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i3Mega : Adding glass bed

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Anycubic i3 Mega & ABS I've discovered the hard way that the only working method for me to print ABS is to use ABS glue. I.e. ABS dissolved in acetone. Add a thin layer on the printing bed and that dramatically increases stickiness. Printing ABS that way is a breeze (a smelly breeze actually). So problem solved ? Not really. Cleaning the ABS glue on the i3 mega is messy, smelly and takes a lot of times. You have to pour acetone, scratch the bed gently with a toothbrush, again and again and again I've never managed to completely clean it up. There are still some smears of ABS glue today.  I guess i'd have to remove the bed and clean it up externally. So i wondered : What if i had a borosilicate glass on top of the original bed ? That would be easy to clean up. So, here we go. I ordered one on amazon , with metal large paper clips (should have taken bigger ones, but they do work). The problem is now how do we compensate for the ~ 3 mm offset on the