For those look for parts or kits, I have the latest version as a kit on my website: vector3d.shop/products/vlmp-2-hardware-kit

For me, everytime I insert the threaded insert nut, I will push it inside 3/4 of its height, then flip the 3d printed part making the side on a flat table then gently apply pressure on the printed part. The threaded insert will always be perfectly straight. No failure at all and very simple

great project. if I may suggest you should add an adjustable stop so you can have good repeatability on parts where you need multiple inserts across the same plane

Building stuff like this is what gets me excited about 3d printing. The utility and enhancement capabilities are just mind blowing!

I work as an engineer. My nephew is doing work experience with me here. I saw your vid a while ago and revisited today. Had a look at the BOM and turns out I have all the parts spare! So that’s the project for tomorrow for the noobie.

Great idea, nice design. Big fan of your content. I took your idea and went a step futher, by recycling an old crappy drill press. Gutted the motor and electrics, kept the base, upright and spring return head mechanism, Adapted a clamp to hold my soldering iron and voila! A heat insert press with adjustable depth stop and spring return tri-lobe handle. Works great. Thanks for the idea. Cheers

A lot of people will be happy based on the requests from your voron build video

This is awesome! I just might try this for one of our soldering iron stations...

Oh I get it now. I thought there was going to be more to this. This is for people who dont have the dexterity to drill a hole straight or put in an insert straight. I personally dont have an issue doing them especially using the special soldering iron tips that are made for doing them but I am glad someone made a tool for those people that need it.

I actually planned to build one of those when I got hold onto some inserts for a project but never really found the motivation to actually build one - mostly because I never actually had any of the described problems of inserts pulling out again or them being so much ( or even just remotely ) off axis for them to cause a problem - I do though use the method of either inserting them into the material only 4/5 the way in using the soldering and then do the final push using a piece of metal ( like an oversized M10 Hex Bit ) that will both straighten _and_ flush it to the surface while preventing squeeze out around the perimeter or just flip the part and press it upside down on a heat resistant ( piece of aluminium ) surface if the geometry allows for it.

Interesting to see a two year old video, where now you can buy insert specific hot ends for soldering irons. A cheap must-have tool.

After adding about 1000 inserts so far, I will gladly build this :D

I push inserts in about 90% of the way and then I use an old gauge pin that's larger than the insert to push it in the rest of the way. The gauge pin both gets the insert flush and acts as a heat sync to cool the insert enough to lock it in place.

I took a pin and made a step at the end in the same minor diameter of whatever size insert. I use it for the last 10%. Sharper the corner you can get, the better. Works perfect every time. You just need a different pin for each thread size.

The BOM is the selling point. Many youtubers do not link to a spread sheet BOM. If its too expensive why make it? So i very much appreciate the BOM.

This is great for inserting into a square piece i.e. where the part itself sits square on a table. Side note: the majority of things I have ever printed need inserts added but the item doesn't sit flat on a table. Example: I just printed some DIN rail brackets. In some cases I guess the part could be held in a jig / clamp. If you are making loads and accuracy is important then yes - a clamp plus the vertical insertion tool is probably very sensible. For me personally it's a bit of a niche case. That said, it's a great idea and nicely executed!

Great project! Love the stepper motor counterweight :)

Need "audio ducking" for your background music when you're talking!!! Other than that, Awesome Build!!!😁👍🏻

add an adjustable stop to the bottom so that if you have a lot of inserts to install they will all be set to the same depth - great design and I will be making one myself as soon as I finish my other projects

You should choose a very popular widely available cheap soldering iron and link it in the description, for those of us that aren’t so great at modifying the grip, also you get a small affiliate fee for all of us that bought it in return for such a great idea, seems like a win-win

I have been meaning to design exactly this same thing. There are some other designs out there but they seemed a bit overcomplicated and I wanted to utilize some of the spare printer parts I have around - and this is exactly what I had in mind. definitely going to print this out. Good work! Thanks for sharing.

Nice project. Those that already have a drill press could make an adapter to hold the iron paralel with the chuck, for a much simpler print/build.

Thanks a million. I appreciate this more than you know.

This inspires me to make a cnc version based on a 3D printer, imagine if you will, all the possibilities with 3 degrees of freedom for installing threaded inserts. It can install a threaded insert over here, or, how about over there? Yeah! That wasn’t possible before. All jokes aside, I have a project I want to work on and as a precursor project, i plan to make a 3d printer with a changing tool head. This, obviously being modified to fit to a 3d printer, could be very revolutionary. Especially if the printer can have 4 degrees of freedom and automatically pickup threaded inserts. You can make a print that might need inserts on the side and so the printer can switch tools to the insert head, grab an insert then add it in on the side of the print.

