Quick tip regarding the acetone comment at the end of the video. Acetone eats nitrile but not latex so I would recommend latex gloves if you are not allergic.
Hey Bryan, great stuff. Wham Bam delivers again. Speaking of delivery, I chuckled twice at each of your jokes, once when I heard it and again at the giant eye roll they received from my young apprentice 😂. As always, thanks for sharing!
I’m just here to see which shirt you’re wearing. Jk, Bryan. Thanks for the vid. I’m considering this for my CR6 and wanted to see your review. Thorough and entertaining as usual. Thank you!
Awesome Bryan. I love my WhamBam flex plate and I'm just as fussy as you with keeping it spotless. Love the PEX on the flex gag. God I wish I'd thought of that. Priceless.
Super nice video again Brian at least this time I’ll get a chance to follow your video on my printer because I ordered one of these but what it’s going to be like when I get it I don’t know if it’s refurbished hee hee
Hi Jordon! Thanks! Maybe they’ll come out with a 330x330 size in the near future? I know they just got done testing a series of round ones for delta printers.
I like how well it holds onto the prints while they're printing, and getting them off the bed is just so ridiculously easy! I printed some ABS on it and it held like a demon. 😈
Thank YOU for sending me that kit for the Ender 3! And for the cool shirt. As for gummi bears - I received a THREE POUND BAG of them for Christmas! So many gummi bears! 😋
Sorry to hear that Mark, we can help you to get great results with the PEX if you like, just contact us. If you prefer buildtak, we are going to have our own PC surfaces ready soon, really performing great in testing! We also have just launched our PEI line, so there is something for every taste
I did not. In fact I started using it pretty much right away. That said, the magnetic sheet has been on the printer 23 months and it is still stuck down as well as when I first installed it.
Hi Mark! Yes -- I've got Wham Bam flex plates installed on an Ender 3, Ender 3 Pro, and two Monoprice Maker Select Plus printers. I'm using a mix of sprint steel sheets, some with PEX installed and some with PEI installed. The Wham Bam system is one of my all-time favorite things.
Hey Bryan, I have a question on the MP SELECT PLUS using Cura 4.0.0. I have only added the Z-axis brace to my unit and everything else is stock. I want to change filament during a print to highlight letters that are around 2 mm taller than the finished top surface. Do you have any how-to on how to successfully accomplish this? I plan on making filament cards, Keychain, etc. Pause at height and pause at level seem to stop right on top of the item instead of moving off where I can purge my nozzle. Can you help? Thanks, Rocky
Hi! I don’t remember whether the stock firmware on the Maker Select Plus supports the M600 G-code command. M600 is the “Filament Swap” command. I don’t think it does. The ADVi3++ firmware handles it pretty well. If you’re not ready to try upgrading the firmware (which also requires updating the code on the LCD display), try to pause the print using the controls on the LCD. If the printer lets you pause, AND moves the nozzle for purging, then you’re golden. You’ll just have to do it manually like that, instead of in G-code. I may have time next few weeks to try downgrading the firmware on the printer and seeing what I can make it do. But in the meantime, try manually pausing and see what the printer does. Just try it on a calibration cube or something, and try after the second or third layer. It’s just a test. Good luck, and let me know what it does.
Hi, you can probably get away with that for a while, and wait until the Creality magnet loses enough of its magnetism that it no longer holds the spring steel sheet well. My recollection when trying that is that the Wham Bam magnet felt like it held the spring steel sheet more firmly. The Wham Bam magnet is rated for higher temperatures as well. 👍
@@BV3D cool thanks for the reply. I'm not ready to pull my ender apart yet but I do have the wham bam system and when I'm ready, I'll try it first with the ender magnet and then if I like the new system, I'll do it correctly.
@@BV3D Hey Bryan so I did it and I have the bed at 70% and its holding just fine. Of course I only really print PLA so I think I'm ok with not having to remove the old magnetic base. Thanks for the response my friend
hey mine is arriving soon and the 300x300 was not something I can afford easily. it's a gift from my sister so it's special to me! do you think these would be easy to remove? (the magnet portion) the issue is i'm gonna install it over my normal mk2a aluminium heated bed but i'm worried the bow and all of the bed would make it unusable etc/ specially it might warp more overtime since my printer is new. do you think the magent could be easy to remove? I could install it over glass from the begining but that'd make a thick 4 layer sandwich 0_0
Hi Chloe, and congrats! Trying to remove the magnet sheet after you've installed it will most likely destroy it. So far I haven't had much issue with bowed beds, although I do kind of wish I had put a little bit of one of those shim strips in the middle of the bed of the Ender 3 Pro. It's not bad, but it is maybe 0.1 mm lower in the middle than at the edges. But since most of the things I print don't go all the way to the edges of the bed, I usually have it adjusted for the best first layer when things are in the middle. I also use a 0.24mm first layer, which seems to help accommodate such issues. You can use the straight edge of a steel ruler, and lay it diagonally across the bed and shine a light behind it to see if it's bowed up or down. Wham Bam has a video showing the ruler technique on their site (ruclips.net/video/ZLxP0Wo2044/видео.html) I'm about 5 or 6 months into having this on the Ender 3 Pro, and haven't noticed a problem with the bed bowing more than it already was from the factory. I don't think you want to go super thick on the bed, both because it'll take longer for the print surface to get up to temperature (despite what the bed thermistor says; it will take longer for the heat to work its way up through the layers). Also you'll be adding a lot of mass to the Y axis.
