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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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