We’ve upgraded our older Makerbot 2s with heated build plates. It turns out the 2 and 2X share almost all hardware, so swapping these out was easy. Print warping was a HUGE problem, and this has totally fixed it. We’ll probably get another 2 or 3 years out of these machines now, total workhorses.

The Digital Media Lab is located in Geisel Library, 2nd Floor South. We do free 3D printing and advanced media consultations for all UCSD Affiliates. Contact us at DMLtech@ucsd.edu.