I just push them in 90% of the way then finish them off with a machinist square to get them flush. I've never had a misaligned threaded insert or issues with flush mounting. I like that the square makes sure the insert and the melted plastic are flush. I do like how the counterbalance keeps it up and out of the way.

Well done, I've been playing with inserts lately and found installing them crooked was quite easy to do. I came to KZfaq today looking for a solution just like this.

In case anyone else missed it, the stepper motor is just being used as a counterweight. I was so confused.

You can also just screw the extrusion to the baseplate through the bottom. Saves screws time and plastic.

I love that design. Sure, I can push inserts "by hand" with only a soldering iron, yet it's never perfect. It's "good" at best. That kind of tool be quite handy for me.

I think you should have used the name I gave it, lol. The Highly Engineered Threaded Insert Tip Setter 😉🤣😂

I think that perhaps simply making an adapter for a Dremel drill press unit would be simpler. IF I find myself in need of this solution, I will look into it further. Of course, if a person doesn't have a Dremel DP unit handy or isn't interested in getting one, then this looks like a fine whiz-bang solution. Well done.

Nice gadget. Regarding the base of the unit, I see a problem with applying inserts in the middle of larger parts due to the small size of the base. One could take a piece of the same base material to elevate the part or just make a larger base. And for inserts that need to be applied at angles, you could print some V-blocks for support at various angles like 30, 45 and 60 degrees. Also, if you don't have GT2 idlers handy GT2 gears could be used by reversing the belt.

Thanks Adam, definitely on my todo list. Your CAD abilities are far greater than mine but I can modify your files to fit the iron I have, thank you again

Nice!

I like the concept and piece. I might even attempt the build. However, you could dump the background noise, I guess some would call it music. I would have MUCH preferred your comments and NO background “music” rather than the background and your comments drowned out.

Dude I had the Aida fruit one and when I saw this design I scrapped that one and built this one, well done love the design

Something useful! Thanks man! Edit: I'll probably make it out of wood though. Faster, less electricity and using a renewable resource.

You could make the head removable and make a camera jig for showing off small parts on your desk.

I love the variety of your channel, all your video are put together so nicely and are always fun to watch!!

Great solution! That custom tip is exactly what I need!

Oh now this is clever. Might try this for my upcoming project which uses threaded insert nuts. Subscribed!

Brilliant! Thanks for showing off your skillz.

This is great for Voron builds since minute issues such as an angled threaded insert will affect machine accuracy and stability. being that vorons utilize a lot of these things.

Dual-use build, you now also have a Dremmel drill press!

I just make the threads by design, it has worked for me even in the industry in jigs for the production lines,

They make a simple end that is designed for installing inserts. Its made for a Hakko 88 soldering iron I have one and it works great the make several different sizes also.

Liked-Subscribed-Notified- Great work (on the tool and the video production). Hope to see more coming!

Just came up in my feed. This is Great! going to build it.

Super clever build, looks like it works really well!

Thanks, made one recently. Makes it a ton easier.

Nice job bud, I will have a go at making this as I have most of those bits kicking about as well, I might make a counter weight though using small bearings.

You forgot to put the googly eyes on the BOM XD

Nice vid and stuff, but please see if you could find a different timelapse song or something cause that continuous clicking sound in it that sounds like it's coming from a clock or a camera shutter is really annoying to the point of getting a small headache, other than that, really nice!

great design 👍 thanks for sharing your experience with all of us 👍😀

Brilliant I even have all the parts, so making one tomorrow!

Literally laughed out loud at using a nema 17 as a counterweight

Very nice build project for something that I never thought I needed 😁

i just used a drillpress attachment for a corded drill what i got for 18 euros aka about 19-20 dollars works just fine and has and depth stop

To be honest, only crap irons have permanent long-taper conical tips. Most irons, including cheap ones, have replaceable tips in some way. And that tip shape is roughly speaking the worst of them all for doing almost anything. Especially soldering. And heat inserts, because of how little contact area there is (and the high risk of wedging the insert stuck on the tip). For soldering you always want the largest surface area contact that will fit and do the job, as quickly as realistically feasible while getting good wetting, with maximum heat transfer to to aid that. Pretty much the same story for hot inserts, but adding the bit about steering clear of tip shapes that can wedge it sticky or stuck on there. If you don't need the tip for anything else, it's perfectly fine to file a tip to the shape you need. It won't solder well anymore, but that's not what we're doing here. Love the jig and solution. Not knocking what you've made here, just crap soldering irons (tips) being crap, and the common go to being the least useful of them all.

