What are your favorite prints when you have too little filament left on a spool for anything interesting and you just need to finish it off?
I simply attach it to other filament leftovers and print stuff with it where color does not matter.
How do you attach it?
Im using a filament fuser 3d printed. Try looking for filament fuser/welder/connector on thingi or any other page. There are also professional solutions on the market but diy cheap printed thing works flawlessly for me.
I remember a chip clip model, but I can’t for the life of me find it >.<
That and just printing parts where multiple colors don’t matter.
The garbage bin…I’m not wasting storage space keeping a few grams of material, nor am I wasting time on useless models that I’ll eventually throw out anyway.
You don’t make shivs out of the excess? I feel so confused.
I have plenty excess shivs already, I’m trying not to and up a hoarder.
Thanks for clearing that up.
Filament spool clips, small zip tie extrusion clips for various electronic bay updates
Yes, spool clips are great. This is my fav https://www.printables.com/model/581033-grandmas-double-sided-filament-clip
I mostly print stuff for DnD and wargaming, so I just run off a few 25mm bases - I can always use them!
AKA Last meters! I have a collection on Printables just for last meters projects. Here’s a contest that Printables ran. https://www.printables.com/contest/70-last-meters
This one is my favorite. I print a bunch and give them away at the office. https://www.printables.com/model/59453-bookmark-basic
My favorite spool clip https://www.printables.com/model/581033-grandmas-double-sided-filament-clip
Sometimes I use the ‘crumbs’ for a small print, like model bases or tests. Other times I weld all the remainder together and run it like normal. (This works for me because I tend to print in the same color and material alot.) My other option is using these small amounts for my 3D pen, which I use to join parts together like a welder. It works really well for some of the dice towers I print that come as two or three parts, on seams that won’t show. I super glue the last joint so everything is solid and seamless to the eye.
