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 mostly print stuff for DnD and wargaming, so I just run off a few 25mm bases - I can always use them!
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.
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.
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 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.
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