@@BV3D my printer is a corexy so the mass won't matter much but yeh! I do have a probe so i'll check how bad mine is. maybe i can sand it down and use a middle screw to also add support to the middle of the bed
Great video, as always! I just do not get why you had to remove the original magnetic base and replace it with the new one, as they seem pretty much the same thing. What would happen if you stick with the stock magnetic base?
The Creality Cmagnet base and the print surface are both magnetic. So while the Creality base magnet will hold onto the spring steel sheet, it doesn't hold nearly as strong as the base magnet from Wham Bam.
@@BV3D Thanks Bryan! I do not know if it is because my ender 3 pro is very recent (I bought it a month ago), but the fact is that when I place the steel sheet on the stock Cmagnet base if feels as if it adheres to it very strongly, no less than when I put it on top of the new base (although it is another brand, not wham bam). So for now I'm gonna try a few prints without removing the Cmagnet base and keep the new one for later. I can always change it later, but if I remove the original one now, then I could not go back, because it gets ruined
Love the Zappa reference. Good tutorial too. Thanks!
Quick tip regarding the acetone comment at the end of the video. Acetone eats nitrile but not latex so I would recommend latex gloves if you are not allergic.
Very informative, but the jokes were my favorite part.
Thanks Remington! 😁
I know it's kind of randomly asking but does anyone know a good website to stream newly released series online?
Hey Bryan, great stuff. Wham Bam delivers again. Speaking of delivery, I chuckled twice at each of your jokes, once when I heard it and again at the giant eye roll they received from my young apprentice 😂.
As always, thanks for sharing!
I’m glad I was able to annoy a member of the younger generation with the dad jokes. 🤣
I’m just here to see which shirt you’re wearing. Jk, Bryan. Thanks for the vid. I’m considering this for my CR6 and wanted to see your review. Thorough and entertaining as usual. Thank you!
Awesome Bryan. I love my WhamBam flex plate and I'm just as fussy as you with keeping it spotless. Love the PEX on the flex gag. God I wish I'd thought of that. Priceless.
LOL... Thanks Spike! 😁
Great video! Thank you so much Bryan
You can leave the old magnetic plate on the bed, and the wham bam flexi plate will stick to it. Just don't get the bed hotter than 80C
I really like the look of this.
Super nice video again Brian at least this time I’ll get a chance to follow your video on my printer because I ordered one of these but what it’s going to be like when I get it I don’t know if it’s refurbished hee hee
I hope you enjoy it when you get it, David! I love mine! 👍🏻
Another Great Video Bryan!
Many thanks! I’m glad you enjoyed it! 👍🏻
Came for the installation, stayed for the corny jokes 😄
Great video Brian. Thanks for the excellent review.
Thanks, Ben! 😁
Great video bvd! I want to put one of these whams on my A30. But it's 330x330. So I'm Sol for now
Hi Jordon! Thanks! Maybe they’ll come out with a 330x330 size in the near future? I know they just got done testing a series of round ones for delta printers.
Great review, gives me and idea of what to expect before I purchase. Can't wait to try it.
I like how well it holds onto the prints while they're printing, and getting them off the bed is just so ridiculously easy! I printed some ABS on it and it held like a demon. 😈
Well done.
Thank you! 😁
As someone with a sticker board, I am very interested to see yours if you have made one. Also can people mail you a sticker?
Wonderful video Bryan, I always enjoy seeing you flex your PEX , thanks again and I love that little subliminal advertising for gummy bears!
Thank YOU for sending me that kit for the Ender 3! And for the cool shirt. As for gummi bears - I received a THREE POUND BAG of them for Christmas! So many gummi bears! 😋
Is it necessary to take the old magnetic bed of the creality as it is also magnetic. Wont the spring steel sheet just magnetize to it as well ?
That a nice shirt bv3d
Thank you, Paul! I hope things are going well with you!
great work, Bryan. I bought their system. The pex drove me nuts. Thanks for the let it cool first insight. Builttak is better though, I think. Mark
Sorry to hear that Mark, we can help you to get great results with the PEX if you like, just contact us. If you prefer buildtak, we are going to have our own PC surfaces ready soon, really performing great in testing! We also have just launched our PEI line, so there is something for every taste
Nice vid
So Pausing a print mid way thru will fail?
Love the videos buddy keep up with the jokes also ;) lol
Thanks! Much appreciated! 👍🏻
Great
Thanks Christopher! 😊
Did you wait 72 hours for the magnetic sheet to adhere?
I did not. In fact I started using it pretty much right away. That said, the magnetic sheet has been on the printer 23 months and it is still stuck down as well as when I first installed it.
@@BV3D thanks! It's hard to wait 72 hours with the excitement of wanting to try it! Haha
Brian are you still using this and how do you like it?
