Vertical Heat Pressing Machine,Heat Set Insert Tool,Brass Inserts 3D Printing,Heat Set Insert tip for Thread Knurled Nut M2/M3/M4/M5/M6(1/4)/M8

Very well built and thought out tool! You might be looking at this listing suspiciously and about to click out of the listing bc it only has one (albeit totally amazing) review as of 11/20/2024, but WAIT! I was happy I took the risk on this one…if it makes you feel better this seller also has another model with lots of good reviews. I chose this model bc I liked the extra support axis (it looked sturdier) and the fact that the it goes higher and leaves room for larger 3d prints than some of the other designs. Those features are well worth the slight increase in price for me. Design is really well thought out IMO. I like that the base isn’t super huge so the footprint is relatively small in my crammed work space Here’s what I think:All the materials are great quality for the price point. All are metal…not the cheapy plastic-y metal that’s often on cheaper amazon items, but real metal and most of the screws look like a good quality stainless to me. Only thing I think that’s plastic is soldering iron clamp, but that just makes sense- you wouldn’t want to clamp a soldering iron between a metal clamp. As a bonus, The base is magnetic, which is helpful as sometimes I like to use my really strong rare earth magnets to keep smaller pieces in place. Only The only really minor thing that wasn’t perfect is 1 of the screw holes (out of the 10-12 ish?) was just a little off…but in my experience, that’s going to be the case for any of these at this price point. Had zero effect and honestly, if this was perfectly machined it would probably be triple the price. This is a great value for what you get…so buy it already! You need more info you say? Oh alright you greedy heat set fiends…This comes with some fairly decent printed instructions which was great, but instead, I definitely recommend you use the instructions video the seller put in the listing photos- it has a higher level of detail which is really helpful. Keep in mind that the video didn’t show up when I looked for it on the listing in the app, but you just have copy link/paste it into your phone’s browser….watch till the end!The seller is awesome as well, I had to contact to ask kind of a weird question about potentially using it for a totally other purpose. Their reply was very quick and was extremely helpful. They went above and beyond and obviously care about providing good service and products (which is sadly not always true on Amazon), and I’d definitely buy from them again in a heartbeat.Sadly, this was paid for with my own money…so I have zero incentive to lead you astray… of course if Amazon wants to pay me for this review, I would be totally cool with that. But unfortunately for me, it seems my integrity is in tact on this one…at least for the moment.

perfect accessory for the 3D print aficionado. Makes installing threaded inserts a snap. Easy to assemble and use. Recommended!

Works great! I had to replace the tips it came with as they did not seem to fit the inserts I had very well. Also, you can remove the soldering iron and use it by hand for larger items that don't fit under the press. However, you need the a hex driver to disassemble the clamp, it would be better if it had thumbscrews and just opened rather than completely taking it apart.

Works better than expected. Much easier on the hands.

I didn't even know these existed. It's really easy to assemble, has a small footprint and for the money spent, it's an amazing tool I never knew I needed. As a 3D print enthusiast, I have been printing a lot of cases and other projects that require inserts. Manually pressing inserts into PLA or ABS is a pain. This makes a 5 to 10 minute job into a few moments. Definitely worth the money and less stress. Love mine so far

This is a very stable heat insert tool, very well built.

Balance was difficult. Came with a defective wheel. Based on other reviews, I think I just got a defective unit.

I'm actually pretty good about installing heat inserts by hand, but I had a project where I needed to install over 50 - 4mm inserts at the same time, and I decided to see if this would cut the my labor down, and just make it less tedious. This heat press machine actually saved me a lot of time, and fatigue while completing, I actually had some fun doing it, instead of kind of dreading it.Assembly wasn't too difficult, it was easier than say, putting together some of that DYI furniture.With the included digital iron, you can set the temp precisely, and it holds that temp quite well. Being able to set the depth with a stopper means your inserts are going to be way more consistent than you can do by hand!! I like that I can just leave my main sized tip on the included iron, where I then have my previous iron available to use for quick one-offs that I need to install by hand.The vertical rail action is pretty smooth, but you kind of need to find the "sweet-spot" on where you push down on the bar, else it can bind up, but that only took a few seconds of testing before I put a part in to figure out.The different sized tips are also included & can be unscrewed and changed out without removing the soldiering iron, but since they are super hot, you'll have to wait for them to cool down before you can do so. That fact alone means that if you are doing 5 inserts of 5 different sizes, it will be a lot quicker to do them by hand. Where 5 of the same size, this is where it really shines! Note: the soldiering iron can easily be removed and used by hand also, so if you don't already have one, this is versatile enough to use it either way! Win-Win!I can say I highly recommend this for any project where you need to do multiple, consistent inserts. Once you have put it together, you can pull it out and be knocking them out within minutes.