[sudo-discuss] Can we turn plastic bottles into 3D printer filament

[Patrik D'haeseleer]

Didn't someone manage to snag a loom? That seems like it might be a better
use of PET filament...

Patrik

On Sun, Jun 22, 2014 at 4:54 PM, Marc Juul <juul at labitat.dk> wrote:

> Look!
>
>   https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hQeeJEpBYsg
>
> Someone already asked about using it as 3D printing material on the open
> manufacturing list and 4ndy said:
>
> "If you somehow had an extruder that could use a strip of plastic that
> buckles under the slightest push... but even then PET is rubbish for
> FDM/FFF printing due to its high shrinkage compared to PLA. Short answer:
> no."
>
> That's a good point. I wonder if it would be possible to create a print
> extruder that works for this. It may be that the shrinkage happens before
> extrusion, such that little or no shrinkage will occur in the print.
>
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