Jack Coats wrote: > I am looking forward to my 'filabot' ( filabot.com ) to come in the mail! > Currently their biggest holdup I think is the plastic regrinder.
Do you have your own 3D printer? (They're getting cheap and plentiful enough that we're perhaps overdue for a BLU talk/demo on the subject.) http://filabot.com/ The Filabot can process things such as: milk jugs, soda bottles, various other types of plastics, and bad prints, to make new filament for a future print. Easy enough to imagine a future 3D printer about the size of a microwave oven with a hopper on top for its integrated plastic recycling mechanism. All your disposable containers, 3D printed misfires, or 3D printed goods that have served their purpose just get thrown back in the hopper. Presumably, though, the quality of the resulting parts will degrade as your source plastic accumulates impurities. I guess for applications where strength isn't paramount, it won't matter. -Tom _______________________________________________ Hardwarehacking mailing list [email protected] http://lists.blu.org/mailman/listinfo/hardwarehacking
