caption: "Hydro Turbine Printed from PP flakes"
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title: "3D print directly from shredded plastic flakes!"
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    text: "You'll need:\n- A power drill or impact driver\n- A hex driver\n- A set of metric hex wrenches\n- An 9/32\" Drill Bit\n- An 1/8\" Drill Bit\n- A 4mm .70 Tap\n- A CNC Gantry with more than 1-2\" of Z travel. I'm using a LowRider2. Tutorial on that coming soon. "
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    text: "These parts are intended to be easy to source in the United States. Metric/European sizes may be vary, but the base concept should be the same. "
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    text: "Watch the video (https://vimeo.com/381749194) for step-by-step instructions."
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description: "This is a modified version of the Precious Plastic extruder that is optimized for large format 3D printing. It uses a NEMA23 stepper motor so that it can be controlled by existing 3D printing software and control boards.\n\nYou can mount this to any CNC gantry with a few inches of Z. I'm currently using a LowRider2 Gantry by V1engineering.com .\n\nYou can watch a tutorial video here: https://vimeo.com/381749194"
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