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  • The Real Jdbye @ The Real Jdbye:
    @handy333 what businesses use is an entirely different class of 3d printer (unless they run print farms then they just use the cheapest reliable commodity consumer 3d printers they can get)
  • The Real Jdbye @ The Real Jdbye:
    they have fancy ones that print with powder in full color and shit
  • Sicklyboy @ Sicklyboy:
    Yeah even hobbyist/enthusiast grade ones can get expensive as hell. The Voron Trident I'm building now I'm probably close to $1500 in the hole with
  • The Real Jdbye @ The Real Jdbye:
    or metal
  • Sicklyboy @ Sicklyboy:
    ANd it doesn't even work yet
  • The Real Jdbye @ The Real Jdbye:
    the k1 max came preassembled and it was like $900 msrp and just works :P
  • BigOnYa @ BigOnYa:
    Or chocolate
  • The Real Jdbye @ The Real Jdbye:
    i paid more because norway tax but yknow
  • handy333 @ handy333:
    Is there any possibility of me recycling plastic with a printer? Is there a printer out there that can do that?
  • Sicklyboy @ Sicklyboy:
    @handy333, give up that idea now. It's not worth it, trust me.
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  • The Real Jdbye @ The Real Jdbye:
    filament extruders are a thing, but probably not worth the hassle
  • The Real Jdbye @ The Real Jdbye:
    PLA doesn't recycle particularly well and that's most of what people print with
  • The Real Jdbye @ The Real Jdbye:
    you can recycle it once, MAYBE twice
  • The Real Jdbye @ The Real Jdbye:
    and it's a lot of hassle
  • handy333 @ handy333:
    Oh well. I was trying to help the planet survive another year
  • Sicklyboy @ Sicklyboy:
    The closest thing you can do is build a machine to cut PET water/juice bottles into plastic strips and form it into filament. I've done this, it's a neat project just for the hell of it but it will never pay off.
  • The Real Jdbye @ The Real Jdbye:
    the reason filament costs as much as it does is not because plastic is expensive, plastic is cheap but making the filament is complicated and time consuming
  • BigOnYa @ BigOnYa:
    Microcenter by me lets you bring in plastic/ left over 3d printed stuff, N they will recycle it, kind of cool.
  • The Real Jdbye @ The Real Jdbye:
    it needs to be uniform thickness all the way to print properly and thats not an easy thing to accomplish with a DIY extruder
  • handy333 @ handy333:
    So if I wanted to make like a new shell for my 3ds, could I do that with a 3d printer?
  • BigOnYa @ BigOnYa:
    Could be wouldn't be as good as say a injection mold
  • The Real Jdbye @ The Real Jdbye:
    i don't *think* there are premade models for the full shell but the battery cover is available so partially yes
  • Sicklyboy @ Sicklyboy:
    @handy333, I wouldn't recommend it. The surface finish isn't going to be nice enough for that, and it's going to be hard to deal with the small detail. Maybe with a resin printer, but you'd need a big resin printer for that.
  • Sicklyboy @ Sicklyboy:
    And resin printers are just a damn nightmare to work with.
  • The Real Jdbye @ The Real Jdbye:
    layer lines and rounded curves don't mix, fyi
    The Real Jdbye @ The Real Jdbye: layer lines and rounded curves don't mix, fyi