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We are excited to take you through some crucial tools to help you not only have an impact in your local community, but to become financially sustainable so you can do it for a long time. Joseph (our Business Guy) is going to take you through the following three tools to go from nothing, to having a business!
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Pro-tip: the most successful businesses are the ones that really focus on what they want to deliver to their customers or audience
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> Pro-tip: the most successful businesses are the ones that really focus on what they want to deliver to their customers or audience
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# ❗️ Safety
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Safety. Safety. Safety. Taking the proper precautions when working with plastic will ensure your safe when doing so. Ventalite the area well and always wear a mask.
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Safety. Safety. Safety. Taking the proper precautions when working with plastic will ensure your safety when doing so. Ventilate the area well and always wear a mask.
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# 😎 Choose your plastic and start easy
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Moulds are an integral part of the Precious Plastic ecosystem and could almost be considered a world on its own, they give shape to the molten plastic and create the final product. Entire teams of designers and engineers all around the world dedicate their lives to mould development to make most of the stuff around us - your phone case, your outdoor chair, your plant pot. Moulds shape our modern society, and they will shape the amazing products that you create! Moulds can be made using different materials but we generally advise you to work with metal for its durability and better capacity to conduct heat - it’s more energy efficient. Metal can be shaped in a number of ways, which one you will use depends on what kind of object you intend to make and what technologies you can access.
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> Pro-tip: learn about the different mould techniques availavle so you can best design to the strengths of each method. You could use a more hands-on approach and create new moulds using a welding machine (which is a bit more rough), or a milling machine or a lathe. Or you could create a CAD file and use more advanced (and expensive) technologies like CNC milling which is very precise.
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> Pro-tip: learn about the different mould techniques available so you can best design to the strengths of each method. You could use a more hands-on approach and create new moulds using a welding machine (which is a bit more rough), or a milling machine or a lathe. Or you could create a CAD file and use more advanced (and expensive) technologies like CNC milling which is very precise.
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We’ve been busy designing the tools, resources and framework you need to run a Precious Plastic recycling workspace, and now you have all of the knowledge, it’s up to you to make it work in your local community and take it to the next level. Whether you want to create products, make moulds, hack the machines, collaborate with other designers/engineers, experiment, teach others, host collection parties, whichever you choose, make sure to keep the Precious Plastic spirit with you: be open, be collaborative.
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<b>Want to share feedback, chat about products/product design or learn more from the community? Head to the [#Create](https://discordapp.com/invite/yhmfzTZ) channel on Discord. Here we talk about product design, mouldmaking, color blends, finishing.. everything to create precious objects!</b>
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<b>Want to share feedback, chat about products/product design or learn more from the community? Head to the [#Create](https://discordapp.com/invite/yhmfzTZ) channel on Discord. Here we talk about product design, mouldmaking, color blends, finishing... everything to create precious objects!</b>
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Recycling plastic is often a long and energy intense process what makes the material a very valuable resource. Here are some guiding principles you can follow through your design process and use as a check marks to know you are making the most out of this material:
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- Optimize the amount of material do you use in your design, use thin but strong walls to make hollow pieces. Plastic can be really strong when formed into the right shape.
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- Optimize the amount of material you use in your design, use thin but strong walls to make hollow pieces. Plastic can be really strong when formed into the right shape.
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- Be mindful of the steps involved in your production process: try to think strategically about the amount of time & energy involved in each step and design an efficient and productive manufacturing line, without compromising quality or sustainability.
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-[Make a bench with beams](https://community.preciousplastic.com/how-to/make-a-bench-with-beams)
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-[Make a lamp with beams](https://community.preciousplastic.com/how-to/make-a-lamp-with-beams)
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-[Created an extruded lamp](https://community.preciousplastic.com/how-to/create-an-extruded-lamp)
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-[Create an extruded lamp](https://community.preciousplastic.com/how-to/create-an-extruded-lamp)
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## The Sheetpress
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When designing products to be produced with the Precious Plastic machines, your best resource will be the How-To’s! You’ll find product designs, techniques and hacks, some from us and many are from the community. You can also check in on the Discord channel below because when (not if 😉) you get stuck, it’s very likely someone else has come across the same problem! If you come up with a super cool new product, hack or technique, create your own How-To so we can all benefit from your awesome knowledge.
