Virtjoule Heat Set Insert Tips for Sizes M2, M2.5, M3, M4, and M5 - Soldering Iron Tips for 3D Printer Users, 3D Printing Accessories Compatible with Hakko FX-888D and Weller SP40NKUS Soldering Irons

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Virtjoule Heat Set Insert Tips for Sizes Features

• IMPROVING 3D PRINTING PROJECTS: Using 3D printers lets you create amazing projects. Innovative 3D printing tools like Virtjoule Heat-Set Insert Tips allow you to set threaded brass inserts into plastic to increase the strength of your part and also help you assemble and disassemble projects multiple times. These soldering tips, compatible with Hakko FX-888D and Weller SP40NKUS solder irons, make the job easy. With their square shoulder and slick finish, inserts won't stick on the tool and pull out.

• OPTIMIZED SLIM PROFILE DESIGN: We originally created these long-shank tips to be compatible with the Hakko FX-888D iron. This design allows you to reach deeper into 3D-printer parts and tight corners without touching the side of your 3D-printed or injection molded part. The hot iron heats the tip and the brass insert, allowing it to melt into the piece. When set, the iron pulls out cleanly without sticking. A normal conical shape tip will often stick to the insert and pull it back out, ruining the project.

• ONE SET, DIFFERENT TIP SIZES: Tip sizes include M2, M2.5, M3, M4, and M5. M2.5 is a popular hole size for Raspberry Pi circuit boards. M3 is a popular size for Arduino circuit boards. Our meticulously crafted soldering tips are smooth, and the edges are perfectly rounded, making a very slick slip between the tip and a brass insert.

• COMPACT TIP CRADLE: These Virtjoule Heat-Set Insert Tips come with a convenient tip cradle that helps keep them together when they're not used. This set is a great addition to a 3D printer toolbox as it offers a wide size range for flexibility in picking the most appropriate insert you need for each 3D printing project.

• DIAMETER & HEAT TRANSFER OPTIMIZED TIPS: Virtjoule pioneered the niche of brass insert tips with shapes that allow access to tight and deep corners of 3D printed parts. We serve 3D printer and injection molding markets of scientists, engineers, designers, and makers with insert tips that reliably and efficiently release heat-set inserts from soldering irons.

• Hakko and Weller have dozens of models of irons, each with a different shape tip that are not interchangeable. These tips will fit the Hakko model FX888D and the Weller SP40NKUS. Please check compatibility before ordering. If you have a Weller WES51 iron, please search for ASIN B08LQTD21D to fit that iron.

About Virtjoule Heat Set Insert Tips For Sizes

Heat set inserts are a great way to improve connection strength between 3D printed parts. However, if you have tried to set heat-set inserts in your plastic or 3D printed part with your soldering iron, you may have had the frustration of pushing the insert in only to have it come right back out stuck to your soldering iron and ruining your part in the process. Most soldering iron tips can catch on the rim of the insert causing it to stick on the iron when you pull the iron out. If you use the "horizontal method" it's hard to know the insert is straight. Virtjoule's insert tips have a vertical wall that solves that problem. The iron pulls right out after pressing the hot insert. Because the shoulder is square it's easier to know if the insert is square in the piece, something that's harder to control with a conical soldering tip. The shank is much longer (0.75") and narrower than what you get with insert tips (only 0.25" long), allowing you to set small inserts into corners of parts without melting the side of the part. This is especially useful if you're mounting a circuit board in a 3D printed box or doing a mounting that requires the insert to come close to the edge of the part. Compatibility with Hakko FX-888D irons and Weller SPS40NUS. These tips are 1.6" (40 mm) long with the tip portion about 0.75" (19mm). There is a 5/32" internal cavity for ceramic heaters. On Weller irons that have a 1/4" cavity and set screw, the 1/4" shank can be extended as far as the set screw will allow. On Hakko FX888D irons, the 0.75" is the reach with 1/4" clearance. Five tips included for sizes M2, M2.5, M3, M4, and M5. **Not tested with every possible soldering iron. Not all Wellers have 1/4" barrels, so measure yours first. Will not fit the Weller WES51 iron. ** If you have a Weller WES51 iron, search ASIN: B07GNX86BB for a compatible tip. Designed, manufactured, and continuosly improved in the USA.