Pseudo Nym20h ago

Home #3dprinting is fun. I like making fun things like #ttrpg minis, and useful things, like a spice rack organizer.

I like how they fit into #solarpunk story telling.

But until/unless one can recycle and more importantly, produce filament, it's still a centralized technology based on plastic.

I've only worked with basic PLA, and read a bit about PETG & the differences.

Are there any filament technologies that are recyclable / reusable or that can be produced locally from raw materials?

Show threadNomdeb20h ago
@pseudonym yes. My husband has stuff to do that. He grinds up the waste or rejects. Then had a heating machine that then extrudes as filament again. He purchased it from kickstarter. Let me see if I can find the link for you.
Show threadNomdeb
@pseudonym Here you go! https://youtu.be/TvjR2JvBCVo
ExtrudeX: 3D Printable Machine to Recycle Waste 3D Prints into Filament

YouTube
Apr 2 at 6:12pmWeb
Show threadPseudo Nym19h ago

@nomdeb

Thank you!

Show threadNomdeb19h ago
@pseudonym The one BAD thing about this is my Vitamix blender - yes THE powerhouse that will blend anything & everything - disappeared from my kitchen and now it's downstairs in his maker space. <<<g>>> Warning is one of the bits had a knot in it and it glowed red hot and shattered the blender jar. Now he has a metal one and pulses it more. :) I'm never obviously going to use that blender again after it was used for his plastics. :) I note several of my kitchen things in his maker space now. ;)
Show threadPseudo Nym19h ago

@nomdeb

As that one still needs extra metal hardware (the frame is 3d printable) I went down a rabbit hole to see if there were complete consumer machines to do this.

Found this current Kickstarter (Indigogo) project.

https://crowdfunding.creality.com/

Looks like about $1200 USD for a pair of shredder / extruder devices together.

More expensive than my use case can justify, but I love seeing folks working on this.

Creality Filament Maker M1 & Shredder R1

The first desktop system to recycle & create your own filament. Less Waste. More Filament.

Creality Filastudio
Show threadNomdeb18h ago
@pseudonym Oh VERY cool. I'll share that with my husband. I'm pretty sure he purchased an add on kit (got all the supplies for the machine) from the kickstarter team that made the extruder. Much cheaper. Let me look. I know he's built it because I saw it on his tool bench. He also made a spooler thingie to wind it onto a spool on the other side. (We're both retired now and have turned much of our basement area into a maker space. :)) His and Hers. Mine is tidier. ;)
Show threadNomdeb18h ago

@pseudonym Hmm. I don't see them selling the entire kit (it came with all the parts) anymore. Maybe it was a one time thing at the time of their kickstarter? https://creative3dp.com/products/extrudex-diy-filament-recycling-machine

But I bet as soon as my husband sees the link you shared, he'll be drooling. ;)

ExtrudeX – DIY Filament Recycling Machine