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<b>Want to share feedback, chat about products/product design or learn more from the community? Head to the [#Create](https://discordapp.com/invite/yhmfzTZ) channel on Discord. Here we talk about product design, mouldmaking, color blends, finishing.. everything to create precious objects!</b>
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<b>Want to share feedback, chat about products/product design or learn more from the community? Head to the [#Create](https://discordapp.com/invite/yhmfzTZ) channel on Discord. Here we talk about product design, mouldmaking, color blends, finishing... everything to create precious objects!</b>
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<b>Want to share feedback, chat about products/product design or learn more from the community? Head to the [#Create](https://discordapp.com/invite/yhmfzTZ) channel on Discord. Here we talk about product design, mouldmaking, color blends, finishing.. everything to create precious objects!</b>
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<b>Want to share feedback, chat about products/product design or learn more from the community? Head to the [#Create](https://discordapp.com/invite/yhmfzTZ) channel on Discord. Here we talk about product design, mouldmaking, color blends, finishing... everything to create precious objects!</b>
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> Pro-tip: have a look at our [How-To's](https://community.preciousplastic.com/how-to) its fun to browse around :)
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# How to make.. an How-to
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Ok, you’ve had a look around the How-to’s, perhaps used some of them, and now you’re ready to post your own. We and everyone in the Precious Plastic community really REALLY appreciates you taking the time to document your valuable information. Processes and development can be complex. It’s easy to get lost in the perfection of creating the perfect how-to with 45 steps. Aim for that. We love those. But realistically most other makers can get a lot of information from a good 3D model or a few pictures. If you upload that with a few steps thats explain roughly whats going on and why you are doing already helps a lot. Here a few guidelines to take in account
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<b>Short description of your How-to:</b> keep it to 300 characters please!
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Upload files: do you have CAD drawings, testing sheets, or resources that will help? Zip them in a folder and upload them here. Aim to keep it under mb.
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<b>Cover photo:</b> upload a landscape photo that shows your product or process clearly. We are visual creatures, good imagery will communicate quicker than text will. Keep it to 1280x960px.
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- A good picture of the end result is pure gold.
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- Add downloadable files to support your documentation. detailed drawings, CAD-files, a material list etc.
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-Bundles all your files into 1 .zip file. Easier to share around. :)
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-Bundle all your files into 1 .zip file. Easier to share around. :)
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1. <b>Titles are powerful.</b> Choose wisely, keep it short.
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2. <b>Use tags,</b> that's how we stay organised: this will be how people find your How-To, so make sure they’re accurate.
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Super awesome. You’re part of this journey with us and we are so grateful you’re sharing your knowledge with the rest of the Precious Plastic community! Side back relax and feel your [karma points](https://community.preciousplastic.com/academy/universe/contribute#5-reasons-why-you-should-share-back) growing
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Super awesome. You’re part of this journey with us and we are so grateful you’re sharing your knowledge with the rest of the Precious Plastic community! Sit back, relax and feel your [karma points](https://community.preciousplastic.com/academy/universe/contribute#5-reasons-why-you-should-share-back) growing.
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<b>Want to share feedback, chat about products/product design or learn more from the community? Head to the [#Create](https://discordapp.com/invite/yhmfzTZ) channel on Discord. Here we talk about product design, mouldmaking, color blends, finishing.. everything to create precious objects!</b>
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<b>Want to share feedback, chat about products/product design or learn more from the community? Head to the [#Create](https://discordapp.com/invite/yhmfzTZ) channel on Discord. Here we talk about product design, mouldmaking, color blends, finishing... everything to create precious objects!</b>
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That's a great question! Another very important part to making this work is to actually identify what type of plastic it is. A robot is smart, but unfortunately it's not smart enough own it's own (probably a good thing) to identify different materials. This is where our research into plastic identification techniques comes into play.
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That's a great question! Another very important part to making this work is to actually identify what type of plastic it is. A robot is smart, but unfortunately it's not smart enough on it's own (probably a good thing) to identify different materials. This is where our research into plastic identification techniques comes into play.
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As we have learned already, we use the numbers 1-7 to label different plastic types, but there is still a lot of plastic that is unmarked, degraded or shredded, so we can’t always rely on seeing this number.
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A few things to keep in mind when picking a name. Don't use your location (country, city neigberhood) unless you are a Community Point. We need multiple Precious Plastic Spaces in each local area, if you claim the location name it prevents others from using it. Location names should be used by Community Points only. They are the main point of contact for new members in your area. Any other name can be used though. In general we recommend to use a short name: fits better and is easy to remember.
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We provide 2 options to make your own logo. For both you need to install the Precious Plastic fonts. Make sure to keep the above guidelines in mind and if if you need help you can ask around in our [#Universe](https://discordapp.com/invite/QUw8A3w) channel in Discord.
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1.**The oldschool way:** Download al the files and templates from the [download-kit](../download). You can use your own software to modify. Photoshop, Illustarter, GIMP, Sketch, paint. Whatever gets you going.
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It's free and Multi-platform (Windows, Mac and even Linux) which makes it a great tool to collaborate.<br>
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2.1 - You need to create your on account. Go to www.figma.com and click on Sign up (top-right corner).You can either download the [desktop app](https://www.figma.com/downloads/) or use it directly in your browser. If you choose the second option, then you need to install the [Font Installer](https://www.figma.com/downloads/) to use the custom Precious Plastic font within the software.<br>
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2.1 - You need to create your own account. Go to www.figma.com and click on Sign up (top-right corner).You can either download the [desktop app](https://www.figma.com/downloads/) or use it directly in your browser. If you choose the second option, then you need to install the [Font Installer](https://www.figma.com/downloads/) to use the custom Precious Plastic font within the software.<br>
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2.3 - Once it's done, we're ready to create your logo. Follow this link:<br>
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