Glass plate shim

Customizable version: http://www.thingiverse.com/thing:1002887

Want to use a glass plate on your print bed? Don't want to change printer settings to make that happen? Just put this shim on the print bed underneath the Z-axis trip-switch so that the trip-switch gets pressed one glass plate's thickness early.

IMPORTANT: Make sure you read the Instructions under Thing Info! There is vital information there!

If your printer is like mine, the printer prepares to print by (among other things) raising the print bed platform until it hits the trip-switch. The height it achieved at that point is its maximum height, from which layer height offsets—e.g., the first-layer offset—are subtracted. Inserting a shim under the trip-switch changes the maximum height my printer will arrive at.

IMPORTANT: YMMV! Not all printers work the same way mine (PowerSpec Pro/Flashforge Creator Pro) does. If your printer ignores the shim and starts carving a path in the glass, stop the job immediately.