You can turn the round shape into a wall clock just adding a cheap clock movement and hands, providing they are visible (i.e. in a color that will not hide on that kind of background). What do you think?
Dude that's a sweet idea! Definitely think a 'not for food' oven is best for this kind of thing but yeah once you have the flat sheets you could do all sorts of projects with them. The look kind of reminds me of Bakelite. Coasters is the obvious one, but I wonder if you could melt them into a rod for lathe work or a block for CNC.
Yes, but doesn't the moisture absorption pose an issue with the print head when you do that? I'd think you'd need to melt the scrap in the presence of desiccant prior to reforming the filament.
I haven't been there but I once saw a sign outside the place saying "Do NOT bring mixed filament scraps in." Turns out someone had clogged their extruding machine.
Probably they meant different materials? I don't think it matters if you have a bunch of pure pla in different colors (pure as in not mixed with other plastics or materials)
What would be awesome is if you could cut pieces reform them together with metal and make a Tiffany style lampshade! It would give off a fantastic light too at night!
The Top 5 Things to make from Molten Plastic? :p Awful attempts at jokes aside, it's cool to see that even pretty big youtubers still leisurely browse the site. For some strange reason I assumed otherwise.
@@user-ty6we2sp2m the plastic itself isn't toxic (PLA) but the extruder, generally heating it and other components do taint the plastic during the process, making it quite unhealthy. Forgot to mention, also colourants are unhealthy
Send that skateboard to Braille Skateboarding, they have a series called "You make it, we skate it" where people send in skateboards for them to put trucks on and do tricks until it breaks. Well, they usually break them 😆
A board made out of plastic huh? I think it will break immediately... Or maybe Make kind of a triangle frame thingy so that its a bit stronger? Just like a pennyboard or something
Hi there a few suggestions and tips firstly your upside down bowl idea can work however you did not have enough material. You measured around the bowl but that did not take depth into account I'd suggest if you want to try again to use material drape over the bowl and draw on the outside this will be a better size indicator if you want a bowl to match in size. For the right side up bowl a few options the best /easiest in my mind involves two bowls and good oven mitts. Using your previous method wait till the plastic is mostly melted remove and place a second bowl and press to get a better shape just down press too hard or you'll have thickness issues hold or quench in cool but not cold water 70 or so anything too cool might cause brittle ness. Another interesting option is cast forms this could be a collate or mini cake mould (metal or heat resistant silicone) other purchased moulds or slef made moulds using a silicone gel or putty to make a mould of almost anything. Infact using this method you can potentially make somthing with your three printer mould it take waste chips slightly over fill the mould to account for airspace melt and voila. Other things you could make could include but are not limited to utensil Handel's using two part casting. Custom tool grips with high heat resistant fingered gloves by wrapping the soft plastic over the metal or wood handle and grabbing it leaving finger grooves. Planters or boxes by cutting parts and either using epoxy or melting more line by use of somthing like a heat gun or three doodler. If your plastic is food safe you can use it to make plates, cutlery (from moulds) chopsticks, by or borrow Lego make a mould and create your own custom Legos. Use small peices with a bit of glue or epoxy to make key covers. I hope some of these suggestions were helpful and I hope you have fun. Feel free to contact me if you want for more ideas.
Inbound they do, but if you do it with patience it shouldn't be too bad. I've used dremels on hard plastics and if you go slowly and work in layers it helps to not get melted boogers everywhere and you avoid smelling the harsh chemical smell. 😘
Two health risks... I noticed melted plastic in the oven first hand (the smell didn't tip you off) then the lead block on the plastic in the first place (then he makes a bowl.. Please don't eat out of it .. I beg
How about melting those into silicone molds? They have so many different shapes that you can use these days (Legos, hearts, flowers, Star Wars themed, etc.)
I don't know what the melting temp of silicon is, but it's definatly something you'd need to check. Otherwise you could end up with a mess of meslted silicon and PLA stuck to the inside of your oven.
The plastic boards could be used to make a box, or used as tiles for roofing. Other plastics could also be used/recycled in this fashion. Would like to see how the plastic worked on a nonstick tray. Or used with silicon baking trays, they have different kinds of shapes.
I did this with translucent neon junk plastics on a pizza pan in an old gas bbq, same method, let the circle slump over a large stainless bowl, looks like blow glass. Throw in chunks of CD that have been zapped 5 sec in junk microwave look like abalone shell
That's some abstract art right there! I'd just frame the flat sheet one, and trim the edges of the bowls, making them into something like a small shallow dish, and use them to collect keys and pocket changes. Also, I think you should cut the circle bigger when you made the bowl.
