$300 + a grinder to make the failed prints into pellets + time and labor.
Or that same $300 buys about 15 rolls of filament.
Plus it would seldom get used because most of my designs avoid supports so they don't have as many failed prints. It's just the prorotyping.
I feel like this could make sense for a larger community though. If everyone in town was donating their scraps and empty spools, grind the scraps they bring in, and were willing to pay $10/roll of low quality filament, it could potentally be sustainable.
The operating expenses would mainly be the person's time, power, and replacement parts.
I'll bring it up to my local makerspace and see if we can do a fund drive. But that's going to have to go on the back burner for now, because I don't have time to research grinders, and come up with a plan that will show that I can take this from a dream to a practical reality, that it will be sustainable, etc.
Dr. Hax
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2026-05-29 01:45:47 UTC
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