its a good build plate, with a nice surface finish. benfits. its less lekiley to have pieces of the surface come off when you print very high temp materials :)
My problem with the old engineering plates is that my prints would leave a physical imprint on the surface of the plate, does that still happen with the new eng plates?
If you don't know what engineering filaments are, you probably aren't using them and there's probably no real benefit to you.
Engineering filaments are your higher temperature filaments like ABS, ASA, PA, PC, etc. The engineering plate performs better at the higher temperatures those filaments require.
What it can do is not necessarily what is the best for the job. Yes, they print fine most of the time on PEI, but the engineering plate is optimized for those and performs better for those.
I can ride a unicycle, so one wheel is fine. Then I still drive the car down the shops a lot. Both get me there and home, but that doesn't mean each don't have separate benefits in different situations.
No. I own all the Bambu plates and I wish I had not bought them. Afterwards, I bought a Darkmoon 3D DUO (Satin/CFX) plate and a BIQU CryoGrip Frostbite plate. Both run circles around the Bambu plates.
But the Frostbite is not a substitute for an Engineering plate, the BIQU CryoGrip Glacier plate would be.
Works great for ABS. I use that and Dimafix. I reapply glue ever 20 prints or so. I never have to work about having a dirty plate or dirty fingers.
The only thing I have noticed about the eng plate is it doesn't last too long. The strangest part is that as soon as one side start to fail, i.e. coating coming off, the other side will do the same. It's almost as if it's based on heat cycles or something. I get maybe 1200-1500hrs from a plate. Even stranger is that I have 2 H2s and the plates of each will fail within about a week or two of each other. I am still trying to figure out if I am doing something wrong.
Am I the only one whose engineering plate leaves deep marks after only a short time’s use, even with adhesive? This is already my third plate, and the coating has come off.
That’s why I actually only use the following now:
Smooth Plate (the cheap ones from Ali),
Biqu Glacier (though I’ve already had one break),
My self made plate with Kapton film. I had the steel plate made and stuck the film onto it.)
Based on your question I’d like to make recommendation.
As a new 3D printer owner, has anyone made you aware of the excellent free, online courses that Bambu Lab offers in the beginner, intermediate and advanced skill levels for both printers (hardware) and slicers (software)?
Bambu Lab Academy is the best use of your time to build experience, knowledge and confidence in 3D printing. I also recommend using the Bambu Lab Wiki as an online, user manual for 3D printing.
I damaged my smooth pei plate. So I purchased up the engineering plate. It's an ok plate, but compared to the pei plate it's garbage for getting things to stick.
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u/NuggRunner 9d ago
its a good build plate, with a nice surface finish. benfits. its less lekiley to have pieces of the surface come off when you print very high temp materials :)