I have 4 machines and a lot of unneeded and failed prints in a box like yours. You gave me some inspiration to do something with it. I knew I saved all of it for a reason and this just might be it. I'm new to your channel and I'm now subbed. Looking forward to some more great ideas my friend. 🤔
If he had a filament extruder, yes he could have, Just skip putting it in the oven and throw the chips into it instead. Someone on Instructables made a nice guide for that: www.instructables.com/id/Build-your-own-3d-printing-filament-factory-Filame/
This is wonderful!! If you treated it like a regular sheet of acrylic, you could use it to make little boxes, shelves, signage, maybe even furniture (if it were thicker). By the way, I love your channel! Your videos helped me decide on which 3d printing pen to buy ^_^
Hi Devin (Sorry if I butchered the spelling, hah.) My suggestion would be to make your melted sheets larger and your bowls smaller. That way when you melt your plastic sheet over the bowl, it covers most of the bowl's surface. Any weird mess can be cleaned up pretty easily after that, I think. YAY science! 😉 Hope this helped :) Would really love to see this project successfully done !
Nicole Shin thanks for the advice :) I realized I could make the discs larger, but I figured it would stretch as it slumped. I think I also need to melt the initial sheet more consistently
I like the idea to make it back into a roll for printing but that could be difficult.. Coasters sure, cutting board maybe, Another guitar pick, maybe a small tray, artwork is cute. Can you use a heat gun to heat the plastic and see if that could make it flexible enough to shape into a bowl or cup?
you should use a blowdryer or a really cool torch from far away to slowly melt the plastic and in the ways you want it too the torch might burn the plastic though
Some heat guns give very high temperature and you can bent acrylics with them very easily. Did that once with mine which gives me 600° C. So I bet a good heat gun and very good protective gloves, a brayer and your good to go to form any sheet on any metal shape. You get a lot of control by simply getting closer of moving away from the object with the heat gun. By the way with a heat gun and your saw you can turn the plate from the tray into a skateboard. saw the shape and bend the tip with the heat gun over a block of granite until the tip has the shape you like.
make anything you could've used a tile instead. even one that's just on the side walk or something. but wood also works. it has a kind of bounce effect on the material. we use wooden molds to smash copper in class, so it definitely will work for plastic.
Did you try to get one of these filament extruder? They basically make filament the only problem for me is if I get it how I am going to smash the leftover prints to able to put in the extruder. I think a colorful filament looks cool
Make Anything // 3D Printing Channel I been saving all failed prints and scrap for a while. I had the idea to use the paper shredder to granulate the plastic and there is extruded I like its $560 on Amazon, I'm thinking of getting it for new year
I've been working with high density plastic with a heat gun to make all sorts of things. knowing I can use my scraps from my newly bought 3D printer makes me super happy.
Make Anything // 3D Printing Channel I think the oven works better for making sheets, but once you make a sheet you can cut and form the plastic with a heat gun kinda like basic origami.
There's a project called Precious Plastic that actually has methods and project ideas for how to recycle plastic (from daily use and filament)! They have super great advice for how to make two part molds, injection molds, filament, etc. at a low cost. You should check them out.
I LOVE the bowls you made. What you could have done, is to press something flat/hard on top while the bowls was on the metal bowls, just to make sure it would be stable when you put it on the table. Then - still being warm/soft - press in a few nails or washers in the bottom, to add some weight down low to make them stable. EXCELLENT candy bowls, kids would love them!
I wouldn't bake cookies on that sheet again! Great idea! Using ABS in the oven probably isn't a great idea for those thinking about trying this. Great video!
It would work the same, but would need a higher melting temperature.. and as you mentioned it would smell even worse than this did :P Not something I would try in a kitchen oven
one thing I do with extra abs bits. melt them in acetone. You can make abs juice you can eventually paint onto your print bed and your print will stick to it every time. think of it this way your print bed will become plastic. your molten plastic will lay ontop of plastic that's coated the plate. I do it on my printer and it hasn't failed yet. also with the abs juice I've use it to bond and fill gaps for prints that have to be bonded together. it works as a nice glue and filler. I've got an old pickel jar I have a bit of acetone in that I throw little abs bits into. also there are machines you can feed bits of plastic recycled or pellets (way cheaper than filament form) and you can extrude your own filament. couple companies are making these now for consumers. would be cool to play with and make different mixtures. add metal powders and stuff to make your own custom filament spools. keep up the good work!
I'd add some legs to the sheet and make a nice breakfast tray, the one you bring to bed, you know? And maybe for the bowls to form better you'd need a larger circle, so it can fully cover the edges. I'm an Industrial design student and I found your videos really interesting! I hope I can get a 3D printer in the future
This reminds me of sheets of perspex. Maybe laser cutting out or even etching interesting patterns on the would be cool. Or even making flat designs which you hear bend into 3D forms
I just got a 3D pen. I tried it out on my channel. My first try was not so good. My second try is better but I certainly needed this video so I can figure out what to do with all the pla and not waste if. Coasters and place mats sound just fine. Lol. Great video. I’m hooked.
