As you all are aware not every print that you make comes out perfect , maybe its stuck to the bed , has a few bits of stray plastic , the holes are not the right size , so you need an easy way of fixing your prints with this 3D printer tools:
In the postbag comes a USB 3D Print Tool – Which I must say is pretty impressive
Its is packaged well and has a good specification
- What do you get
- A USB Device (by all appearances a soldering iron) 5V 8W
- 4 Tips
- Consisting of a Knife Tip , Needle Tip , Point Tip , Scoop Tip , a stand
Plug it into a USB port and hey presto it should heat up to 300c (572F) in less than 15 seconds , with a maximum temperature of 450c (842F),Fast cool down in less than 30 seconds , And if you forget and leave it turned on it will go to sleep after 25 seconds.
It has a touch switch and a indicator light., its pretty small , very light and I think it is a useful addition to the 3D Printers arsenal of tools.
How do you use the tool
Having played about with the tool I find it easy to use and realised it can do more than just fixing bad prints and making holes bigger , you can actually sculpt with the hot end , and one of my favourite jobs is to help nuts and other metal parts embed into the plastic.
The Knife Tip 3D printer tools
This is great for removing brims and rafts
The Needle Tip – 3D printer tools
Fantastic for enlarging holes
The Point Tip – 3D printer tools
Use this for enhancing details on your print
The Scoop Tip – 3D printer tools
Use this for cleaning out or smoothing rounded parts that have little straggling edges.
The guys who designed this little tool have thoughtfully provided a link to download a part you can print to use with them/thing:1185681
Click on the picture to go to thingiverse
My Thoughts
A nice neat well packaged tool , small enough to keep close at hand , good value and it works well.
Quite a few items on a raft – This lot has been stuck on the raft for about a week – and still the tool got them off – I did not take very long either.
Where can I get one
I am looking at supplying from the new Drakkn Custom Shop website when it is ready or you can buy direct from MODIFI3D where they show a list of stockists.
Acknowledgements
My thanks to modifi3d for sending me their tool for review and some of the photo’s from their website
The article is good but you are offering help for a product without any link to buy one. please update with a link even if it is temporary so people can buy one.
You can purchase the product via one of the stockists on the http://www.modifi3d.co.uk website
How is this different from a regular soddering iron?
The main difference is that it is a usb device with a set of tools for specific jobs , normal soldering irons have a much higher output specification and come with one tip.
I would think if you wanted to you could purchase the sames types of tips for your own soldering iron ,
Supposedly the tips also have a coating that should stop the filament from sticking to the tip.
Its seems so , also I guess you could clean your tips when they have cooled down in acetone