Product Review

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 and it's easy to put it in crooked. Our 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 other 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 Weller WES51/WESD51 irons, or any iron that takes the Weller ET Series tips, will let you use the iron you already own. Two tips included, one for #4-40 and M3 and the other for M5 inserts. *** Has not been tested with every possible soldering iron. Not all Wellers irons use ET Series tips. Weller produces many series of tips. This one is compatible with ET-Series. Soldering iron not included.***