Melting plastic waste into beautiful flat sheets on a budget

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Finally, a decent end result when it comes to recycling 3D print waste into another product. Precious Plastic have some fantastic machines, but they are not intended for low volume users like myself. In this video, I show how a simple and inexpensive t-shirt heat press can be used to convert shredded plastic, or Bambu Lab purge poops, into uniform, flat sheets.

All equipment was purchased with my own money. Total cost: just over $200 USD. In future, I’m going to try melting down more types of plastic to recycle them. Let me know your ideas and suggestions in the comments.

0:00 Introduction

1:00 Previous recycling recap
Initial paper shredder video:    • Recycle waste 3D prints: Part 1 - Shr...  
Precious Plastics shredder video:    • Recycling waste 3D prints with a Prec...  
Home injection molding video:    • Home injection molding part 1: Machin...  

2:29 Precious Plastics sheet press
Sheet press: https://www.preciousplastic.com/start...
Sheet press build page: https://community.preciousplastic.com...
Bazaar page: https://bazar.preciousplastic.com/mac...
Sheet press video:    • What to do with all that 3D printing ...  

3:54 Trialling a t-shirt heat press
Old video on custom t-shirt graphics:    • How to make custom clothing - Cheap e...  

5:37 Testing and refining the heat press process
Vevor 380mm heat press: https://www.vevor.com.au/heat-press-m...
BBQ liners: https://www.bunnings.com.au/jumbuck-h...
Aluminium bar: https://www.bunnings.com.au/metal-mat...
My source CAD for the corner brackets: https://cad.onshape.com/documents/d62...
Purchase the Carvera CNC (affiliate): https://bit.ly/3CVfsq3

8:55 The final process

10:26 Using Bambu Lab purge poops

11:19 Making stuff with the recycled sheets
How to guides: https://community.preciousplastic.com...
Bending guide: https://community.preciousplastic.com...
Knife: https://community.preciousplastic.com...
Bendy flat objects video:    • Make your parts bendy with this desig...  
Dragon clipart: https://www.inspireuplift.com/Dragon-...
Bicycle kick art: https://www.etsy.com/au/listing/69962...

12:48 Conclusion

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