<![CDATA[SoliForum - 3D Printing Community — Reclaiming t-glase?]]> https://www.soliforum.com/topic/6689/reclaiming-tglase/ Mon, 23 Jun 2014 21:41:08 +0000 PunBB <![CDATA[Re: Reclaiming t-glase?]]> https://www.soliforum.com/post/59164/#p59164 jesse wrote:

Filabot recently released a 3d print grinder: http://www.filabot.com/collections/fila … -reclaimer


Tyler has been busy...

]]> Mon, 23 Jun 2014 21:41:08 +0000 https://www.soliforum.com/post/59164/#p59164 <![CDATA[Re: Reclaiming t-glase?]]> https://www.soliforum.com/post/59159/#p59159 Or 50 kilos of pellets... smile

Not to mention it seems to take about 20 minutes per kg to turn the crank on the machine. This isn't a "set it up and let it run" sort of thing.

]]> Mon, 23 Jun 2014 20:04:17 +0000 https://www.soliforum.com/post/59159/#p59159 <![CDATA[Re: Reclaiming t-glase?]]> https://www.soliforum.com/post/59157/#p59157 jesse wrote:

Filabot recently released a 3d print grinder: http://www.filabot.com/collections/fila … -reclaimer

Wow! For $440 I don't think it will really be any more money than just buying the filament or even finding pellets.  You could buy 11 kilos of t-glase for that while not even need a filament extruder!

]]> Mon, 23 Jun 2014 19:58:29 +0000 https://www.soliforum.com/post/59157/#p59157 <![CDATA[Re: Reclaiming t-glase?]]> https://www.soliforum.com/post/59146/#p59146 Filabot recently released a 3d print grinder: http://www.filabot.com/collections/fila … -reclaimer

]]> Mon, 23 Jun 2014 15:05:07 +0000 https://www.soliforum.com/post/59146/#p59146 <![CDATA[Re: Reclaiming t-glase?]]> https://www.soliforum.com/post/59105/#p59105 Long time lurker, 1st time poster...Hi guys!

Most filaments can be "blended" in a blender, but some work better than others and here are a few tricks I have found.

Never blend the bits in a blender "dry" they will melt or generally heat up and not chunk up very well.

That being said doing the same thing in cold cold water with ice cools the plastic and allows it to be more brittle and willing to break into small bits.

Yes, I know we want our plastic nice and dry and free from moisture. So after the process there is an added dry step through dissicant or other prefered means.

(And yes this process is tough on the blender so try not to use the wife or GF's best one, atleast when they are around. OH! and be sure to clean all the bits of plastic out really carefully afterwards before returning to the place you "borrowed" it from. They seem to really get irate when they have to pick bits of colored plastic from between their teeth after taking a chug of a freshly made smoothie!)

smile

]]> Sun, 22 Jun 2014 06:15:36 +0000 https://www.soliforum.com/post/59105/#p59105 <![CDATA[Re: Reclaiming t-glase?]]> https://www.soliforum.com/post/59086/#p59086 DePartedPrinter wrote:
milehigh3dII wrote:

Has anyone tried to chip up T-glase and run it thru the filastruder?  I want to do some colors and maybe some special effect pigments.

Any idea on settings?


This was more what I was thinking...

T-glase breaks up pretty easy by hand. You might try grinding parts in a blender.

You are trying to get me divorced aren't you?   My wife already wonders why I have a small oven in the garage (drying filament) and a crock pot for experimenting with acetone fuming.

]]> Sat, 21 Jun 2014 18:44:30 +0000 https://www.soliforum.com/post/59086/#p59086 <![CDATA[Re: Reclaiming t-glase?]]> https://www.soliforum.com/post/59036/#p59036 milehigh3dII wrote:

Has anyone tried to chip up T-glase and run it thru the filastruder?  I want to do some colors and maybe some special effect pigments.

Any idea on settings?


This was more what I was thinking...

T-glase breaks up pretty easy by hand. You might try grinding parts in a blender.

]]> Fri, 20 Jun 2014 20:04:15 +0000 https://www.soliforum.com/post/59036/#p59036 <![CDATA[Re: Reclaiming t-glase?]]> https://www.soliforum.com/post/58970/#p58970 Has anyone tried to chip up T-glase and run it thru the filastruder?  I want to do some colors and maybe some special effect pigments.

Any idea on settings?

]]> Fri, 20 Jun 2014 04:38:39 +0000 https://www.soliforum.com/post/58970/#p58970 <![CDATA[Re: Reclaiming t-glase?]]> https://www.soliforum.com/post/58350/#p58350 The time needed to clean every package materials seems to much for me but I'm determined to get my huge box of failed prints mixed in with virgin pellets.

But im sure its possible.

]]> Tue, 10 Jun 2014 20:46:09 +0000 https://www.soliforum.com/post/58350/#p58350 <![CDATA[Reclaiming t-glase?]]> https://www.soliforum.com/post/58332/#p58332 http://taulman3d.com/t-glase-features.html

Environmental - While t-glase is not biodegradable like PLA, it is a material that’s considered 100% reclaimable.  Thus the new “struders” that convert failed prints back to usable line work perfectly with t-glase.  If you have a “struder”, you can actually mix in 12% of the total weight in discarded clear water bottles.  Please keep in mind, that the polymer used in most water bottles, has a slightly higher melt temp and that adding them to the mix, may increase print temp a few degrees.


Anyone try this?

]]> Tue, 10 Jun 2014 15:34:35 +0000 https://www.soliforum.com/post/58332/#p58332