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How to recycle filament material from printed parts?
If you're more interested in the recycling and reuse aspect than the re-print aspect, you could melt all the scrap filament onto a cookie sheet or into a bar (like in a bread ban). You could then ...
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What currently available solutions can be used to determine how much filament weight is left on the spool without knowing empty spool weight?
In my experience, empty plastic spools weigh between 125 and 250 grams. My practice is to weigh a full spool after removing all the packaging and record that weigh before using any.
While using the ...
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Does PLA lose mechanical properties when recycled, and if so, how often can it be recycled?
Yes, recycled PLA loses mechanical properties.
According to Dr. D-Flo's excellent video on Recycling 3D Prints and Waste plastic into Filament (PET & PLA) it loses mechanical strength during every ...
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Filament mixer?
OK, it just turned up on Thingiverse that someone has demonstrated a trivial machine to do exactly what I asked for: any FDM printer.
Its sounds crazy, but it works! This technique will allow you to ...
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