Check this out, great way to keep track of your 3d filament usage. Great for bulk printers who want to make sure they’re not wasting plastic.
If you have any experience with 3D printing, you know that a spool of filament can yield a good deal. Thanks to our friends at MakerBot, we can give you some actual numbers or, more accurately, a bit of perspective, on the subject as we know that it’s pretty clear that 1 kg of filament is going to yield about 1 kg of 3D-printed objects. If you’re not using exactly 1 kg of filament to print an object, then you’re going to want to keep track of how much filament you used on a given job.
Some 3D printing experts at MakerBot did the math: A 1 kg spool of filament will yield 392 small-size chess pieces (like the pieces in an inexpensive box set). That translates to just over 12 complete plastic chess sets. Of course, your game could...
