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  • 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.
     +1
  • 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
  • handy333 @ handy333:
    This sounds like a fun project. Very trial and error but fun.
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  • The Real Jdbye @ The Real Jdbye:
    rounded curves going vertically on the print will look awful on a fdm printer
  • The Real Jdbye @ The Real Jdbye:
    like the 3DS has
    The Real Jdbye @ The Real Jdbye: like the 3DS has