Another approach is recycling plastic—for example, turning a used 3D-printed wrench into a spoon and creating items from the plastic bags and packing foam needed to send supplies to space.

Each was threaded into the captive nut and torqued with a 3/8″ ratchet wrench, with indicated torque ... demonstration of the capabilities of 3D-printed threaded fasteners, and their limitations.

The wrench mounts to a cover above the drawbar in a 3D-printed holster. Pay close attention to the video below where he goes through the Fusion 360 design; we were intrigued by the way he imported ...