Poll: heat set insert arm?

I occasionally use heat set inserts for disassemblable parts. I usually do this manually, in the electronics lab, but I also have specialized tips for them for my soldering iron. I don’t often have many of them to do, so I haven’t invested time to make it better.

There exist many open source and proprietary solutions for heat set inserts, to enable easy and straight insertion.

Would you find this useful? How often?

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Are you suggesting ASMBLY purchase a tool and some inserts?

I do think a drill-press-style insert press would be a handy thing to have.

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I’d find it useful, but I don’t need them suuuuper often.

Probably 4x per year or so

I bought a inexpensive one a while back off amazon for a project. I can donate it or host it if Asmbly would like it. Amazon.com

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I was contemplating printing and building one, or possibly grabbing an Amazon one. I too would use it a few times a year. So I wanted to gauge interest before proposing anything specific.

Al, if you want to host yours, that would be awesome! I defer to @aneel to think about how/where to arrange such a machine.

I would especially like to not use the electronics lab soldering setup for this. I am very careful to clean off plastics from the tip, but it would be better to have a separate cheap iron IMO.

I have a cheap box of M3-M5 inserts and soldering tips that I’d also be happy to donate. I don’t use them very often at all, would prefer they find a home in projects. :slight_smile:

I have some extrusion rail that is similar sized to a Creality Ender 3. I also have the wheels and probably a cantilever bracket arm. The person in me who make it complicated wants a drill press style with a coil spring return.

I can donated the extrusion, wheels, and cantilever bracket. I might have an AL plate for the base.

If you have a spring back up, you probably also want a retainer plate for the part itself which I have only seen on this overcomplicated one. :slight_smile:

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Love Chris Borge designs, but I think we could find a place for Al’s and see if it gets much use before investing the effort in building one.

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Definitely! This thread got more traction than I anticipated. Worth validating use before we go farther. :slight_smile: