DIY 3D Printing Filament with the Filabot

[@hed420]

So where's the second vid with the testing and what not?

[@JulianGoesPro]

good question^^

[@fhuber7507]

The filament wasn't consistent enough to use. The method of extrusion and just letting it gravity feed to the floor demonstrated would only work if the extruder points straight down.

[@jonjonsson6323]

I would use a pretty long extrusion pipe to get it laminary flowing and perhaps a water cooled end so that it cures before it comes out. It doesent have to be tight fit ( end) as the nozzle will fix that , but it would be better quality if it had one cooling piece a bit off from the extruder

[@Railbot]

This is cool, but until the Filabot becomes cheaper this seems impractical for most. Not all that many people can afford a $900 unit, especially when you would pay half or less than that for a 3D Printer.

[@Lucious391]

$900, oh my sweet child...

[@Glen48m]

One could make tiny cooked sausages with one of these

[@DavidClunie]

Part 2 is where the real interest lies, the actual quality and ease of use of the filament, shadfurman the point of it not being automatic is trivial especially if you have a 3d printer to which you can create a structure/device/etc to actually do what you suggest. The only real rejection to this whole this is indeed the price that people have pointed out. Frankly the filabot is really just a screwdrive attached to a hot end. Just like with the makerbot printers there is no way this thing should cost $900, that's a huge markup.

[@DavidClunie]

it would seem that the v2 is indeed WAY more expensive, to the tune or $2499, So now you can by a expensive makerbot and pay the same price for the stuff uses as ink! absurd. The original looks like it got a price increase as well $1399. I find it all very interesting, because rich over at rich rap created a hot end efector which he uses on a rep rap printer that uses filament pellets just like this and it doesn't cost an entire printer, sheesh! I think even the part daddy or big daddy that the seemecnc guys use that is HUGE uses pellets so its not a unique or novel idea. we have seen over the years how hard it can be to make quality filament, with pulling it the right amount out of the machine (yet another separate product from these guys) usually into a waterbath (trough) and then the art of spooling it onto a spool (yup a separate product again from these guys) Its certainly just cheaper to go and buy filament these days for what you need. The days of thinking of making your own is a think of the past because GOOD filament is now really really cheap. The only thing of interest is the other machine which is $6k and its the "reclaimer" which will grind up your old failed/good prints to use as pellets. But that's even a pain as you have to make sure all of your plastics are seperated because you don't want your abs mixing with your abs and abs mixing with your hips ;) anywho... blast from the past...

[@thilotech]

Why not buy the Filastruder?

[@dicktsui1818]

normally you need to stretch the filament into the correct diameter so it can flex a bit, but just extruding out the nozzle doesn't seems to make it flex but making it very brittle

[@LizQuilty]

Surely there would be contaminants in them from skin oils, glue beds, or anything else that would mess with the filament when recycling? No cleaning process?

[@SirCutRy]

me That has nothing to do with cleaning the filament. Any impurities are incorporated in the plastic mass. The water bed cools the filament.

[@sierramiller2752]

it seems like the design could be improved by a coiling device; maybe like something you wind yarn on?

[@DigBipper188]

The company that produces the Filabot has airpaths and spoolers available for the extruder units... You can get them as a full kit, however, be prepared to sell your left and right kidneys, both testicles and an eye to get it because the whole shebang is $10,000

[@pyronaught]

Given that you can get new high quality commercial filament for $10 a pound now, I can't see how spending all that time and effort on breaking up old prints, mulching them and doing all the rest of this work is worth the trouble. Especially if quality control issues are going to result in jammed prints or inconsistent results. I have also read that the plastic is not as strong after recycling it as it was the first time around. It's a worthy cause and I'm glad people are spending time on it, but so far it doesn't look economically justified.

[@hyperhektor7733]

10$ for which plastic type? at which $/pound do you think its worth in your POV ?

[@pixeltheman]

pyronaught some people live on the edge of the world and cant afford shipping

[@hyperhektor7733]

well then just switch over to a cnc milling machine ;)

[@pyronaught]

yeah, I've shipped stuff to New Zealand before and the cost was insane!

[@DYNO64]

No good filament costs $10

[@RyanBellRyanofWeird]

Finally! I've saved my grandfather's and dad's old calipers for years and now I have an actual use for them. ~NICE~ Thanks Dad and Grampy

[@heckyes]

Where next video?

