laptop plastic cases (re-use/repurpose ideas?)

SentinelAeon · 10-02-18, 09:17 AM

I have plenty of laptop cases at home and i am wondering whether to throw them away or do something nice with them. 1 idea is to melt them in oven into nice plastic pieces and use them for some project. Any other ideas ?

SentinelAeon · 10-22-18, 01:34 PM

No one has any good ideas ?

Daox · 10-25-18, 09:02 AM

Put stuff in it to store? Are you talking soft cases or hard cases?

SentinelAeon · 10-25-18, 09:24 AM

I am talking about a plastic case in which laptop components and screen are in. I took usefull things out, like motherboard, screen, procesor, etc. Now i am left with empty plastic cases. I was thinking about melting them into some usefull pieces, like stand for my drills, etc.

Daox · 10-25-18, 02:47 PM

I can't imagine doing much with them besides cutting them up for projects, or melting them down as you said.

SentinelAeon · 10-25-18, 03:02 PM

I was thinking of melting plastic into ingots that i would later use. The best idea so far i got was simply puting plastic into blender, blending it into fine dust, and after that using the oven to melt it. Do you know of a better idea to do it ?

Daox · 11-01-18, 01:05 PM

Nope, and I'm not even sure how you would melt them down in a nice fashion to begin with. Do you have plastic working equipment?

SentinelAeon · 11-01-18, 01:11 PM

I dont have anything special, but i did melt some plastic in the oven in the past. It was hard plastic that i was able ti blend in a blender, then i put it into glass container that had cardboard mold inside. It worked out fine. BUt it was a lot of work. And it wont work for plastic from bottles - i wasnt able to blend that plastic since it is to soft. And unless it is blended, it wont melt nicely.

jeff5may · 11-03-18, 12:01 AM

This guy has beat you to the solution to your problem:
https://youtu.be/8J7JZcsoHyA
Visit precious plastic dot com for the rest of the story.

SentinelAeon · 11-03-18, 08:53 AM

Basicly it is very simple, but i would need to make a mill to grind the plastic into small pieces. Oh, and obviously find a good spot to put all that plastic after i melt it

10-02-18, 09:17 AM	#1
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10-25-18, 09:02 AM	#3
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Daox Administrator Join Date: Aug 2008 Location: Germantown, WI Posts: 5,525 Thanks: 1,162 Thanked 374 Times in 305 Posts	Nope, and I'm not even sure how you would melt them down in a nice fashion to begin with. Do you have plastic working equipment? __________________ Current project - To view links or images in signatures your post count must be 0 or greater. You currently have 0 posts. To view links or images in signatures your post count must be 0 or greater. You currently have 0 posts. & To view links or images in signatures your post count must be 0 or greater. You currently have 0 posts.

10-22-18, 01:34 PM	#2
SentinelAeon Lurking Renovator Join Date: Jul 2016 Location: Europe Posts: 25 Thanks: 0 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts	No one has any good ideas ?

10-25-18, 09:24 AM	#4
SentinelAeon Lurking Renovator Join Date: Jul 2016 Location: Europe Posts: 25 Thanks: 0 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts	I am talking about a plastic case in which laptop components and screen are in. I took usefull things out, like motherboard, screen, procesor, etc. Now i am left with empty plastic cases. I was thinking about melting them into some usefull pieces, like stand for my drills, etc.

10-25-18, 03:02 PM	#6
SentinelAeon Lurking Renovator Join Date: Jul 2016 Location: Europe Posts: 25 Thanks: 0 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts	I was thinking of melting plastic into ingots that i would later use. The best idea so far i got was simply puting plastic into blender, blending it into fine dust, and after that using the oven to melt it. Do you know of a better idea to do it ?

11-01-18, 01:11 PM	#8
SentinelAeon Lurking Renovator Join Date: Jul 2016 Location: Europe Posts: 25 Thanks: 0 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts	I dont have anything special, but i did melt some plastic in the oven in the past. It was hard plastic that i was able ti blend in a blender, then i put it into glass container that had cardboard mold inside. It worked out fine. BUt it was a lot of work. And it wont work for plastic from bottles - i wasnt able to blend that plastic since it is to soft. And unless it is blended, it wont melt nicely.

11-03-18, 12:01 AM	#9
jeff5may Supreme EcoRenovator Join Date: Jan 2010 Location: elizabethtown, ky, USA Posts: 2,431 Thanks: 431 Thanked 619 Times in 517 Posts	This guy has beat you to the solution to your problem: https://youtu.be/8J7JZcsoHyA Visit precious plastic dot com for the rest of the story.

11-03-18, 08:53 AM	#10
SentinelAeon Lurking Renovator Join Date: Jul 2016 Location: Europe Posts: 25 Thanks: 0 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts	Basicly it is very simple, but i would need to make a mill to grind the plastic into small pieces. Oh, and obviously find a good spot to put all that plastic after i melt it