Hi Mark! Yes -- I've got Wham Bam flex plates installed on an Ender 3, Ender 3 Pro, and two Monoprice Maker Select Plus printers. I'm using a mix of sprint steel sheets, some with PEX installed and some with PEI installed. The Wham Bam system is one of my all-time favorite things.
@@BV3D Thanks I am going to buy one for my Monoprice.
Hey Bryan, I have a question on the MP SELECT PLUS using Cura 4.0.0. I have only added the Z-axis brace to my unit and everything else is stock. I want to change filament during a print to highlight letters that are around 2 mm taller than the finished top surface. Do you have any how-to on how to successfully accomplish this? I plan on making filament cards, Keychain, etc. Pause at height and pause at level seem to stop right on top of the item instead of moving off where I can purge my nozzle. Can you help? Thanks, Rocky
Hi! I don’t remember whether the stock firmware on the Maker Select Plus supports the M600 G-code command. M600 is the “Filament Swap” command. I don’t think it does. The ADVi3++ firmware handles it pretty well. If you’re not ready to try upgrading the firmware (which also requires updating the code on the LCD display), try to pause the print using the controls on the LCD. If the printer lets you pause, AND moves the nozzle for purging, then you’re golden. You’ll just have to do it manually like that, instead of in G-code. I may have time next few weeks to try downgrading the firmware on the printer and seeing what I can make it do. But in the meantime, try manually pausing and see what the printer does. Just try it on a calibration cube or something, and try after the second or third layer. It’s just a test. Good luck, and let me know what it does.
can't I just use the original magnetic base with the new wham bam spring sheet? I placed on it and it holds just like the ender build plate.
Hi, you can probably get away with that for a while, and wait until the Creality magnet loses enough of its magnetism that it no longer holds the spring steel sheet well. My recollection when trying that is that the Wham Bam magnet felt like it held the spring steel sheet more firmly. The Wham Bam magnet is rated for higher temperatures as well. 👍
@@BV3D cool thanks for the reply. I'm not ready to pull my ender apart yet but I do have the wham bam system and when I'm ready, I'll try it first with the ender magnet and then if I like the new system, I'll do it correctly.
@@BV3D Hey Bryan so I did it and I have the bed at 70% and its holding just fine. Of course I only really print PLA so I think I'm ok with not having to remove the old magnetic base. Thanks for the response my friend
in fact its working great!
@@BV3D I think the only down side it waiting for the flex plate to cool before removing the prints. ugggg
hey mine is arriving soon and the 300x300 was not something I can afford easily. it's a gift from my sister so it's special to me!
do you think these would be easy to remove? (the magnet portion) the issue is i'm gonna install it over my normal mk2a aluminium heated bed but i'm worried the bow and all of the bed would make it unusable etc/ specially it might warp more overtime since my printer is new. do you think the magent could be easy to remove? I could install it over glass from the begining but that'd make a thick 4 layer sandwich 0_0
Hi Chloe, and congrats!
Trying to remove the magnet sheet after you've installed it will most likely destroy it.
So far I haven't had much issue with bowed beds, although I do kind of wish I had put a little bit of one of those shim strips in the middle of the bed of the Ender 3 Pro. It's not bad, but it is maybe 0.1 mm lower in the middle than at the edges. But since most of the things I print don't go all the way to the edges of the bed, I usually have it adjusted for the best first layer when things are in the middle. I also use a 0.24mm first layer, which seems to help accommodate such issues.
You can use the straight edge of a steel ruler, and lay it diagonally across the bed and shine a light behind it to see if it's bowed up or down. Wham Bam has a video showing the ruler technique on their site (ruclips.net/video/ZLxP0Wo2044/видео.html)
I'm about 5 or 6 months into having this on the Ender 3 Pro, and haven't noticed a problem with the bed bowing more than it already was from the factory. I don't think you want to go super thick on the bed, both because it'll take longer for the print surface to get up to temperature (despite what the bed thermistor says; it will take longer for the heat to work its way up through the layers). Also you'll be adding a lot of mass to the Y axis.
@@BV3D my printer is a corexy so the mass won't matter much but yeh! I do have a probe so i'll check how bad mine is. maybe i can sand it down and use a middle screw to also add support to the middle of the bed
Great video, as always! I just do not get why you had to remove the original magnetic base and replace it with the new one, as they seem pretty much the same thing. What would happen if you stick with the stock magnetic base?
The Creality Cmagnet base and the print surface are both magnetic. So while the Creality base magnet will hold onto the spring steel sheet, it doesn't hold nearly as strong as the base magnet from Wham Bam.
@@BV3D Thanks Bryan! I do not know if it is because my ender 3 pro is very recent (I bought it a month ago), but the fact is that when I place the steel sheet on the stock Cmagnet base if feels as if it adheres to it very strongly, no less than when I put it on top of the new base (although it is another brand, not wham bam). So for now I'm gonna try a few prints without removing the Cmagnet base and keep the new one for later. I can always change it later, but if I remove the original one now, then I could not go back, because it gets ruined