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●DESIGNED AND MFG IN USA: Using 3D printers lets you create amazing projects. Innovative 3D printing tools like Virtjoule Heat-Set Insert Tips allow you to set threaded brass inserts into plastic to increase the strength of your part and also help you assemble and disassemble projects multiple times. These soldering tips, compatible with Hakko FX-888D and Weller SP40NKUS solder irons, make the job easy. With their square shoulder and slick finish, inserts wont stick on the tool and pull out.
●SLIM PROFILE DESIGN: Long-shank tips originally created compatible with the Hakko FX-888D iron. This design allows you to reach deeper into 3D-printer parts and tight corners without touching the side of your 3D-printed or injection molded part. The hot iron heats the tip and the brass insert, allowing it to melt into the piece. When set, the iron pulls out cleanly without sticking. A normal conical shape tip will often stick to the insert and pull it back out, ruining the project.
●ONE SET, DIFFERENT TIP SIZES: Tip sizes include M2, M2.5, M3, M4, and M5. M2.5 is a popular hole size for Raspberry Pi circuit boards. M3 is a popular size for Arduino circuit boards. Our meticulously crafted soldering tips are smooth, and the edges are perfectly rounded, making a very slick slip between the tip and a brass insert.
●COMPACT TIP CRADLE: These Virtjoule Heat-Set Insert Tips come with a convenient tip cradle that helps keep them together when theyre not used. This set is a great addition to a 3D printer toolbox as it offers a wide size range for flexibility in picking the most appropriate insert you need for each 3D printing project.
●DIAMETER & HEAT TRANSFER OPTIMIZED TIPS: Virtjoule pioneered the niche of brass insert tips with shapes that allow access to tight and deep corners of 3D printed parts. We serve 3D printer and injection molding markets of scientists, engineers, designers, and makers with insert tips that reliably and efficiently release heat-set inserts from soldering irons.
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| Metric set M2, M2.5, M3, M4, M5 | Metric M3 with 30 inserts | Weller compatible metric M2, M2.5, M3, M4, and M5 sizes for WES51 | English Set #4, #6, #8, #10, 1/4" | English Set #4, #6, #8, 1/4" | Metric&English M3,M4,M5,#4,#6,#8 | |
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| Price | $8.95 | $15.95 | ? | $19.95 | ? | $19.95 |
| Hakko FX888D Compatible | ? | ? | X | ? | ? | ? |
| Weller SP40KNUS Compatible | ? | ? | X | ? | ? | ? |
| Weller WES51 Compatible | X | X | ? | X | X | X |
| Number of Tips | 5 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 6 |
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Create your design with holes or pre-drill holes for where the insert is going to be placed. These holes need to be a little smaller than the outer diameter of the insert and about 10-15% deeper than the length of the insert so that plastic will melt, deform, and mold around the insert properly. You may need to experiment with your 3D printer as some are not very accurate and the inserts themselves can have different outer diameters even if they are the same thread size. |
The hotter the iron, the faster the melt will happen. This may be desirable in a production environment. If you are a beginner, set the temperature right at the melting temperature of the plastic youre using or the extrusion temperature of your 3D printer. ABS - between 490 and 700 F (255-371C) PLA - 356F to 428F (180 - 220 C) If the plastic begins to smoke, lower the temperature. If no melt happens or too much pressure is required, raise temperature. Even plastics within the same type may have slightly different melting properties and you may have to experiment a bit. |
Our heat set insert tips are strategically designed to be long and slim to help reach the tightest corners of 3D printed and injection molded parts. |
Each set includes an assortment of the most popular sizes to help you install inserts in your 3D printed and injection molded projects to increase their strength and to repeatedly reassemble parts. |
Virtjoule pioneered the heat-set insert tip market for 3D printers by bringing originally designed long and slender tips that can install inserts into tight and deep corners of 3D-printed and injection-molded parts. We serve hobbyists, engineers, designers, artists, scientists, and more.
Heat Set Insert Tips
These carefully crafted soldering iron tips are designed for 3D printing and injection molding projects. Our manufacturing process creates a very smooth and deburred finish so the tip reliably releases from the heat-set insert. After the lathe, the tips are cleaned and placed into wet and dry tumblers for up to 12 hours to create the smoothest finish possible.
- Optimized for tight corners and detailed spaces
- Repeatable assembly and disassembly
- M2, M2.5, M3, M4, and M5 tips include a compact tip cradle
- M3 and M2.5 threaded inserts available in packs of 30
Why use a specific size of tip?
Its important to pair the correct size of the tip with the size of the insert you are using. If the tip is too small for the insert, plastic will come back up inside the threads making it very difficult to turn your screw into the insert. Many times your part can be ruined because its difficult to replace an insert if the surrounding plastic is deformed. We created these specific sizes because they are some of the most popular sizes and they are precision machined to be exactly fitted with just enough clearance that they dont pull the insert back out, but not so much clearance that plastic comes inside the threads. The right tool for this job requires the right size tip and this set has the most popular metric sizes.