This is impressive. I was wondering how to use my unused PLA and ABS plastic rolls that got expired. Thans for the idea. The parts that you have ended up with can be used as a kitchen base for cutting vegetables, glass lids or support base, etc.
I really like this channel. I love your style and the chill vibe of your videos. I like your personality as well, you aren't like some other TH-camrs who put on a fake smile and fake voice, I feel the way you act in your videos is the way you would act in person. Never stop creating, stay awesome!
So as 3D printing become more common, more tools are being invented, like poly smother, nicer, more user friendly extruders, wireless cameras, etc. I would like be to see some kind of smelter/ rethreaded. That way you can set the materials type, toss the extras prices and put it onto a new real to be used in a future spool and make a new print.
The little bits in your case would be called printers tears it’s kind of along the lines of the same thing as when a potter is firing pieces in a kiln with glaze and the glaze drips and solidifies those drippings are called Potter’s tears
i think your videos are amazing i am 12 and for christmas i am asking for a 3doodler and maybe next year a 3d printer i love doing artistic thing it calms me down and watching u is really cool like when u make the plants out of the plastic from the 3doodler.that was amazing . love your videos
Melted Plastic is dangerous to breath in. open all the doors and windows and put a box fan in one window or something. I like to sculpt with polymer clay and I have a small oven dedicated to it that I plug in on the back porch. That way it doesn't smell up the kitchen.
I do woodturnings and I wonder how well it'll turn (cut) on my lathe? If you make a 1" x 1" x 6" block and turn something like a pen (or give it to someone who turns pens).
for the bowls try setting up a stand that will hold the bowl open side down, but have it open so you can heat it with something such as a torch, or small fire. You can heat up the bowl mould and hand press the plastic disc to form it yourself. this way the plastic won't melt simultaneously as the bowl heats up. (alternatively you could just pre heat the bowl and press the discs down bit by bit, heating only the bowl when you need to. you could combine this with soaking the plastic in boiling water for that extra bit of playability.)
I found your channel a couple of days ago, but dang I love this. I don't even have most of the tools that you have and I don't do 90% of the stuff you do (I'm an English language and culture and General language and culture major) but it's super interesting to watch
Just name it a place mat and you're finished. And the drops of plastic, add some silver wire and five it to a loved one, specially made for her. The newest technique, bla bla bla, she will love it.
it seems like if you could melt the plastic evenly in a sealed cauldron, then pumped in air pressure to the cauldron with a 1.75mm opening in the bottom, you could re-extrude the plastic into filament?
Oh man. Imagine using these as blanks for cnc milling. You could use this just like you would use wood, mill out your logo, make blanks for knife scales, etc. It looks like you'd have to sand down that exposed side that didn't flatten properly to get a nice flat side OR you could just USE that side for the exposed side to the milling and have a textured front side. I also like the idea of coasters, you could make quite a few, give them out for gifts (also no 2 will be the same, and they could still be identifiable in sets). I've thermoformed plastics in boiling water for making a prosthetic hand wrist, but it was quite thinner and less solid. I would also bet a heat gun would work better for your application.
With sheets like those and the considerable experience you have with 3D printing, I’d suggest getting into laser cnc work. I haven’t seen or tried cutting sheets of pla/abs, on a laser, but it can cut and engrave acrylic, so it’s worth a try.
Actually, most crystal glasses are lead free now. One of the leading crystal glass manufactures is Riedel and they haven't used leaded crystal in years.
Try putting the scraps into the bowl then heat, remove from oven when ready, place another bowl into the first and press until set. Plastic will ooze out of the sides use it to find out the wall thickness.
have you considered just making the large sheet a cutting board that you can repeatedly melt down and fix after trimming the edges? (one for making not for cooking)
What you're doing is called "slumping", its a technique done in glass work. Personally I really like the drippy look of the bowls, very cool. Would love to see how those little bits look after a trip through a rock tumbler.This also kinda-sorta reminds me of a technique/material a professor of mine created: Thurmanite. Its layered paper + plastic, then sanded with woodworking tools so you can see the various layers within. You could layer a bunch of these leftover sheets, melt them to stick, then go at it with saws and sanding tools. Would make some really neat colorful works.
would it be possible to make your own filament with reused plastic like this? like a mixture of colors of filament. idk where you would use it but i think itd be cool
I just happened across this but what if you tried taking two metal bowls in the oven and putting the plastic circle in between? also maybe weigh the top bowl down with a rock or something while in the oven so it pushes the plastic down evenly. you may need to trim the edges still but you might come out with a more even bowl.
that's remarkable. I'm trying to do the same process as well and research some resources. there is some information that is pros and cons. I'm not sure what is the right way to recycle PLA and what type of methods can be used to accomplish this. I am starting a small business, but it's in the process of doing research here and there. Awesome process this would be great leverage, have you tried other plastic from the triangle plastic from 1 to 7 plastic or do you mainly focus on 3D printed parts?
