compatible with Motorola's "Mods" ecosystem which are a variety of accessories you can stick to the back. For data transfer they connect to those pads via pogo pins.
There are battery extender backs (which I have), a full-on gamepad case (which I also have) and also a 360 degree camera, a backplate that adds wireless charging, a mini projector, a beefed up speaker back, and an entire replacement Hasselblad camera you can stick on it as well. There was going to be a slide out physical keyboard module, too, which unfortunately turned out to be vaporware.
That's a pretty cool feature.
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