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.
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.
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.