You can turn the round shape into a wall clock just adding a cheap clock movement and hands, providing they are visible (i.e. in a color that will not hide on that kind of background). What do you think?
I have an old clock mechanism laying around.. maybe I can even print the hands
Stefano Bettega great idea
Thousands of guitar picks.
Yes cool idea 😃
Dude that's a sweet idea! Definitely think a 'not for food' oven is best for this kind of thing but yeah once you have the flat sheets you could do all sorts of projects with them. The look kind of reminds me of Bakelite. Coasters is the obvious one, but I wonder if you could melt them into a rod for lathe work or a block for CNC.
Thanks Angus, working it on the lathe would definitely be fun!
Something like Steve Mould's "science microwave" 😄
Re exstrude it into rainbow filiment
That would be cool!
whats your favorite flavor of pie 3.14?
David Bilia I was just about to tell him to do that
Yes Please
Yes, but doesn't the moisture absorption pose an issue with the print head when you do that? I'd think you'd need to melt the scrap in the presence of desiccant prior to reforming the filament.
Here in Denmark there are these 're extruding' places. You bring them your scrap and they turn them back into filament
Wow, another reason Denmark sounds amazing!
I haven't been there but I once saw a sign outside the place saying "Do NOT bring mixed filament scraps in." Turns out someone had clogged their extruding machine.
ville aldri skjedd i Norge ;)
Probably they meant different materials? I don't think it matters if you have a bunch of pure pla in different colors (pure as in not mixed with other plastics or materials)
I ALWAYS keep my scrap separate, even if the special filaments are pla based, I would usually put that filament in another bag
This is fantastic and EXACTLY speaks to your channel name. Brilliant.
Yes i agree!
Lol, I got here from one of your videos. The one where you murder a defenseless pikachu
+david fli Same
david fli Amee too
3D Printing Nerd yaeh
What would be awesome is if you could cut pieces reform them together with metal and make a Tiffany style lampshade!
It would give off a fantastic light too at night!
The Top 5 Things to make from Molten Plastic? :p
Awful attempts at jokes aside, it's cool to see that even pretty big youtubers still leisurely browse the site. For some strange reason I assumed otherwise.
It depends on the type of plastic. Plastic food utensils may not be poison
Hello you.
Woah, wasn't expecting you here! Anyway, that idea sounds super cool!
@@user-ty6we2sp2m the plastic itself isn't toxic (PLA) but the extruder, generally heating it and other components do taint the plastic during the process, making it quite unhealthy. Forgot to mention, also colourants are unhealthy
Send that skateboard to Braille Skateboarding, they have a series called "You make it, we skate it" where people send in skateboards for them to put trucks on and do tricks until it breaks. Well, they usually break them 😆
Takodoshika I was just about to comment the same thing!
except the flaw in that plan is that the channel is crap
kor'vre how
A board made out of plastic huh? I think it will break immediately... Or maybe
Make kind of a triangle frame thingy so that its a bit stronger? Just like a pennyboard or something
Hi there a few suggestions and tips firstly your upside down bowl idea can work however you did not have enough material. You measured around the bowl but that did not take depth into account I'd suggest if you want to try again to use material drape over the bowl and draw on the outside this will be a better size indicator if you want a bowl to match in size. For the right side up bowl a few options the best /easiest in my mind involves two bowls and good oven mitts. Using your previous method wait till the plastic is mostly melted remove and place a second bowl and press to get a better shape just down press too hard or you'll have thickness issues hold or quench in cool but not cold water 70 or so anything too cool might cause brittle ness. Another interesting option is cast forms this could be a collate or mini cake mould (metal or heat resistant silicone) other purchased moulds or slef made moulds using a silicone gel or putty to make a mould of almost anything. Infact using this method you can potentially make somthing with your three printer mould it take waste chips slightly over fill the mould to account for airspace melt and voila. Other things you could make could include but are not limited to utensil Handel's using two part casting. Custom tool grips with high heat resistant fingered gloves by wrapping the soft plastic over the metal or wood handle and grabbing it leaving finger grooves. Planters or boxes by cutting parts and either using epoxy or melting more line by use of somthing like a heat gun or three doodler. If your plastic is food safe you can use it to make plates, cutlery (from moulds) chopsticks, by or borrow Lego make a mould and create your own custom Legos. Use small peices with a bit of glue or epoxy to make key covers. I hope some of these suggestions were helpful and I hope you have fun. Feel free to contact me if you want for more ideas.
All excellent suggestions, thank you! :)
how much time did this take? XD
is it possible to melt it back into a roll for printing?
Victor Lin yes you can but you will need a machine that does it
Victor Lin the machines for doing this are so difficult to use, and virgin material is so cheep, that it's not worth it.
