I have had success printing small nylon parts (60mm by 30mm at base). Advice varies. I have tried two different nylons and the "Taulman Bridge" was definitely easier. I have two critical questions for you before giving you any advice:
1) Which company and brand of nylon are you using?
2) What do you mean by "warp"? Usually people mean the part lifts off the print bed - that's the simplest problem to fix and the most common. But maybe you mean something different?
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I have never printed Nylon myself, so I can't speak out of any personal experience but just repeat what I read online:
E3D-online had a printing plate specifically for printing Nylon. I bought one some time ago (but never used it to date o.O) and just wanted to look it up, but it's gone from their shop...
The material is called "Garolite", "Tufnol" or "Bakelite" (different brand names I believe).
You could use that instead of the UM2's glass printing plate, or mount it on an Ultimaker Original with some (large) foldback clips.
I read other reports saying that using rafts helps a lot, too. This doesn't solve the problem of Nylon not sticking to your printing plate, but rather works around it by reducing / changing the contact area of your printed parts to the plate.
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http://www.taulman3d.com/best-print-settings.html
http://richrap.blogspot.co.uk/2013/04/3d-printing-with-nylon-618-filament-in.html
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