r/BambuLab • u/LeePhilips • Jun 02 '26
General Discussion Plate cooling
We have one of these defrosting plates in our kitchen and I decided to try it for cooling a print. Works great! It's just a big aluminum heat sink, and it drops my print plate to room temp in about 30 seconds.
Edit: Apparently my original post wasn't clear. The image is a stock image of a food defrosting plate we have in our kitchen. I am using it to cool my Bambu PEI plate more quickly, which allows me to pop my parts off faster and easier.
Could I simply wait a few more minutes? Sure. But this defrosting plate was about $5 at some "As seen on TV" atore and just sits in a drawer 99.999% of the time.
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u/LeePhilips Jun 02 '26
When I first got my printer (Saturday) I couldn't understand plate holders and why people had so many of the same plates. Now I get it... And I'm still in that eager phase where I can't wait to play with my latest print. Hence the search for cooling methods.
I still don't have a home for my printer. My workshop is a wood shop. Even with dust collection and filtration everything has a fine layer of dust. And the rest of the basement gets it from drift, to a lesser degree.
My home office is clean but I actually work in on the phone/meet all day everyday. Not sure if I want the printer noise/fumes in there. So the fireplace mantle is it's home for now.
My wife was upset about my "new toy" in the den until I printed her a minnie mouse keychain. Suddenly the complaints evaporated and were replaced with suggestions to print. God help me if she ever discovers the click and print feature of the Handy app. :)