Does anyone have any ideas on what to do with “leftover” filament?
I’m looking for some cool, fun, and crazy idea.
Well… I have 4 practically unused spools of Bambu Lab PLA and PETG. I printed about 100g on one, and barely 20g on the others.
Just throwing away is bit boring. I want something fun… It’s like for example I know what fun things can be done with old CDs or how to effectively get rid of a brand new toilet paper roll.
But what effective or cool thing can I do with almost 4 kg of filament?
Not really a “fun re-use” idea but if the filament on the spools are actually usable, maybe there is a local maker space in your area you could donate them too?
There are some YT vids out about melting the “poop” in molds to make things. Sounds like you might have more fun vidding yourself smashing the spools with a sledge hammer and posting that. (I have thought about doing that with various things over the years).
Not yet. And now I’m already doubting whether it will ever happen, and if so, when… I’m quietly giving up and giving up on all 3D printing.
It is possible that the next big project will probably be “fun way to get rid of P2S”. (One idea was using a train - a printer in the middle of the railway… but that’s probably “a little” illegal and “a little” dangerous, in any case it will end in some big mess.)
You can do something like this with tiny leftovers, small and useful for opening filament boxes etc:
Another option is to load them all up in AMS and tell it they are all the same color and do a multi color model, thats what I did here with leftover green, yellow and light green. It turned out better then I thought it would, nice and cheerful:
I assume they need a 3D printer that is working, not in a coma?
Well… if I had a working printer, I probably wouldn’t consider the 99% of filament left on the spool to be “leftover”.
Or to put it simply: I have 1 dead printer and 4 almost unused spools of filament… Printing different models is not possible in this case - if it were, I would rather print the things I bought these filaments for in the first place.
Short version. Fixing is quite difficult. It’s already in “fixing” process and i’m trying to fix it already 3 weeks… and there is no solution. Support answered last time 6 days ago to my question… In that tempo I can fix my printer in year 2028 I guess.
heh, trolled… Nice!
Your question is of course a very good one in itself… Really, why don’t I just fix this printer?
Im sure someone on FB marketplace would pay for it then. Or you might be able to find someone that can fix it for you. Ive fixed a few broken bambus in Toronto when the owner put it up for sale, but I offered to fix it for them instead.