No. You can mix it with new plastic [virgin pellets] to "fluff it up", but otherwise, no.
+3D Printing Professor “Joe” yit
Why does it say no replies but there are 4 replies.
I'd suggest to make some notebook/diary covers from it.
semferry thanks! ^_^
Oh you could even take a dremel to it and carve things into it. Make a sign, or more artwork.
Love your idea of using a Dremel and getting creative with carving.
Thanks! ^_^
Inbound they do, but if you do it with patience it shouldn't be too bad. I've used dremels on hard plastics and if you go slowly and work in layers it helps to not get melted boogers everywhere and you avoid smelling the harsh chemical smell. 😘
Inbound they could also work together. Maybe using the soldering iron to do the preliminary carving then to clean it up with the dremel. 😊
Two health risks... I noticed melted plastic in the oven first hand (the smell didn't tip you off) then the lead block on the plastic in the first place (then he makes a bowl.. Please don't eat out of it .. I beg
+Von Von I was definitely never planning to eat from it :P but yea.. no more kitchen ovens haha
Von Von ikr
PLA wouldn't have any fumes and is food safe. ABS and many others, not so much.
How about melting those into silicone molds? They have so many different shapes that you can use these days (Legos, hearts, flowers, Star Wars themed, etc.)
I don't know what the melting temp of silicon is, but it's definatly something you'd need to check. Otherwise you could end up with a mess of meslted silicon and PLA stuck to the inside of your oven.
Did you try melting the plastic with a heat gun? Just a suggestion, I don't know if it'd work, but it'd definitely give you more control.
JackOnMars I haven't, but i just ordered one, so I'll give it a shot soon!
JackOnMars that's what I was thinking
The plastic boards could be used to make a box, or used as tiles for roofing. Other plastics could also be used/recycled in this fashion.
Would like to see how the plastic worked on a nonstick tray. Or used with silicon baking trays, they have different kinds of shapes.
I'm sure silicone trays/molds would work really well!
Brilliant repurposing/recycling! Would love to see you try faux stained glass! Keep up the great work!
I did this with translucent neon junk plastics on a pizza pan in an old gas bbq, same method, let the circle slump over a large stainless bowl, looks like blow glass. Throw in chunks of CD that have been zapped 5 sec in junk microwave look like abalone shell
That's some abstract art right there!
I'd just frame the flat sheet one, and trim the edges of the bowls, making them into something like a small shallow dish, and use them to collect keys and pocket changes.
Also, I think you should cut the circle bigger when you made the bowl.
If I were you, I would keep the sheet of melted pieces and sell it as pop art. It looked super cool when you took it out of the pan
I have 4 machines and a lot of unneeded and failed prints in a box like yours. You gave me some inspiration to do something with it. I knew I saved all of it for a reason and this just might be it. I'm new to your channel and I'm now subbed. Looking forward to some more great ideas my friend. 🤔
Couldnt you turn this back into filament?
If he had a filament extruder, yes he could have, Just skip putting it in the oven and throw the chips into it instead. Someone on Instructables made a nice guide for that:
www.instructables.com/id/Build-your-own-3d-printing-filament-factory-Filame/
This is wonderful!!
If you treated it like a regular sheet of acrylic, you could use it to make little boxes, shelves, signage, maybe even furniture (if it were thicker).
By the way, I love your channel! Your videos helped me decide on which 3d printing pen to buy ^_^
would be cool to see if your could turn it back into a spool of multi-colouded filament.
I wonder if the raw sheets can be used for vacuum forming? I'd imagine you could make some super cool stuff using that technique.
Hi Devin (Sorry if I butchered the spelling, hah.) My suggestion would be to make your melted sheets larger and your bowls smaller. That way when you melt your plastic sheet over the bowl, it covers most of the bowl's surface. Any weird mess can be cleaned up pretty easily after that, I think. YAY science! 😉 Hope this helped :) Would really love to see this project successfully done !
Nicole Shin thanks for the advice :) I realized I could make the discs larger, but I figured it would stretch as it slumped. I think I also need to melt the initial sheet more consistently
So cool! Maybe a serving tray? Put some draw handles on it? Anyways, super cool stuff. Oh, and maybe get an oven for your shop?
I like the idea to make it back into a roll for printing but that could be difficult..
Coasters sure, cutting board maybe, Another guitar pick, maybe a small tray, artwork is cute. Can you use a heat gun to heat the plastic and see if that could make it flexible enough to shape into a bowl or cup?
Yababaneta I've been meaning to get a heat gun, it would be fun to try!
Very clever!--heat gun suggestion sounds good!
^_^
I can't wait to see what you do! I need to get a heat gun myself. :D
Perhaps if you make a skateboard you should send one to Braile Skateboards for them to do a "you make it we skate it" video
I agree and I know exactly what you are talking about.
that sheet could be used as a desk mat/ mousepad right?
