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      "text": "Okay, before jumping into the building process make sure you're ready to make this How-to.\nAs the bench is made with extruded beams, you’ll need to make or find an extrusion machine to produce the beams, or otherwise commission a workspace to make them for you :) For the rest you will need access to a wood and metal workshop.\n\nTo make the beams you will need a 80x80x3mm square tube for the mould and around 10kg plastic..\n\nOther  materials needed for the bench:\n- 6mm threaded rod\n- 10mm Barrel nuts\n- Wood\n- 4x70mm wood screws\n- Tamper-proof nuts (optional)\n",
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      "text": "Let's start with making the moulds for our angles beams! Make sure you're familiar with the process of the How-to \"Make angled beams\" as this step is based on that process. For this bench, two moulds will be needed to make the four components. \n\nTake your 80x80x3mm metal tube, cut it to the measurements shown in the image and weld the mounting brackets.\n",
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      "text": "Let's start making the angled beams. Get your cleaned and sorted plastic shredded into a size that works well with your extrusion machine. PP and HDPE should work quite well for this product (PS is probably to brittle for a furniture like that).\n\n(In this case we used PP and made a mixture of yellow and orange (1:4) to achieve a zesty orange.)\n\nPro tip: Let your plastic dry fully before melting it, as moisture can cause a large air pockets in your part.\n",
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      "text": "For many reasons your machine may differ to the one we’re using at the workspace here in Eindhoven, so take care with your settings and use the experience you’ve had with PP. In this case, we set our machine to temperatures (from hopper to nozzle) 235°C, 245°C, 250°C. While running the machine at 102rpm it took 15 minutes for each part, letting one cool while extruding the next. \n\nIn this case we went for the textured beams - have a look at the How-to below to decide what texture you want.\n\nRelated links:\nExtrude different textures 👉 https://community.preciousplastic.com/how-to/extrude-different-textures"
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