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Tool for heat inserts

A project log for Open Thermal Camera

Opensource, inexpensive, mobile thermal camera for use in electronics, home inspection, non-contact thermometer, heat distribution and more.

themarpeTheMarpe 09/01/2019 at 08:080 Comments

For easier assembly and consistent results with heat inserts, I took an evening to create a heat insert tool for use with a Ersa soldering iron.

It looks something like this

It's made for M2.5 inserts, which are used in housing for our project.

This helps with much nicer finish as tested on our prototype housing.

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