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Here’s what happened this month! 

We set up the Trash Printer at Portland Mini Maker Faire, and printed a sign that says TRASH PRINTER out of trash!

Dave Hakkens, the founder of the Precious Plastic movement, and a big inspiration to me, became one of my Patrons! Dave's detailed documentation and helpful videos are what got me started working on plastic recycling, and I aspire to make stuff as useful and accessible as he has. Thanks Dave!

What I learned this month:

Printing on glass with a heated bed made out of a radiant floor heater doesn't work very well. The PP just falls right off as it cools...

But printing on a sheet of solid polypropylene, with polypropylene, with the heated bed works pretty well! I made this little Extinction Rebellion emblem for the Climate Strike.

I made this little token using a combination of 3D printing and molding making. I made a laser-cut acrylic mold, and then just manually extruded the plastic into it. This one turned out OK, and I think the process has some potential!