[@JayPeeJP]

I'm wondering the same

[@isaachlloyd]

Me too.

[@VictorSteiner]

Me tooooooo.

[@robbynowell4914]

kzbin.info/www/bejne/bJCpf5yNaaeFaKMm22s They talk a bit about it here.

[@yemo34]

autodesk called a hit on them.

[@jasonnyc2006]

Can you use plastic detergent bottles or other types of plastics?

[@ХолоденкоВладимир]

Not

[@lanceseidman]

No way I could do this, my patience would expire.

[@jonyovanno4145]

What about the cost of your printer and electric?

[@shadfurman]

Sooo... the filabot is just an extruder? Does it do anything else? I thought it did the grinding and coiling... It's cool, but if it's not automatic it's not really worth it. My time is worth more than the filament, I can't stand there winding it.

[@shadfurman]

has anybody tried using pellets strait in a 3d printer? Are there problems with air bubbles or something?

[@shadfurman]

***** "Feeding pellets strait into a printer is not possible" ... really? You mean like heavier than air flight impossible or computer chips faster than 1 ghz impossible? Obvioiusly its possible because you could attatch the filliment extruder to the printer and feed the pellets strait out of the extruder into the printer. I was asking if anybody had tried and what the problems they ran into were. Good post, thx for the link. :-)

[@shadfurman]

***** I'm sure it would be quite a project, we need an eco-fan Lucky Palmer of 3d printing, lol. I'm not him that's for sure!

[@jannebengtsson7338]

+shadfurman Im pretty sure plenty of people have tried it and that it is possible but that its just much more complex of an sulotion and the parts for the printer itself would cost exponetionaly much much more to build wich is why they continue on the path of the filament. I ofcourse only base this theory on how i myself would go by constructing such a device so i migh be wrong though :).

[@shadfurman]

Janne Bengtsson a lot of people tried VR too. A lot of it has to do with the right person at the right time, we might just not have the pre-existing technology to come to the perfect simple solution, I do think there is a perfect simple solution.

[@anthonyj777]

Look up how filament: is made... it ain't like this :)

[@PYROWORKSTV]

These things should be waaaay cheaper, so many more people can buy it.

[@TerminianLinkVT]

Eventually they will be. 3D printers used to cost an arm and a leg, now you can find them for most price ranges.

[@jessecarman5291]

I want to get one but it's like twenty five hundred dollars 😂

[@chloemcholoe3280]

you nevre understand how much waste there is until you buy one. so many test prints like tempreture towers or failed ones (i forgot to remove supports once....)

[@AAA-yc8jp]

Can we use plastic of another kind?

[@AAA-yc8jp]

I mean other material like (normal plastic ) thanks

[@jaycal1920]

Other videos have cooling baths. letting it fall will give you different diameters depending on tension. Check out other videos I am sure you have seen them. I just watched one where the guy made the extruder himself in a garage #Make Stuff channel

[@supersasquatch]

very informative and short video, best on this topic ive seen, gj guys

[@yuluxia6949]

That is incredible! May I ask what machine you are using tow make this 3D filaments

[@karinaacosta7543]

Hola soy de México, me puedes ayudar con más detalles sobre filabot en español!!! tus fans mexicanos te lo agradeceremos......

[@emilthryse3306]

it is more normal to have 800 grams on a spool it just says a 1000 grams on it because they count the spool as well

[@leoyru.3361]

is it easier , or cheaper , more eficient to make 1,75mm or 3mm ? or no difference ? will a 1,75mm printer tend to have more resolution ?

[@Odyseja2011]

That would be viable IF there was an automatic rolling system.

[@hellspawn3200]

oh cool a recycler lemme go to the manufacturer site and see how much it is. *checks site* cool two thousand dollars. *closes site*

[@АндрейСахнов-ь5ы]

Два брата-акробат забавляют публику... У них это получается неплохо!!!👌👌👌

[@nitinnavathar1662]

I want to buy this filament maker, suggest how to buy it??

[@clintfisher]

Perhaps, for the material consistency's sake, one could first do an extrusion of the shredded plastic that is then pelletized by any manner of evenly-spaced choppy-bits to create consistently sized pellets. The pellets are then extruded again for the final filament. Thoughts?

[@Infaviored]

Genius!

[@JosephLarson]

Huh, a wood chipper. Didn't think of that one.