+Praecantetia (Praeca) totally!
you should use a blowdryer or a really cool torch from far away to slowly melt the plastic and in the ways you want it too
the torch might burn the plastic though
Brad Feng I just got a heat gun 😁
Brad Feng
a blow dryer can not melt plastic, nor can a cold torch, from far away.
a blow dryer can soften plastic to the point where it kinds of become malleable ish
A hot air gun is what I use.
Some heat guns give very high temperature and you can bent acrylics with them very easily. Did that once with mine which gives me 600° C. So I bet a good heat gun and very good protective gloves, a brayer and your good to go to form any sheet on any metal shape. You get a lot of control by simply getting closer of moving away from the object with the heat gun.
By the way with a heat gun and your saw you can turn the plate from the tray into a skateboard. saw the shape and bend the tip with the heat gun over a block of granite until the tip has the shape you like.
you need to know the melting point of the metal tho. some are beneath 600°C.
because that's around the temperature of a regular fire.
If the heat gun doesn't have a regulator you can regulate the temprature still with distance and duration. It probably takes practice.
What was the lead block for?
Just to have a hard surface to smash against... probably not really necessary
Make Anything // 3D Printing Channel I
make anything
you could've used a tile instead.
even one that's just on the side walk or something. but wood also works. it has a kind of bounce effect on the material.
we use wooden molds to smash copper in class, so it definitely will work for plastic.
Did you try to get one of these filament extruder? They basically make filament the only problem for me is if I get it how I am going to smash the leftover prints to able to put in the extruder.
I think a colorful filament looks cool
I agree it would look cool! I'd love to try it
Make Anything // 3D Printing Channel I been saving all failed prints and scrap for a while. I had the idea to use the paper shredder to granulate the plastic and there is extruded I like its $560 on Amazon, I'm thinking of getting it for new year
Nice! You can also get a Filastruder kit for almost half the price ;)
I've been working with high density plastic with a heat gun to make all sorts of things. knowing I can use my scraps from my newly bought 3D printer makes me super happy.
Nice, I just got a heat gun! Do you think it could melt down a whole tray of plastic like in the video?
Make Anything // 3D Printing Channel I think the oven works better for making sheets, but once you make a sheet you can cut and form the plastic with a heat gun kinda like basic origami.
but you could melt it and make it plyable with a heat gun.
frame it and sell it in a downtown art shop
UNDERHILL exactly it's modern art
Do you know what Fordite is? Your comment about the possible jewellery applications of the drips reminded me of it.
There's a project called Precious Plastic that actually has methods and project ideas for how to recycle plastic (from daily use and filament)! They have super great advice for how to make two part molds, injection molds, filament, etc. at a low cost. You should check them out.
Linny Alexan thanks, sounds awesome!
I LOVE the bowls you made. What you could have done, is to press something flat/hard on top while the bowls was on the metal bowls, just to make sure it would be stable when you put it on the table. Then - still being warm/soft - press in a few nails or washers in the bottom, to add some weight down low to make them stable. EXCELLENT candy bowls, kids would love them!
I wouldn't bake cookies on that sheet again! Great idea! Using ABS in the oven probably isn't a great idea for those thinking about trying this. Great video!
You should've "vacuum formed" them. Circular rig about 1" wider than the bowl, grab it and pull it down and over while molten. Trim excess.
Did you use all PLA or ABS or some mixture?
GeoDon999 PLA only
Do you think we could do the same thing with ABS ?
I know ABS doesn't smell very good and can be toxic but,
i don't know!
It would work the same, but would need a higher melting temperature.. and as you mentioned it would smell even worse than this did :P Not something I would try in a kitchen oven
one thing I do with extra abs bits. melt them in acetone. You can make abs juice you can eventually paint onto your print bed and your print will stick to it every time. think of it this way your print bed will become plastic. your molten plastic will lay ontop of plastic that's coated the plate. I do it on my printer and it hasn't failed yet. also with the abs juice I've use it to bond and fill gaps for prints that have to be bonded together. it works as a nice glue and filler. I've got an old pickel jar I have a bit of acetone in that I throw little abs bits into.
also there are machines you can feed bits of plastic recycled or pellets (way cheaper than filament form) and you can extrude your own filament. couple companies are making these now for consumers. would be cool to play with and make different mixtures. add metal powders and stuff to make your own custom filament spools.
keep up the good work!
First of all is that food safe? Second, ventilation and a mask for most of this.
PLA is food safe. You just have to make sure what you're making your mold from is also food safe and don't smash your parts on a lead block!
Yes is just as food safe as PET, probably more actually. PET (coke bottles) melt at the drop of a hat.
bacteria don't grow on plastic
Thats what someone else ( maybe makersmuse) said. The plastic is safe, but bacteria can still get between the layer even while extruding .
