When is a hot glue stick not a hot glue stick? When it’s PLA, of course! A glue gun that dispenses molten PLA instead of hot glue turned out to be a handy tool for joining 3D-printed objects ...

[Proper Printing] didn’t just think it, he’s made a working hot glue 3D printer. As you’d expect ... The last touch is a glue stick magazine that drops new sticks into a funnel on top ...

A key difference is that 3D printers use specially formulated filament, not hot glue sticks. But Schone mused that glue gun ...