RepRapable Recyclebot

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The device costs less than $700 in materials and can be fabricated within a 24-hour timeframe. It has the capability to produce filament from pellets, regrind, and composite waste materials. A comprehensive guide detailing its construction is available at: Aubrey L. Woern, Joseph R. McCaslin, Adam M. Pringle, and Joshua M. Pearce. RepRapable Recyclebot: An Open Source 3-D Printable Extruder for Converting Plastic to 3-D Printing Filament. Published in HardwareX Volume 4C (2018), article number e00026, doi: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.hwx.2018.e00026. All necessary files, including design documents, STL files, and code, are accessible at: https://osf.io/9hsmb/. FreeCAD users can access the entire assembly in the STP file within the zip archive located at the OSF link provided above. By opening this file in FreeCAD and selecting the component they wish to modify, exporting it as a .stp file will yield the specific part required. Once isolated, it can be saved in various formats.