Self-Regulating Heat Bed for Ultimakers (and other 3D printers) by TheKre8Group

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A heated build platform (HBP) improves printing quality by helping to prevent warping. As extruded plastic cools, it shrinks slightly. When this shrinking process does not occur throughout a printed part evenly, the result is a warped part. This warping is commonly seen as corners being lifted off of the build platform. Printing on a heated bed allows the printed part to stay warm during the printing process and allow more even shrinking of the plastic
as it cools below melting point. Heated beds usually yield higher quality finished builds with materials such as ABS and PLA. A HBP can also allow users to print without rafts. (Source http://reprap.org/wiki/Heated_Bed)
This self-regulating heat bed provide a temperature controlled build platform ideally suited for printing with PLA (green LED) or ABS (red LED).
The original design of this heat bed was made by Scott Mayson (http://about.me/scottmayson), unfortunately it disappeared from Thingiverse. This Thing provide an updated version compatible with currently available parts, as well as detailed instructions guides suitable for all.
You can learn more about this thing on our bloghttp://prototype.asia/blog/2013/01/30/self-regulating-heat-bed-ultimakers-and-other-3d-printers/
2014/02/11 - I added "UM_HB_V2-2014.zip" to the file set, nothing has changed but some users have reported compilation issues, so this is an attempt to see if these files fix the issues.