But they grow on food trapped in the plastic. I think If you "melted" it at lower temperature you'd get smoother sides.
how thin is the sheet? could it be vaccuum formed?
clamp a ring on the top of the bowl rim - so it droops into the form. Check out glass slumping techniques
glass slumping sounds like a great parallel, thanks!
I'd add some legs to the sheet and make a nice breakfast tray, the one you bring to bed, you know?
And maybe for the bowls to form better you'd need a larger circle, so it can fully cover the edges.
I'm an Industrial design student and I found your videos really interesting! I hope I can get a 3D printer in the future
Would be cool as a craft cutting board or even coasters
0:55 did anyone else notice the tippi tree in the box
This reminds me of sheets of perspex. Maybe laser cutting out or even etching interesting patterns on the would be cool. Or even making flat designs which you hear bend into 3D forms
I wish I had my own laser cutter... my school wouldn't let me cut PLA. Bent designs from flat patterns would be fun to experiment with!
I just got a 3D pen. I tried it out on my channel. My first try was not so good. My second try is better but I certainly needed this video so I can figure out what to do with all the pla and not waste if. Coasters and place mats sound just fine. Lol. Great video. I’m hooked.
Use 2 bowls?
Also, draw a pattern (your logo?) while the plastic is liquid in the oven.
I think that would work... if I had the right bowls!
This is impressive. I was wondering how to use my unused PLA and ABS plastic rolls that got expired. Thans for the idea. The parts that you have ended up with can be used as a kitchen base for cutting vegetables, glass lids or support base, etc.
4:24 - That is beautiful! Why would you ruin it? ;)
And now I see you did keep one...
I really like this channel. I love your style and the chill vibe of your videos. I like your personality as well, you aren't like some other TH-camrs who put on a fake smile and fake voice, I feel the way you act in your videos is the way you would act in person. Never stop creating, stay awesome!
the giant piece can be a cutting board
Space Cat, you know you can put a special spray and then try it to see if it works or not
If it's PLA, why not? It's made from corn starch, so it's completely edible.
+Noa Vidovic PLA is not freaking edible!!!
I'm sorry, what I meant to say was that PLA is food-safe, not edible.
Noa Vidovic
Yes, that's true.
But I still will be concerned that cutting food on it would implement small chunks of PLA in your food.
Awesone quality as always. Pd: i lovr the song that you use as a Channel theme
if you get enough you could make a countertop
So as 3D printing become more common, more tools are being invented, like poly smother, nicer, more user friendly extruders, wireless cameras, etc. I would like be to see some kind of smelter/ rethreaded. That way you can set the materials type, toss the extras prices and put it onto a new real to be used in a future spool and make a new print.
Now make Lego pieces! In all seriousness, what if you melt all that plastic in a Lego brick mold?
Those would be some psychedelic lego bricks!
Make Anything // 3D Printing Channel They would be pretty neat, wouldn't they?
The little bits in your case would be called printers tears it’s kind of along the lines of the same thing as when a potter is firing pieces in a kiln with glaze and the glaze drips and solidifies those drippings are called Potter’s tears
i think your videos are amazing i am 12 and for christmas i am asking for a 3doodler and maybe next year a 3d printer i love doing artistic thing it calms me down and watching u is really cool like when u make the plants out of the plastic from the 3doodler.that was amazing . love your videos
damn, you're 16 now. hope you got a printer uwu
Melted Plastic is dangerous to breath in. open all the doors and windows and put a box fan in one window or something. I like to sculpt with polymer clay and I have a small oven dedicated to it that I plug in on the back porch. That way it doesn't smell up the kitchen.
Leave plastic sheet larger than your primitive, melt over bowl as you were, then trim.
Builder's Mark, yes he needed to cut the sheet larger than the bowl
I do woodturnings and I wonder how well it'll turn (cut) on my lathe? If you make a 1" x 1" x 6" block and turn something like a pen (or give it to someone who turns pens).
Check out Peter Brown's channel he will occasionally play with plastics.
for the bowls try setting up a stand that will hold the bowl open side down, but have it open so you can heat it with something such as a torch, or small fire. You can heat up the bowl mould and hand press the plastic disc to form it yourself.
this way the plastic won't melt simultaneously as the bowl heats up.
(alternatively you could just pre heat the bowl and press the discs down bit by bit, heating only the bowl when you need to.
you could combine this with soaking the plastic in boiling water for that extra bit of playability.)
ngl I would seperate all of the shards into colours or colour groups
I found your channel a couple of days ago, but dang I love this. I don't even have most of the tools that you have and I don't do 90% of the stuff you do (I'm an English language and culture and General language and culture major) but it's super interesting to watch
Coasters. Everything can be coasters. Every. Thing. Is. Coasters.
