{"id":2509,"date":"2013-01-18T22:03:03","date_gmt":"2013-01-19T03:03:03","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.summet.com\/blog\/?p=2509"},"modified":"2013-01-18T22:03:03","modified_gmt":"2013-01-19T03:03:03","slug":"where-does-all-the-plastic-go","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.summet.com\/blog\/2013\/01\/18\/where-does-all-the-plastic-go\/","title":{"rendered":"Where does all the plastic go?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>What have I been printing on my Prussa Mendel you ask? Why, I&#8217;m glad you asked&#8230;<\/p>\n<p>One of the plastic pieces to a C9 LED Christmas light broke, so I <a href=\"http:\/\/www.thingiverse.com\/thing:42072\">designed and printed a replacement<\/a>. The purple PLA plastic isn&#8217;t quite as translucent as the original, but I printed it thin enough so that plenty of light gets out.<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.summet.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/01\/bulb_printed.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.summet.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/01\/bulb_printed-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"Replacement C9 lightbulb\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-2510\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.summet.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/01\/bulb_printed-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.summet.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/01\/bulb_printed-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.summet.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/01\/bulb_printed.jpg 1600w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.summet.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/01\/two_red_bulbs.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.summet.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/01\/two_red_bulbs-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"two_red_bulbs\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" class=\"alignright size-medium wp-image-2511\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.summet.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/01\/two_red_bulbs-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.summet.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/01\/two_red_bulbs-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.summet.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/01\/two_red_bulbs.jpg 1600w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>And then I printed a few things I found on Thingiverse, such as this <a href=\"http:\/\/www.thingiverse.com\/thing:14905\">polycup by WickedAndy<\/a>&#8230;<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.summet.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/01\/poly_cup.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.summet.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/01\/poly_cup-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"poly_cup\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" class=\"alignright size-medium wp-image-2512\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.summet.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/01\/poly_cup-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.summet.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/01\/poly_cup-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.summet.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/01\/poly_cup.jpg 1600w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&#8230;and a few <a href=\"http:\/\/www.thingiverse.com\/thing:11182\">Taj Mahals by tc_fea<\/a>&#8230;<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.summet.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/01\/mini_taj_mahal.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.summet.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/01\/mini_taj_mahal-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"mini_taj_mahal\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" class=\"alignright size-medium wp-image-2513\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.summet.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/01\/mini_taj_mahal-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.summet.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/01\/mini_taj_mahal-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.summet.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/01\/mini_taj_mahal.jpg 1600w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&#8230;and a few <a href=\"http:\/\/www.thingiverse.com\/thing:13505\">Stretchlets by emmett&#8230;<br \/>\n<\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/www.summet.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/01\/stretchlet2.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.summet.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/01\/stretchlet2-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"stretchlet2\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" class=\"alignright size-medium wp-image-2514\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.summet.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/01\/stretchlet2-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.summet.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/01\/stretchlet2-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.summet.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/01\/stretchlet2.jpg 1600w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&#8230;and a few <a href=\"http:\/\/www.thingiverse.com\/thing:13811\">replacment parts drawers<\/a> for my shop organizer cabinets (by 67restomodder)&#8230;<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.summet.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/01\/organizer_drawer_mendel.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.summet.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/01\/organizer_drawer_mendel-225x300.jpg\" alt=\"organizer_drawer_mendel\" width=\"225\" height=\"300\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-2515\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.summet.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/01\/organizer_drawer_mendel-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/www.summet.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/01\/organizer_drawer_mendel-768x1024.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.summet.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/01\/organizer_drawer_mendel.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 225px) 100vw, 225px\" \/><\/a>  <a href=\"http:\/\/www.summet.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/01\/replacement_organizer_drawer.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.summet.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/01\/replacement_organizer_drawer-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"replacement_organizer_drawer\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" class=\"alignright size-medium wp-image-2516\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.summet.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/01\/replacement_organizer_drawer-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.summet.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/01\/replacement_organizer_drawer-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.summet.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/01\/replacement_organizer_drawer.jpg 1600w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&#8230;and I added a fan to my 3D printer with <a href=\"http:\/\/www.thingiverse.com\/thing:23060\">loches&#8217; maker gear fan mount bracket<\/a>&#8230;<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.summet.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/01\/fan_mounted.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.summet.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/01\/fan_mounted-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"fan_mounted\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" class=\"alignright size-medium wp-image-2517\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.summet.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/01\/fan_mounted-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.summet.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/01\/fan_mounted-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.summet.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/01\/fan_mounted.jpg 1600w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&#8230;and a few <a href=\"http:\/\/www.thingiverse.com\/thing:40212\/\">Maker Faire robots<\/a>&#8230;<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.summet.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/01\/robot_army.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.summet.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/01\/robot_army-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"robot_army\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" class=\"alignright size-medium wp-image-2518\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.summet.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/01\/robot_army-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.summet.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/01\/robot_army-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.summet.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/01\/robot_army.jpg 1600w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>and mixed in with all of that, I also made a complete set of parts for a rostock mini, but I&#8217;ll tell you all about that in another post later on.<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.summet.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/01\/rostock_mini_tower_parts.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.summet.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/01\/rostock_mini_tower_parts-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"rostock_mini_tower_parts\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" class=\"alignright size-medium wp-image-2519\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.summet.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/01\/rostock_mini_tower_parts-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.summet.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/01\/rostock_mini_tower_parts-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.summet.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/01\/rostock_mini_tower_parts.jpg 1600w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><br \/>\n<span hidden class=\"__iawmlf-post-loop-links\" data-iawmlf-links=\"[{&quot;id&quot;:490,&quot;href&quot;:&quot;http:\\\/\\\/www.thingiverse.com\\\/thing:42072&quot;,&quot;archived_href&quot;:&quot;https:\\\/\\\/web-wp.archive.org\\\/web\\\/20151006075637\\\/http:\\\/\\\/www.thingiverse.com\\\/thing:42072\\\/&quot;,&quot;redirect_href&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;checks&quot;:[{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2026-04-15 13:19:54&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:206},{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2026-04-20 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have I been printing on my Prussa Mendel you ask? Why, I&#8217;m glad you asked&#8230; One of the plastic pieces to a C9 LED Christmas light broke, so I designed and printed a replacement. The purple PLA plastic isn&#8217;t &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.summet.com\/blog\/2013\/01\/18\/where-does-all-the-plastic-go\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[13],"tags":[111],"class_list":["post-2509","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-projects","tag-3d-printing"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.summet.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2509","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.summet.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.summet.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.summet.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.summet.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2509"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.summet.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2509\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.summet.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2509"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.summet.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2509"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.summet.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2509"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}