Nice little tool... it would work better with a geared wheel to lower / raise it similar to a drill press... and a stopper at the hot tip so it sits flush instead of having to gauge the depth manually

I'm gonna need something like this for my current project

I watched you using it on your Voron build and thought it was pretty cool, keeps everything vertical but I don’t do enough of this to justify building this. Did I not see a couple of inserts get pulled out on the build I seem to remember a couple got stuck. A lovely project though.

You can repurpose cheap drill stand to do the same job.

What's the recommended infill for the 3d printed parts?

Wow this is really nice You could re-apply this design for a branding iron fit part, since they'll apply the same temperature, roughly Good job ^_^

Your mic vs the background music is a bit off.

A hint please!? The tip? From whence does it come? Did you make it yourself on a lathe?

how about adding info about the soldering iron tip itself?

This is FANTASTIC! I decide to make one for myself! I intend on making a print-farm with multiple Vorons & Ratrigs. I know I will be doing a LOT of heat inserts. QUESTION for you: Can you give me the dimensions of the base? That is one thing that is missing in the instructions. Thanks in advance.

ditch the nema counterweight for a thin bungee or spring - even cheaper / easier ;)

then you can make a pro version by making it with linear rail

This looks like something that could be handy if doing a Voron build. seems like it has a lot of these to do.

Change the mount so you can have a dremel on there and you've got a desktop drill press-ish... thing.

Hi ! really cool project ! However, i gotta ask, what is bhs and chs ? bolt head screw and countersunk head screw ? I can't find anything related to this on google, and my book about screws is in french

How about adding a quick adjustable endstop block so the soldering iron can travel down only to a specific height, that way you don't need to worry about over prenetrating.

so the one thing i wanted to know never gets shown i wanted to know how to make the adapter for my soldering iron the part that you use to push/heat the nuts

You don't need this - just press the insert in mostly straight and most of the way and then use an aluminum rod to push it in the rest of the way. That will flatten it out perfectly and cool it down as well. I've done close to a thousand inserts this way.

I used over 200 inserts of the voron recommended ones and around 200 ones from ruthex that won the strength test from cnc kitchen. I have yet to have one be of center or coming back out. I use a ts-100 soldering iron and have it set for 200 when I do abs.

How much of an infill do you recommend for the Soldering Iron Grip if I use ABS or PETG?

Is there a reason it's so giarnormous? I mean, I can see that the head pushing in the insert is moving not more than 1cm. If it's smaller .... well, my house is pretty small. So smaller things are easier to store when I'm not using them. What I mean to ask, is have you already tried a smaller version, and found there is some unexpected problem, which is why it is now so big. I feel tempted to scale it down or up (so that it can double up as a drill press), but would like to know if there are some pit falls, so as to avoid falling down the same hole other people have already been in.

And you get the single most important part - (the soldering iron and/or tip) from.....? Great video, great little jig, but without sourcing the correct tip, or a complete new iron and tip it's of no use. When I tried to get one of these a while back they were extremly rare, and most people have a soldering iron so just needed a tip but can't get one.

What is this part? M5 Excentic Nut 7.1mm OD. The BOM says M5 spacer. What is the length of the M5 spacer? What is BHS & CHS screws?

I guess I'll just clamp my soldering iron to my drill press

Could you upload the source CAD assembly as a .step? The assembly didn't work from the .f3z, and when I tried to extract it, couldn't open the.f3d files, gave a message that I wasn't authorized to open them. Thanks!

Excellent video. Very useful 👌. Thank you ... 🇬🇧

Really cool idea!

hmm...I have a couple small linear rails that would work great!

thanks mate1! its help alot

can you give more details about the soldering iron and tip creation?

I wanted to use a Drill press stand the ones where you clamp in an electric drill. But I seldom use inserts... so...

This is great for inserting. Do you have any agent in Thailand ?

Thanks for sharing 😊

i just thinking, should we buy step motor just to be weight balancer or...

Hello Adam! Thank you for the shared it’s a wonderful design! Sadly my iron won’t fit on the tip, any design yet for larger soldering iron? Got the SREMTCH 80 W Soldering Iron Set from Amazon.

For the list of parts (BOM) and STL files you need to make it, see links below: BOM: github.com/AdamV3D/Threaded-Insert-Press/tree/main/BOM STLs: github.com/AdamV3D/Threaded-Insert-Press/tree/main/STLs

great job on this thanks

The best gadget!

Just to be clear, this design is your creation? [im subbed to you on my my personal profile BTW]

That's so satisfying

Thanks for sharing.