Filament-based 3D printers are remarkably wasteful. If you buy a kilogram of filament from your favorite supplier, the odds are that it will come wrapped around a plastic spool weighing about 250 ...

Empty spools from 3D printer filament are the kind of thing that begs to be repurposed, and one option is [3d-printy]’s vertical filament spool parts drawer design. The way this solution works is by ...

From the Cheapskate: Normally $449 with just one spool, this is a great starter package for anyone new to 3D printing. Rick Broida is the author of numerous books and thousands of reviews, features ...

Plastic waste is a big problem in our world today. It's important for makers who use 3D printing technology (which generates plastic objects) to consider the waste hierarchy paradigm. Here's the thing ...

I wanted to see if I could build my own filament dryer using a simple 4l food container, a heater, and some electronics powered by a NodeMCU that I programmed myself. In this video I walk you through ...

CLEVELAND, Ohio -- Lorena James wants to make 3D printing filament out of invasive quagga mussels in Lake Erie. James, who likes to hang out on the beach with friends, hatched the Z Spools idea in an ...

Once more afraid* to leave the front door, I was messing with some sample filament spools I bought from UK firm Filamentive – which sells only filament with a high recycled content. These are loose ...

The last meter of filament on a spool used to be the part I avoided dealing with. It felt too short to trust for a “real” print, but too annoying to toss without guilt. So it would sit around until I ...