Cheap and effective build platform for 3D Nylon printing

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3D printing nylon is not new and many people have been successful using garolite sheet Garolite sheet didn't work for me, Most of the time the prints warped and peel it-self of the bed. If I try to print really close to the platform, the print will merge it-self to the garolite then it's impossible to peel it off the platform. I just wanted to share my trick that gave me 100% successful prints with nylon (I always print with 100% fill). I got my first good nylon print using a thin plywood plate (5mm thick) covered with a thin layer of Elmer's washable glue. But it's quite hard to find a really flat plywood piece that's ideal for 3D printing. I found on Ebay some really cheap pieces of wood veneer (1/42 of an inch - 1mm thick). I got few of these sheets and used super glue to stick the wood veneer to a piece of glass, then covered the wood veneer surface with Elmer's washable glue. I printed with cold bed and with raft (make it easier to peel off the platform). I also recommend you to use Epoxy to glue the wood veneer to a aluminum plate instead of glass because it's more durable and you won't need to worry about dropping it on the floor from time to time (which I did and broke my glass build plate). In this video, I show you how to prepare the wood veneer printing platform using glass and super glue, but using aluminum plate and epoxy is very similar process. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CMUZcupViz4