Recycling acrylic scrap using an oven and a hydraulic press

This was an experiment with using scrap acrylic to heat and press into a larger solid piece. The goal of this project was to find a way to take recyclable material headed for the waste stream and reuse it.

The "guy from France" I referred to is actually from the Netherlands... He has a well developed system for plastic shredding, extruding, injection molding , etc:  http://preciousplastic.com   His Youtube handle is : davehakkens

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