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Failed print and waste filament recycling
- Thread starter David
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A paper shredder - the kind that makes chips, not strips, does a great job. Big lumpy bits need to be smashed a bit first.
Dan Dubeau
Ultra Member
Just use the Wife's food processor. (don't do that.....)
A filament extruder almost seems like a necessary purchase if you own a Bambu/AMS and print a lot of multicolour prints. Sure you can tune them better for less poop, but they still generate a lot from what I hear about them.
A filament extruder almost seems like a necessary purchase if you own a Bambu/AMS and print a lot of multicolour prints. Sure you can tune them better for less poop, but they still generate a lot from what I hear about them.
Doggggboy
Ultra Member
The pooping is not insignificant but I am producing far less waste with the Bambu than I did with the Ender 3 simply because of very few print failures.
And I am printing orders of magnitude more stuff.
I can't imagine a home hobby printer generating enough waste to justify the nuisance and expense of trying to make your own filament unless you're running a print farm.
And I think you'd still have to be bad at it.