Satin Powder Coated Pei Sheet for for voron 350

[uiop]

Printer Model

Voron 2.4r2 350

Extruder Type

Galileo

Cooling Type

Stealthburner

On my Prusa I really like the "Satin" print sheet the most. A far as I know, It is the most versatile when it comes to filament. It also has a smoother finish than the standard powder coated sheets and is probably better suited for TAP compared to the smooth sticker type sheets. The only option for a 350 Voron I found are the OSEQ sheets (Velvety smooth premium PEI powder coated surface as they say). Unfortunately the closest size they have is a 350x355, while the build plate of a voron 350 is 355x355. I guess the missing 5 mm would be ok-ish, but did anybody find something better?

 

[NoGuru]

I am a fan of the Wham-Bam PEX plates.

 

[uiop]

Thanks for the tip, I just checked them out. These sheets seem to be similar to the smooth PEI foils, though a bit higher temperature resistant and in general probably a high quality product. What keeps me from trying them:
- Once and a while I mess it up and manage to make a scratch in my smooth PEI sheets that ruins the surface, powder coated sheets seem to be more robust.
- With my smooth PEI sheets TAP always needs at least one retry, as the foil deforms a bit and the second reading is a bit deeper (this is when you do the 3 taps and use the median as it is the default) . I have already changed from 4 magnets to 2 magnets. This has not been a game stopper, but I have to adjust the Z-Offset when I change from smooth to powder coated. With a "one fits all" satin sheet I hope I wouldn't have to change sheets at all for my use cases.
- Wham bam doesn't sell the spring steel with the applied foil alone, you have to buy only the foil and the spring steel and apply it yourself or by the full thing with a magnetic sticker. (Why?)

I have been looking around quite some time and it seems like only the Czech have the "secret recipe" for that fine smooth powder coating and baking that into a spring steel sheet .

 

[Dave32]

and it seems like only the Czech have the "secret recipe" for that fine smooth powder coating

I hope to be proven wrong, but I think you may be right.

I haven't tried it yet, but we purchased the textured version of the "High Performance Black PEI Bed Flex Plate" from West3D. It's definitely a smoother texture than the overly coarse LDO build plate - so that's a step in the right direction. But the West3D offering also isn't completely uniform - it has this "speckled" appearance, almost like what you get from a can of spray paint that is sputtering as you reach the end of the can. The textured PEI powder coated build plates from Prusa are in a different league - and I wish there was a match for that in the 350 size.

 

[uiop]

I just came across the new Sovol S08. It has the same size heated bed size as a Voron 350 and you can buy spare print plates from their site. It is one of the powder coated types. It is quite cheap, some reviewers of the machine were happy with the adhesion and it is black . It will come to US and EU Warehouse End-Jun. I'll give it a try.

 

[uiop]

Just found another option from fabreeko: Fabreeko Semi Satin
They say "Semi Satin" with Polycarbonate + Pei Coating.

 

[NoGuru]

Just found another option from fabreeko: Fabreeko Semi Satin
They say "Semi Satin" with Polycarbonate + Pei Coating.

Yeah I do like the Fabreeko sheets.

 

[uiop]

Yeah I do like the Fabreeko sheets.

This Semi Satin ones are still in open beta and and cheaper until release. I guess you don't have one of these? I'm still hesitating, since shipping to an EU country is kind of expensive.

 

[NoGuru]

This Semi Satin ones are still in open beta and and cheaper until release. I guess you don't have one of these? I'm still hesitating, since shipping to an EU country is kind of expensive.

I don't have the semi Satin ones. I actually switched to WhamBam, PEX for most of my printing. It's more expensive but WOW does it hold fantastic.

 

[3D Jeff]

I use the Prusa XL Satin sheet on my 350. It is 365x365 not counting the tabs.

 

[uiop]

I use the Prusa XL Satin sheet on my 350. It is 365x365 not counting the tabs.

That's cool! I didn't think of this. This 5 mm extra on each side should be no Problem I guess.
I got now a Fabreeko Semi Satin one (yeah shipping, bought some fans and stuff) and it has a nice feel, and it is black . It is somewhere between the Formbot that came with the kit and the Prusa Satin one. Fun fact: I also have lying around some wrong size, I guess Energetic one, that is almost as fine as the Semi Satin one. The Formbot is just super rough.
I have problems making a good judgment about the bed adhesion. I have had beds that didn't really stick, even after cleaning with Isopropanol, but some day it just worked very well. Depends on so many things. The Semi Satin one seems to do well for now.

You don't see much on the picture, but from left to right: Semi Satin, Prusa Satin, Formbot