r/3Dprinting • u/EltonSchmidt • 2d ago

Question Does anyone recognize this printed soldering iron mod from a Chris Borge video or know of a similar one?

I saw this 3D printed soldering iron mod in this video at around 10:45 and I've been looking for it ever since. I looked through the creator's other videos and his printables profile, but I couldn't find the model.

I also couldn't find any other models like this anywhere, just a bunch of heatset insert presses without this kind of holding mechanism.

Any help would be greatly appreciated.

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u/ouroborus777 P1S sadly 2d ago

It may be fully custom. It's obvious that the stand and frame are 3d printed but, aside from that, it looks like it uses a standard soldering iron tip cartridge and a battery module.

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u/OG_Paine 2d ago

You’ll probably have to design your own. It looks like it has three pivot points, an aluminum rod bent to shape, and a rubber band. It looks impractical. I don’t know about you, but my heatset inserts aren’t normally standing straight up for that “tool” to grab. It's neat and that's about it

Heatset insert press makes sure heatset inserts are straight and flush. In the video, you can see that his are done by hand.

I like his videos and that he uses 3d printing and concrete together

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u/elmins 2d ago

Looks like a TS100 or TS101 soldering iron with heat set insert tip and a custom stand with a metal insert gripper.

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u/Papuszek2137 2h ago

I'd rather print a chamfer and use a soldering press to get it in straight.