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Most of this is done with plastic, no? What would be cool is that the plastic from no-longer-used printouts could be recycled thru the machine.

Kipple: I worry about the amount of plastic kipple these things will generate.



With the filastruder project (DIY plastic filament extruder) that should be possible. However, 3D printers don't like too much recycled material (at least not for ABS) so you would have to add it along with new ABS pellets.


On the upside - there's a possibility that a few 3D printed components could save a lot of 99.5% "working" manufactured assemblies from ending up in landfill.




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