Happy to see that my tip worked for you! It is designed to not engage the threads perfectly, it should be a slip fit. I've found during testing that it would never center up correctly when making a tight fit. Also just pressing on it will self center with the right angle applied and will not spin on the arbor of the Dremel tool. I came up with this when I needed to weld hull sections of my hovercraft together. Worked perfectly.
Thanks for the tips and the model ! Its a great idea and gives a bit more substance to weld with than just using scrap filament (which seems to be common knowledge but I've never heard or seen it before !! ).
Great video, I saw these on printables or wherever it was and thought "I'll see what f someone tests these first before I go nuts" sure enough, I found you. Thanks mate 👍 I think I'll give em a go
It's called friction welding. In the early days people would cut pieces of old/ nearly finished filament straiten them out and chuck them up in the dremel. I suppose that this way you would get a thicker piece to weld with. Great job. Keep up the good work.
I know right! I think this is going to be one of those things I think of after I've tried to do something and stuffed it when this would have been perfect. Now I've seen it, looks like it's been around for a while so not sure how I never saw this before.
For sure. I don't have have one so not sure if it would melt the parts together as well as this does but happy to hear from anyone that's got one how well that works.
I thought the same thing before doing it. From the tests I was doing, adding the extra filament to the join seems to make it a bit stronger with smaller parts, you don’t get any fumes or residue on the tip (I’m always too impatient and hit the temp too high on the soldering iron so you might not have that problem!). I’ve had a lot of success using ca glue too but this just feels a lot stronger.
I don't have one but I was thinking the same. I imagine it would stick well but more like the slow speed weld or hot glue, just leave material behind and not melt the two parts a little and mix together. I cant say for sure though so if anyone has one that can comment I'd love to hear how it works.
Happy to see that my tip worked for you!
It is designed to not engage the threads perfectly, it should be a slip fit. I've found during testing that it would never center up correctly when making a tight fit.
Also just pressing on it will self center with the right angle applied and will not spin on the arbor of the Dremel tool.
I came up with this when I needed to weld hull sections of my hovercraft together. Worked perfectly.
Thanks for the tips and the model ! Its a great idea and gives a bit more substance to weld with than just using scrap filament (which seems to be common knowledge but I've never heard or seen it before !! ).
I did the welding using straightened pieces of filament in the dremel, last week :)
Seems like it's a pretty well known technique. I don’t know how I haven’t come across it before !
Great video, I saw these on printables or wherever it was and thought "I'll see what f someone tests these first before I go nuts" sure enough, I found you. Thanks mate 👍 I think I'll give em a go
Thanks. It’s a good technique to know as another way to stick things together.
It's called friction welding. In the early days people would cut pieces of old/ nearly finished filament straiten them out and chuck them up in the dremel. I suppose that this way you would get a thicker piece to weld with.
Great job. Keep up the good work.
straighten*
Thanks for the info. I’d never heard of it before so this one was all new to me !
this is for people that don't own CA glue, a hot glue gun, a soldering iron, or a 3D pen, but have a dremel
for sure. :-) One more way to stick things added to the list.
Very cool! I'll have to add this to my "tricks to use if I ever remember when I need it" 😂
Oh and congrats on 1k!
I know right! I think this is going to be one of those things I think of after I've tried to do something and stuffed it when this would have been perfect. Now I've seen it, looks like it's been around for a while so not sure how I never saw this before.
and thanks for the support !!!!!!
A 3D pen would probably work, too.
For sure. I don't have have one so not sure if it would melt the parts together as well as this does but happy to hear from anyone that's got one how well that works.
I don’t see where it is better than using a soldering iron, or chemical bonding. I.e. CA glue.
I thought the same thing before doing it. From the tests I was doing, adding the extra filament to the join seems to make it a bit stronger with smaller parts, you don’t get any fumes or residue on the tip (I’m always too impatient and hit the temp too high on the soldering iron so you might not have that problem!).
I’ve had a lot of success using ca glue too but this just feels a lot stronger.
@@3DPrintSmith what about using a 3D Pen to make a bond?
I don't have one but I was thinking the same. I imagine it would stick well but more like the slow speed weld or hot glue, just leave material behind and not melt the two parts a little and mix together.
I cant say for sure though so if anyone has one that can comment I'd love to hear how it works.
Wtf..Why!!? Why the humanity invented the glue...?
all I can say is it sticks better than glue if you get it right :-)