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.

Despite being a readily-available source of useful plastic, massive numbers of disposable bottles go to waste every day. To ...

Here's one such example. Filament spool becomes cord holder Most filament comes on plastic spools. They take up space and, when the filament is used up, often wind up in the trash.

All spools of filament start with raw plastic pellets, the most common being PLA (Polylactic Acid), a biopolymer made from plant materials such as corn, sugarcane or beets.

I like to keep one of my printers loaded with ColorFabb's PLA Economy White, which comes in a 2.2kg spool. It's convenient for some of the bulk printing I do for some of our family projects. That ...

It then utilizes the existing 3D printer to create a customized filament spool, different sections of which are made out of the different polymers. That spool is printed as a flat horizontal spiral.

A 3D printing filament made from Lake Erie quagga mussels? A high school entrepeneur invents Z Spools Updated: Oct. 09, 2018, 3:03 p.m. | Published: Oct. 09, 2018, 7: ...