The Recreator 3D

Reduce, Reuse, Recreate…with The Recreator 3D!

 

The Recreator 3D's purpose is to Recreate PET #1 recyclable plastic bottles into usable 3D Filament. The smallest, most compact, and portable pultrusion unit seen within the community. Its ability to strip, reform, color, and spool all in one continuous pull cycle; coming in under $220,This community kit should inspire most households and community team leaders. The Recreator 3D was originally created with the XViCO X3S 3D Printers. It's base structure; a few accessories, and a handful of 3D Printed parts are all that was used. The Recreator 3D will be 100% free as a community build. With the "Pet-Pull" group from Russia as visual inspiration for first using the pultrusion method. I wanted to further adapt PET#1 recycling to be more accessible to every person in an even easier way. With this Goal; We'll reshape our future's recycling methods, one bottle at a time! The MK1 Spooler used the Z motor mount for the main pultrusion gear. It was driven using Pronterface to find proper speeds. Using a Hatchbox Spool Core Eventually moving into custom gcode to run the pultrusion process. Plastic Bottle and Can Cutter