Is this something you would use?

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$800 off the list price for backing the crowdfunding means the unit will be pricey…

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I actually purchased a series of plastic buckets (well, I bought some pretzels and kept the plastic containers) in which I’ve been collecting various materials which I believe merit recycling.

For filament, my initial plan is to use a heat gun and a silicone tool holder as a mold to just make blocks/ingots — I figure I’ll either find something to directly use them thus (cut to a desired shape on a CNC? Print a positive, then make a silicone mold?) or, when I’ve collected enough, look into some method to recycle them to filament — but at this time, I’m not having anywhere near enough poop or failed prints to warrant any real expenditure.

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Melting into sheets and blocks for machining is the only reason I keep (sorted) scraps. Haven’t actually melted any down yet, though!

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I think Steve nailed it by using this machine for creating filament in the corporate colour of for business customers. You can use it for processing pellets but the grid between the hopper and the auger prevents the processing of complete printed parts. So we will need a shredder to reduce failed parts to small pieces that fit trough the holes of the grid.

I have been watching several Youtube videos of people who show their filament extruders but I have not seen a simple shredder that can reduce the failed parts to pellet size pieces. The best I have seen so far was video of the channel PreciousPlastic, but that machine has the size of an industrial shredder. Not something you will put on the family dinner table on a rainy Sunday afternoon.

When someone has solved this problem, it is time start thinking of recycling failed parts.

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