This article appeared in Make: Vol 92. Subscribe for more great projects. Another year, another new 3D printer in the workshop. Maybe you got a fancy new one for Christmas or just couldn’t pass up a smoking deal. Now you have an extra printer collecting dust. It’s slow and the print quality is lacking, so what can you do with it? Why not try one of these awesome project ideas and turn your outdated 3D printer into a whole new tool for your collection! Recreator3D Filament Maker Photo by Recreator3D I was introduced to Josh Taylor and the Recreator3D back in fall 2022 at the East Coast RepRap Festival (now called 3D Printopia ). You may have seen this handy project at other maker events, or here in Make: ( Volume 88, page 52 ). Not only do you get to save your old printer from becoming yet more e-waste, but you also get a handy tool to recycle plastic bottles into printer filament via a process called pultrusion .…