Rutty @ Rutty @sh.itjust.works

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I am in California so PST

PET is used in plastic water bottles, PETG is considered a contaminant and typically not part of the recycled waste stream, at least in the US. Same for PLA.

Although as you noted to pelletize plastic a blender would be a good place to start. The question then becomes what do you do with the pellets of plastic?

From my understanding it takes a system like this https://www.filabot.com/products to produce filament from waste plastic. That’s not to say you can’t used the pellets in some other way.

Yes! They do exist. It’s about $20k USD to get a system that will recycle filament.

I’ve also looked at the idea of using pelletized plastic and molds to make other products, like dominos for example.

I am not opposed, assuming there isn’t a severe quality concern. I would rather like a way to recycle my waste plastic. There isn’t really anyone local that will recycle PETG or PLA.

Ideally. Right now, I feel like I am just building a knowledge of art history.

At the moment, sculptures. They are between 200-300g per print. I am kicking off prints twice a day, for three printers.

It’s not without flaws, but I would recommend.

Just know that it adds time and waste to prints.

There is also a nice feature that allows you to automatically switch over to a new roll when the 1st roll runs out. That’s nice.

Overture Rock White PETG

It was either an x1c or p1p. It’s in PETG, spray painted. Dimensions are ~ 250mm tall, 5”x5” base.

There is a little more to it, but essentially yea

Yea! It’s available on myminifactory.

https://www.myminifactory.com/object/3d-print-flexi-print-in-place-imperial-dragon-218337

I am still developing technique but it’s relatively straightforward.

Spray pain on water, then dip the piece. It takes a little practice to start getting some good results. Rotating slowly as you lower it seems to help. Dipping more than once can be a smart idea. Warm water is better than cold water.

Would bumping up your printing temp do anything?

This was printed on a Bambu Lab X1C or P1P, I’ve forgotten which one printed this sculpture. I did use supports.

I use Orcaslicer, it’s manual painting is not intuitive to me. That said, I haven’t much researched how to do manual painting of supports either.

I think it’s the next logical step in my building domain expertise in 3D printing though. It just seems like a leap.