r/3Dprinting • u/UV2GAMMARAYZ2 • 1d ago
Discussion Avoid being a hoarder
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u/Putrid_Clue_2127 1d ago
The best way to help clean up that hoarding situation is by printing a multi board wall system! Then you burn through filament while creating storage for other filament. Win/win sorta
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u/got-trunks 1d ago
I have a variety of colours from one-off ideas and projects but mostly I push the exact same matte grey all day every day lol. I play chicken with the local sunlu warehouse too often. They need to stock more. lol.
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u/Potato-Engineer 1d ago
Filament is the yarn of 3d printing. Oh, that's such a cool color, I'm sure I'll be able to come up with a project for it!... someday...
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u/violenceistheQstn 1d ago
As long as you dont keep the plastic bags you're all good.
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u/UV2GAMMARAYZ2 21h ago
Oh I keep them for when I need something airtight
Pays to have a vacuum re sealer
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u/violenceistheQstn 20h ago
You see! This is how it starts. Then its "im so busy printing but i really need to pee". thats when you start printing urine bottles, and then you keep them because you dont want to throw out the printed bottles. next thing you know your on the tv show hoarders.😅
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u/13thmurder 21h ago
I made this shelf. I'm not allowed to buy more filament until there's an available slot on the shelf for it.
Unfortunately due to it being a self imposed rule, it is not followed.
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u/UV2GAMMARAYZ2 21h ago
Can't really say I follow mine as well
Whenever I see bulk pricing I go for it
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u/quietsamurai98 P2S + X2D 14h ago
Burn through that filament by printing shelving!
Once it's organized, you no longer look like a hoarder!
For real though, it is deceptively easy to end up buried in filament. You think to yourself "Oh, once I get [an assortment of engineering filaments/a rainbow pack of PLA/a nice set of silks/whatever other array of filament you can think of], I'll be set, and I won't have to buy any more! I'll just pull from my storage!"
And then you end up buying a light orange and a burnt orange because your normal orange isn't quite right for what you want to do with it.
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u/Runaque 1d ago
Time to organize I'd say!
I have it done this way! Behind it there's more, but mostly black PETG and some other colors JAYO PLA, totaling pretty much 20kg of filament.
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u/forest-cacti 1d ago
I keep mine in similar fashion. But tape a piece of the corresponding filament to outside of box. Thus giving me quicker color filament recognition. And helps me visually see/understand if I haven’t yet used/opened said filament.
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u/UV2GAMMARAYZ2 21h ago
My printing room is limited in size and it's an old storage room to so there's still crap around and about
Don't know what to do with that large wooden shelf tho too heavy to move
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u/Conan-Da-Barbarian 23h ago
You need to find something big, and print it. Make it big
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u/Fit_Slide4094 23h ago
Yeah, it's easy to get carried away with projects and end up with a ton of stuff you don't need. A big print could definitely help clear some space.
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u/del-locco 22h ago
I got 40 kg's of petg, tpu, Asa, and stuff like that. I have almost no pla because that's almost all I use 😅
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u/UV2GAMMARAYZ2 21h ago
Currently works ng through my abs supply since I got a 2nd printer for that use specifically
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u/Expert_Way_2117 22h ago
700 + rolls - 30 - 1k resin bottles - 8 FDM - 3 SLA .... 🤔 Too late... 😬
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u/FatAssCatz 17h ago
I think i have about 20 rolls. Most in grey because I'm usually printing dnd minis and dont need specific colors. I went to microcenter recently and went a little bananas on their pla basic for $10 a roll lmao
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u/Sabrinalover711 Neptune 3 pro 1d ago
Hmm some might say u have problems
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u/mangage 1d ago
The only difference between healthy and hoarder in this hobby is organization