Amazing ! Can you tell me what you use to spray ML150?
The big sheet looks like a cutting board.
only with the plastic and the fumes. not safe to prepaid food on.
good for non plastic melting crafts tho
Also pieces of lead from the lead block used to smash the plastic on.
2:24 I know this isn't really relevant to the video, but where did you get that awesome clock in the background?
A tshirt of a tshirt interesting
Where did you get that clock in the background when you where crushing bits? I’m looking for that kinda clock for my new room
Just name it a place mat and you're finished. And the drops of plastic, add some silver wire and five it to a loved one, specially made for her. The newest technique, bla bla bla, she will love it.
Cutting board.
If you make a habit of bullshitting your loved ones, you don't have loved ones.
it seems like if you could melt the plastic evenly in a sealed cauldron, then pumped in air pressure to the cauldron with a 1.75mm opening in the bottom, you could re-extrude the plastic into filament?
how about making a laptop cover!
SURLEY you could just use a clothes iron, like one of those bead sets or does pla have to high of a melting point for an iron?
Make the little ones a coaster any thing can be a coaster 😜
Oh man. Imagine using these as blanks for cnc milling. You could use this just like you would use wood, mill out your logo, make blanks for knife scales, etc. It looks like you'd have to sand down that exposed side that didn't flatten properly to get a nice flat side OR you could just USE that side for the exposed side to the milling and have a textured front side.
I also like the idea of coasters, you could make quite a few, give them out for gifts (also no 2 will be the same, and they could still be identifiable in sets).
I've thermoformed plastics in boiling water for making a prosthetic hand wrist, but it was quite thinner and less solid. I would also bet a heat gun would work better for your application.
EVERYTHING can be a coaster!? Sooo, an exercise ball can be a coaster?
If you cut it into circles!
Yes even a book 📚
a table's a coaster , stop whining Jenny I know , yes , I know
Gio Marasso just pop the yoga ball
My butt can be a coaster
i'm thinking cutting boards...or is the plastic too soft?
A plastic playbutton !!!!!!
With sheets like those and the considerable experience you have with 3D printing, I’d suggest getting into laser cnc work. I haven’t seen or tried cutting sheets of pla/abs, on a laser, but it can cut and engrave acrylic, so it’s worth a try.
You just put lead.. in a bowl. 🤔
I handle lead on a daily basis. Not that dangerous, especially in the quantity that would transfer to the plastic.
Actually, most crystal glasses are lead free now. One of the leading crystal glass manufactures is Riedel and they haven't used leaded crystal in years.
Lead crystal is still produced. Crystal glass is not crystal. Lead crystal is safe for general use.
i still dont get why you need to "break it into smaller bits" shred it, etc, if youre melting it wont it all melt?
Try putting the scraps into the bowl then heat, remove from oven when ready, place another bowl into the first and press until set.
Plastic will ooze out of the sides use it to find out the wall thickness.
I just started watching your channel and it seems awesome! I really like your style of projects. Can't wait to see what's next!
Just came across this... and thought it was really cool... are the sheet that you made strong enough to make frame pieces for a 3d printer?
Looks really good. I'll have to try it myself (with the toaster oven I keep in the workshop/shed for smelly stuff).
Woo. Jewelry. I could make some fabulous jewelry from that. Tiles for a mosaic. Book binding. So many options.
was that plastic pla or abs?
have you considered just making the large sheet a cutting board that you can repeatedly melt down and fix after trimming the edges? (one for making not for cooking)
You should try silicone molds? Or would they bond?
What you're doing is called "slumping", its a technique done in glass work. Personally I really like the drippy look of the bowls, very cool. Would love to see how those little bits look after a trip through a rock tumbler.This also kinda-sorta reminds me of a technique/material a professor of mine created: Thurmanite. Its layered paper + plastic, then sanded with woodworking tools so you can see the various layers within. You could layer a bunch of these leftover sheets, melt them to stick, then go at it with saws and sanding tools. Would make some really neat colorful works.
would it be possible to make your own filament with reused plastic like this? like a mixture of colors of filament. idk where you would use it but i think itd be cool
How do you get rid of the bubbles that form on the surface while it’s melting?
I just happened across this but what if you tried taking two metal bowls in the oven and putting the plastic circle in between? also maybe weigh the top bowl down with a rock or something while in the oven so it pushes the plastic down evenly. you may need to trim the edges still but you might come out with a more even bowl.
what was that white item w/ holes in it when you were smashing things
that's remarkable. I'm trying to do the same process as well and research some resources. there is some information that is pros and cons. I'm not sure what is the right way to recycle PLA and what type of methods can be used to accomplish this. I am starting a small business, but it's in the process of doing research here and there. Awesome process this would be great leverage, have you tried other plastic from the triangle plastic from 1 to 7 plastic or do you mainly focus on 3D printed parts?