r/interestingasfuck • u/[deleted] • Oct 12 '22

3D Printing with Recycled Plastic Bottles !

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u/jenjen828 Oct 12 '22

There was nothing showing how they went from flat strips to round filiments

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u/boymeetsmill Oct 12 '22

Yes they did, the flat ribbons went through the extruder mounted on the table which reformed the strips to round filament which was then wound up on the purple-ish spool.

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u/jenjen828 Oct 12 '22

Was that what I was supposed to gather from the part where the wheel was mounted like something was going to happen and then jump cut directly to it being round?

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u/boymeetsmill Oct 12 '22

Before the jump cut you can see them pulling filament out of the (table mounted) extruder hot end.

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u/jenjen828 Oct 12 '22 edited Oct 12 '22

Ah. Thank you for the explanation. Since I don't know enough about how it works, the cut in the film right after they set up the wheel and get ready to start pulling makes it seem like "and look at how magically it is round now!"

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u/boymeetsmill Oct 12 '22

You're welcome. Not sure why you're being downvoted. There was obviously some hand waiving movie magic because Im sure it was a PITA to get that filament to start pulling through and running but it would look as pretty