Milk Jug Printer

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I saw a project where someone was melting down milk-jugs and used the plastic to make a hammer.

I also own a 3D Printer that uses filament.

I'm curious if we could design something to melt down recyclable plastics in the home to use with low-resolution 3D Printing.

I don't think that we need or want to turn milk jugs into filament, so I'm curious if we can combine this with a chocolate printer someone made where the chocolate is kept in syringes.

This way, the milk jugs would get melted in a vat, transferred to a heated syringe, and then forced through a nozzle (which itself is on a 3D Rig).

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Martin wrote 04/09/2018 at 10:54

It is no good idea to keep the polymer hot for an extended period of time. It will degrade. So as tempting it is to omit the filament making process, it is not a good idea to keep all that plastic at its melting temperature.

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Greg Kennedy wrote 08/31/2016 at 13:55

Here's one where some team used cut-and-melted milk jugs to print a boat!

http://hackaday.com/2012/07/14/printing-a-boat-made-out-of-milk-jugs/

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Films4You wrote 06/02/2015 at 21:23

I was thinking of making plastic, to be made into filament. something like (but I do not have the cash to do this. I think this could be even be a cheaper way to make filaments :-

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Josephowens wrote 03/26/2015 at 15:20

there are a number of projects out already for this. Search for 'DIY filament extruder' to get a good sample. That being said, there is always room for improvement so keep us posted if you build one and any improvements you make. Good luck

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