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3D Printering: Printing Sticks For A PLA Hot Glue Gun
When is a hot glue stick not a hot glue stick? When it’s PLA, of course ... Happily, 3D printers exist for the sole purpose of turning 1.75 mm filament into other shapes and sizes.
Hot glue experiment could expand options for 3D printing materials
D printers are sometimes compared to hot glue guns, in part because of similarities between hot glue and printer filament. However, analyzing the mechanical obstacles that ...
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Enthusiast builds a 3D printer that uses a hot glue gun — heavily modified Dremel glue gun surprisingly good at printing objects
Maker Jón Schone recently showcased a slick new design that bridges the chasm between his first love of 3D printing - and hot glue guns.
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No Filament Needed In This Direct Extrusion 3D-Printer
Ground plastic bits go in one end, finished 3D-prints come out the other. That’s the idea behind [HomoFaciens]’ latest build: a direct-extrusion 3D-printer ... PLA from a hopper into the hot ...
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Enthusiast builds a 3D printer that uses a hot glue gun — heavily modified Dremel glue gun surprisingly good at printing objects
Probably the most correct yet unsatisfying answer is ‘yes and no.’ A key difference is that 3D printers use specially formulated filament, not hot glue sticks. But Schone mused that glue gun ...