[@JosephLarson]

Sci.Diy So is "dust" consistant enough?

[@mrdquick]

So I just clicked like and it rolled over to 2K from 1.9K... I feeeeeeel.... soooo amazing...

[@chloemcholoe3280]

there should be a service that does it for people :) for money ofc

[@Pandadancypant]

why not let it extrude, set up a spool, and a water bath to cool it on the way to the spool

[@baskm7779]

to have the filament cool down instantly add a cup of water so that the filament runs though the water

[@Jfreek5050]

Can you 3d print parts that would enable you to make a scrap recycler like this?

[@troy4393]

+Jfreek5050 Yes, you could. It wold work for about 5 seconds and then it would start melting.

[@DigBipper188]

If only it wasn't $10,000 freaking dollars for the full setup!!!

[@AS-ug2vq]

I made it much cheaper, check: medium.com/endless-filament/make-your-filament-at-home-for-cheap-6c908bb09922

[@benno6981]

Are... Are you..... Wearing... Google glass?

[@davidoswaldopinzonrojas1958]

si tengo una impresora 3d que usa PLA filament de 1.75mm, de qué productos puedo reciclar el PLA para hacer mis prototipos?

[@OlivierLopezCh]

PLA no es muy comun en productos plásticos, generalmente vas a encontrar vasos y cubiertos desechables hechos con PLA, pero al estar contaminados con comida no pueden ser reciclados a menos que les des un buen tratamiento de lavado.

[@valveman12]

I think a great idea would allow you to load a hopper of pre-ground plastic and go from the hopper to 3D printing directly.

[@dicloniusN35]

can it recycle plastic polyethylene package?

[@AlekElokaiGaming]

Yo Ima need that next video, did it not run good?

[@tiiatanner7616]

Nice vid. Very inspiring.I have tons of plastic tubes and acrylic waste ready to be recycled. :p

[@hastirsaab3596]

where can i buy this

[@JackieBright]

what if you mix colors

[@paulcumber4732]

where do you send your recycling filament from

[@StefanBlurr]

Is PET material good for filament making? (pet bottles)

[@Silor]

Stefan Batrinache nope

[@CptMikeTango1]

not goot

[@StefanBlurr]

My bad xD . Good*

[@mitulprajapati3236]

Have you tried metal printing

[@elfpimp1]

No link to the filabot??

[@InventionTherapy]

This technology has always been interesting.

[@ferro938]

1,75mm e io ci credo ahahahah

[@drapanutiy]

cool

[@teun7923]

RGB

[@rafallorek8251]

Gowno prawda

[@joeyvigil]

My university has one of these, good luck getting working filament with this machine.

[@TSMSnation]

care to elaborate?

[@joeyvigil]

@@TSMSnation The 3d printers at my university had MakerBot Replicators which needed filaments with low tolerances (no thick or thin parts). I was able to create some ok filament, but not good enough to finish a print. You need long water baths to create filament with these tolerances.

[@VulcanBomber101]

What temp and flow rate was used for the PLA?

[@lorenajames3468]

Hello Adafruit Industries! Great video! I am thinking about purchasing a Filabot Extruder for personal use. Do you recommend this product? Is it (technically speaking) "simple" / snag free to use? Thank you for your time!

[@revtmyers1]

This might work but I would be sceptical due to material degradation. May be ok but usually you have to have a percentage of unused blended in or other alternatives. I would also be interested in the air cooling. we always used a water bath and then dryers, first just compressed air through an air knife to remove most of the surface water. Would be cool if it worked though.

[@jorgeneo560]

this looks more like an add , by the way, filabot is great, but...... is heavy big and expensive, not so practical

[@Nicbn1]

3D Printer Recycling #genius

[@NauQuark]

get a filabot and review it ?

[@howmanynamesareinuse]

that is super cool.

[@pacheco3881]

my outside diameter is not consistent, how do I fix that?

[@93Bananaphone93]

+darrey trash it again and make new one.

[@HyperMAX9001]

Extrude through water cooler (with small 1 dollar pump circulating spillover water), and wind with adjustable revolution motor. Adjust to fit spec of diameter. Then you can buy one of those chinese calipers, screw extruder idlers to its jaws, take measurement through hidden dataport to arduino and PID adjust revs of winder motor with that... That's basicly what i am building now.

[@PostSurgeOperative]

eat fewer carbs

[@frankb5728]

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