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Holy crap, that's a lot of work to get a roll of filament. That's only economical if your time is worth nothing. Ugh.

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[–] sj_zero@lotide.fbxl.net 31 points 2 years ago (15 children)

tbf, you wouldn't do this because it's cheaper, you'd do it because it's more ecologically friendly and it helps make your 3d printer a bit more sustainable.

But at 20 bucks for a spool of thread, you won't be coming out ahead economically by recycling, I agree.

[–] dawnerd@lemm.ee 15 points 2 years ago (1 children)

It’d be fun to mess around with if it wasn’t 12-18k for the setup.

[–] sj_zero@lotide.fbxl.net 1 points 2 years ago

Yikes. That's a loooooootta filament.

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