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Designed a nice stand for my... Hot melt nut implant machine. That's what I'm calling it from now on :)

#3dprinting #solderingiron #heatsetinsert #HotMeltNutImplantMachine

Photo of 3d printed stand for a soldering iron. It's light gray, keeps the soldering iron at a 30 degree angle, and has labelled holes for different heat set insert tips

Product page screenshot for a soldering iron with heat set insert tips. The product is called a "hot melt nut implant machine"

In other news, I added some tip storage to the left side of the press. Six sizes of insertion tip live there.

The model is here. (Not mine.)
https://www.printables.com/model/1006888

🧵 7/N

#StealthPress #HeatSetInsert

The stealth press, in green ASA plastic, now has an attachment on its left side with six M4 heat set inserts in a vertical line. Five of them have insertion tips screwed in; the sixth is empty.

My heat set insert press is also an extractor. I put an M3 screw into the soldering iron to use as a tip, then removed an insert by heating it up and pulling. (You have to screw into the insert before attaching the screw to the iron.)

The screw is a lousy thermal conductor, and it makes lousy contact with the heating element. I ran the iron 40℃ hotter for removal than insertion.

🧵 6/N

#StealthPress #HeatSetInsert #Recycling

Close-up of the tip of my stealth press's soldering iron. The brass tip insertion tool has been replaced by a steel M3 screw with the head inside the clip and contacting the heating element. It is screwed into a heat set insert, and the whole assemblye is hovering a few millimeters above the printed plastic piece the insert was just extracted from.

Matte PETG with Hilbert infill on a textured build plate is certainly a look. It took about an hour to lay down the first layer.

Unfortunately, I got a layer shift, so I have to print it again.

🧵 5/N

#StealthPress #3DPrinted #HeatSetInsert

A black PETG build plate is sitting in front of the press with its original green ASA build plate. The black plate has a texture that's almost fabric-like and not like most 3D printed objects. The light is low, so the surface texture is accentuated, and the plates cast long shadows.

I assembled the press the same night, but I got around to taking pictures this morning. A couple of the inserts were crooked enough that I had to heat them up and move them, so that's educational. I had to file down the warped pieces in a few places to make things fit, too.

I am printing a PETG build plate now. It gets two inserts, and that will be the press's first use.

🧵 4/N

#StealthPress #3DPrinted #HeatSetInsert

Stealth Press on a workbench. it is green ASA with blue ABS accents. The print quality is not great. The press is built around a 30mm vertical linear rail. A soldering iron is clamped to the rail's car, and a spring loaded cable pulls it to the top. The iron's tip is a cylindrical M3 heat set insert. The iron's cord goes through a strain relief block. There is a carrying handle integrated into the top of the press.

I got the kit from dfh.fm. I also got a couple of bags of black nickel plated inserts from them. Here you can see the very first two inserts I did. I pushed the black one down too far, but it still works.

You can also see that the side toward the camera is warped. :-(

I also went a little crazy and bought about 1,000 inserts from CNC Kitchen in all the sizes they have. So I guess I'm a heat set insert guy now.

🧵 3/N

#StealthPress #CNCKitchen #HeatSetInsert