I referred to the hemp paste.
By the way, I measured one of the 2.5-gallon buckets the Safeway bakery gave me for free, and with lid it weighs 495g, so in theory I could melt one and make something weighing over one pound, but even if I modified a panini press to work like a press for objects up to 1' tall, how long would it take to melt a bucket?
I don't know, but it still sounds like less work than melting hundreds of milk caps!
I could use a jig saw over a work bench, cut off the top and bottom, and cut the sides in half, then just leave them and the dust I brush off my work bench until they are nice and melty.
They made plastic boards resembling 2x4s as well as more like 2x2s from which they made a pallet and a park bench, but this doesn't seem nearly as strong as pine, which isn't a great standard.
They made a big mold--they use lots of plywood for molds, but I guess that is okay if they use them many times.
They put a coat of varnish on it and they made a press, but only looks about 18" square, although in theory they could make a version specifically for 2x4s, but that much plastic, in that orientation, required excessive handling, and this entire process (including the research), requires excessive time and energy. Pallet:
Small coffee table:
Park bench:
Mud kitchen:
Cutting board:
In the first video I shared they made a tablesaw push stick. If one made two thinner ones and added 2 small hinges they could make a book stand.
How well could you 3d-print hinges?
Maybe large plastic hinges would work as well as small metal ones.
Or you could 3d-print the entire thing.
I would maybe pay $200 for a bench--if I wanted a bench--and $100 for that small table, so I don't see anything that would be worth my time even if my neighbors brought over their clean used plastics.
I have seen greenhouses built from empty plastic bottles, but those are supposed to off-gas in the sun, which sounds terrible.
Those brothers keep saying their plastic is UV-stable, so I really want to know more about that.
Proto Plastics say that Acrylic, Polycarbonate, HDPE, Polyetherimide, and Polyphenylene Sulfide are UV-resistant.
This guy 3d-printed a mini greenhouse:
freebeard, this is your time to shine! You were born for this moment! Your entire life you have trained for this!
How do I 3d-print a geodesic greenhouse?