Thermal Insert Press

Basics

• A Device for Thermal Insertion of Metal Components into Thermoplastic Components
• Allows things like Threaded Inserts to be inserted into Thermoplastics
• More accurate, and efficient, than doing so by hand
• Can probably also be adapted to Thermal Stapling ( Hot Stapling seems to be a more common term?), Heat Staking etc
• Uses a similar mechanism as the Drill Press for the motion, but uses a Soldering Iron like device for heating the custom toolhead (perhaps a screwdriver?)
• May also have use for precisely cutting thick synthetic rope (devices like this are in some marine supply stores etc, but are often out of reach, this with a blade toolhead, and a rope holding+tensioning jig...)

Off the Shelf Options

Utilizing OTS Drill Press Stands

• An Article by FixturFab Showcasing this Method
• A Quick Amazon Search for "Drill Press Stands"
  • I Found "Drill Press Frame" to be more precise, but both worked

Kits

Vector 3D

• A Video by the YouTube Channel "Vector 3D" Titled "Why did I wait for 100k views before doing this?"
  • Older title was "How Fast Can I Assemble... or something, didn't have time to watch it earlier, can maybe find it with the Wayback Machine
  • The video showcases their new "VLMP (Vertical Linear Motion Press) – Heat Set Insert Press"
  • It is a more standardized/adaptable version of their old design
  • Benefit would be supporting their YouTube Channel, and the lack of a need to Self Source Parts
  • As of 27/10/2022 it goes for £31.86 to £54.48 For Just Hardware to Everything Included Printed Parts
• At least from a USA Context this seems a bit pricy, especially if shipping/import tax etc is not included in the price
  • GRANTED the whole Support the Original Creator aspect
• Also is only Semi-Open Source (as far as i can tell), so not great there from a "os puritan" standpoint, although this may just be a matter of pedantics (ie contact them and get the license sticker put on the webpage etc) and/or they are doing an Open Source After Break Even / Open Source After Initial Profit / Open Source After Next Generation etc
• Either way i think it may not make much sense to do this option, but that is just my ( User: Eric 's take)

Internal Links

• Threaded Inserts

External Links

• A Video by the YouTube Channel "John Culbertson" Titled "3D Printed Thermal Insert Press"
• A Video by the YouTube Channel "Adafruit Industries" Titled "Heat Set Insert Press"