Open-source plastic filament for 3D printers

ABS filament for 3D printing

Yes, it is a rare title, but IC3D is the new plastic filament that you can check as a consumable for your 3D printer. An open source plastic filament, as the title says, since the companies that manufacture 3D printers sell only proprietary hardware and original materials such as plastic consumables (the equivalent of the vat or toner cartridges of conventional printers for those of you who are not familiar with 3D printing).

In addition, the plastic necessary to create the three-dimensional printed figures is sold at quite high prices, since manufacturers inflate prices and they take advantage of users in this regard. It is an ABS multimeter like the one found in LEGO blocks that can reach up to hundreds of € / kg. And many companies threaten their customers that they will lose the warranty if they use other compatible or cheaper filaments. Fortunately, with the launch of free printers like the RepRap 3D came a reduction in costs, but it is still insufficient for many pockets ...

But the problem of the filaments remains, since they were all materials created in laboratories by companies and with proprietary rights to the "recipe" for plastic. They patented these and could play with the prices as they pleased. But now efforts have been made to create a detailed list, in addition to software such as OpenSCAD, and FreeCAD, and the recycling possibilities (see recyclebot) of polymers to put them at the service of 3D printer users. And now it comes IC3D with your IC3D ABS OSHWA (Open Source HardWare Association) certified. They also promise to improve the consistency, precision, diversity and quality of the material for the industry.

To see more details about plastic, you can visit the page of GitHub where there is a detailed PDF document about it.


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  1.   Follower said

    Isaac, I always read your posts, I am very good. I only correct the title, where you put "talk" instead of "plastic", and the link you published does not work either.

    I take this opportunity to ask you about this topic: https://www.linuxadictos.com/crear-distribucion-linux.html
    Many of the tools you mentioned no longer exist or do not work. Systemback does not allow installing a Debian 9 system on the hard drive.
    I would appreciate if you could recommend a software to me to create my own live Debian distribution.

    regards

    1.    Isaac PE said

      Hello,

      Thank you very much for following us and for the correction. Well there are several alternatives. Give Pinguy Builder a try to see if you like it. If you do not like it, do not hesitate to leave your comments and I will be happy to continue helping you ...

      Cheers and hope I helped.

      1.    Follower said

        Hello, thank you for your prompt response and cordiality. On the SourceForge page of Pinguy Builder it says that it works only for Ubuntu and based on it, but my intention was to do it with Debian 9, which is close to becoming stable.
        I tried Systemback and created the live system, but when installing it on the hard disk an error arises. I asked the developer and he said it would not be supported and the program is currently discontinued. I don't know of any other option, so it would be very helpful if you could advise me on similar software that works with Debian.
        I thank you again.

        regards

        1.    Isaac PE said

          Hello again,

          Ahh for Debian ... well I never did it for this distro and there were also some projects for it that have been unfortunately discontinued. A shame
          Try Live-Magic, maybe it's still active ... with it you can easily create a custom ISO with the packages you want.

          Another thing that occurs to me is a pressed installation, to customize it, but it is somewhat more complicated.

          And another alternative, but also somewhat tedious is to use a chroot cage.

          The most extreme option is LFS, to start from scratch ...

          Greetings.

  2.   g said

    very good publication magnifies the initiative more similar projects are needed in all areas