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πŸ”₯ Weller WES51 Compatible Heat-Set Insert Installation Guide for M2, M2.5, M3, M4, and M5 Inserts for Effective Assembly of 3D Printed Components Review

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Description of πŸ”₯ Weller WES51 Compatible Heat-Set Insert Installation Guide for M2, M2.5, M3, M4, and M5 Inserts for Effective Assembly of 3D Printed Components

Designed and manufactured in the USA. The original long shank tip for the WES51/WESD51 iron. If you see others with these shapes not made by Virtjoule, they are copy cats. Longer shank than other tips allows you to reach deeper into 3D printed parts and tight corners to install heat-set inserts without touching your iron and melting the plastic. Installation tip works better than soldering iron tip since conical tips can catch on the insert and accidentally pull the insert out while melting the plastic and ruining the part. 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. Compact tip cradle included to keep them together when they're not being used. Wide size range gives you lots of flexibility to choose the right insert for your 3D printing project.

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Revainrating 5 out of 5

Perfect for my Weller WES50

The right tool is always good. It is totally normal. I put the pin in the Dremel drill press. Straight inserts, nothing dangles. I use McMaster inserts.

Pros
  • Threaded Inserts
Cons
  • High price

Revainrating 5 out of 5

Perfect for my WES51

Perfect for my WES51. I was able to easily replace my regular soldering iron tip with one of these and it worked great to fit some inserts into the Raspberry Pi case I printed out.

Pros
  • Heater inserts
Cons
  • Not sure

Revainrating 3 out of 5

Hard work, expensive, tight-fitting

You do the work that matters. However, they are awfully tight to the liners, making you want to pull them out with the tip while the plastic is still melted. I'm going to sand down the tips a bit to try and help this. Also, these were the only ones I could find for my application that can take as much as they want I think, but they still seem overpriced.

Pros
  • Industry & Science
Cons
  • Things to know

Revainrating 5 out of 5

Works great with My and Weller WE1010NA Inserts

They fit and work with my Weller WE1010NA digital soldering station. I bought these to replace another set of heating inserts that only came in 2 sizes so I'm glad they cover more inserts. I like the fact that these tips fit better on the earbuds I use. This way, with a heated iron, I can lift the inserts and insert them into the hole in one motion. But they aren't so tight that they interfere with pulling the iron out when the insert is in place. This makes installation much faster and easier!

Pros
  • Hardware
Cons
  • Weight