Can You Inject Hot Glue Into 3D Printed Molds? | DIY Cable Repair & Protection - spoiler: yes, it's neat
Can You Inject Hot Glue Into 3D Printed Molds? | DIY Cable Repair & Protection - spoiler: yes, it's neat
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This guy gonna poop his pants when he discovers heat-shrink tubing.
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Yeah I guess heat-shrink would do the job most of the time. But for when you have connectors that are too big to fit the right heat-shrink over or want to splice more than 2 wires together and want a waterproof seal over them this could be useful.
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Imagine if some brands included strain relief at the expense of thinner, sleeker cables.
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Loads do.
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Absolutely! I hate how Apple prioritizes form over function. Definitely not only them, but everyone seems to follow whatever they do...
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I just glued these to mold halves to eachother, and now they're stuck together 🤣
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Hence why he used veg oil the second time.
Interesting project. Can't think of anything where adhesive shrink wrap would not do a better job.
But worth remembering for odd projects.
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I'm positive I saw a purpose-built stick out there for use in this application. like you can run it through any regular glue gun but you get rubber out the other end
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whoa, you're not kidding. I never thought of that and searched it. This page looks like an industrial supplier of different kinds. https://www.hotmelt.com/collections/hot-melt-glue-sticks
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this stuff was like a black vulcanized rubber, and I saw it on TikTok but now I can't find it anywhere
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