Heat Set Insert Tool/Heat Pressing Machine with Heat Set Tips M2-M8 add Brass Metric Knurled Nuts for Threaded Inserts for Plastic and 3D Printing Components

I had a very specific need to make a mount for a laser pointer for a Science Olympiad laser shoot board, and these worked perfectly on 3D printed materials. You need to print some test pieces with different hole sizes and practice, but once you have it down, this tool makes installing threaded inserts a breeze. When you need to create something on your 3D printer that can be disassembled and reassembled, this is a great tool to use.

This is really useful - way better for setting inserts than just using a regular soldering iron. Inserts get seated level and consistent. It's easy to adjust the temperature, and the iron even includes an on/off feature so there's no need to unplug it to turn it off.Assembly was also pretty easy, though it's best to refer to the picture of the fully assembled item on the BACK of the instructions for the clearest directions. In case it's not eminently clear, the extra knob and square nut are to provide a stop so all your inserts come out at the same depth in the material.One thing that would have been very helpful is a couple of extra holes in the opposite rear corner of the base; that way the unit could have been assembled for either left or right handed operation. I may drill the extra holes in mine and move the "business end" at some point.Recommended!

This does a great job of setting heat-set inserts into our 3D prints. Overall assembly was straight forward. It is not as rigid as I would prefer but that said, it is rigid enough. There is a slight deflection has you push down, causing a very slight loss of perpendicularity. It is not enough to cause a bad insertion, but I would have preferred it to remain square. Understand that for the money, this is still more than worth the cost. The iron works great and heats up quickly. This is a great addition to your 3D printing setup if you are making functional parts that require real metal threads.

Very well built and thought out tool! You might be looking at this listing suspiciously and about to click out of the listing bc it only has one (albeit totally amazing) review as of 11/20/2024, but WAIT! I was happy I took the risk on this one…if it makes you feel better this seller also has another model with lots of good reviews. I chose this model bc I liked the extra support axis (it looked sturdier) and the fact that the it goes higher and leaves room for larger 3d prints than some of the other designs. Those features are well worth the slight increase in price for me. Design is really well thought out IMO. I like that the base isn’t super huge so the footprint is relatively small in my crammed work space Here’s what I think:All the materials are great quality for the price point. All are metal…not the cheapy plastic-y metal that’s often on cheaper amazon items, but real metal and most of the screws look like a good quality stainless to me. Only thing I think that’s plastic is soldering iron clamp, but that just makes sense- you wouldn’t want to clamp a soldering iron between a metal clamp. As a bonus, The base is magnetic, which is helpful as sometimes I like to use my really strong rare earth magnets to keep smaller pieces in place. Only The only really minor thing that wasn’t perfect is 1 of the screw holes (out of the 10-12 ish?) was just a little off…but in my experience, that’s going to be the case for any of these at this price point. Had zero effect and honestly, if this was perfectly machined it would probably be triple the price. This is a great value for what you get…so buy it already! You need more info you say? Oh alright you greedy heat set fiends…This comes with some fairly decent printed instructions which was great, but instead, I definitely recommend you use the instructions video the seller put in the listing photos- it has a higher level of detail which is really helpful. Keep in mind that the video didn’t show up when I looked for it on the listing in the app, but you just have copy link/paste it into your phone’s browser….watch till the end!The seller is awesome as well, I had to contact to ask kind of a weird question about potentially using it for a totally other purpose. Their reply was very quick and was extremely helpful. They went above and beyond and obviously care about providing good service and products (which is sadly not always true on Amazon), and I’d definitely buy from them again in a heartbeat.Sadly, this was paid for with my own money…so I have zero incentive to lead you astray… of course if Amazon wants to pay me for this review, I would be totally cool with that. But unfortunately for me, it seems my integrity is in tact on this one…at least for the moment.

My rating is based on initial impressions after assembly and installation of a few dozen inserts. For my use it was necessary that the inserts were pressed in accurately... this did that... no issues with final assembly of the 3d printed parts using multiple inserts installed with this tool. Written instructions were just fine and combined with the video posted on this product page made assembly a breeze. Quality and fit are excellent. This is my first Amazon review which I had to post because, so far, I am impressed by this device (which is rare for most things I purchase and use from Amazon).

I printed a couple of these but they never worked really well. This one is nice and smooth and works great

The heater does not work!Remember to test it right away! I made a mistake and did not test it right after I bought it! After a couple of months, I am trying to use it, and the highest temperature is cold enough to keep it tight in the hand!!!I am so mad and frustrated!

Easy to assemble and works well, but the silicone tip cover will not stay on when it's hot. It stays put for a bit and then slides off which kind of defeats the point of it. It will stay on after the tip has cooled down though.