We makers have a tendency to make use of sizzling glue weapons much more usually than most of us want to admit. I don’t even need to speak about what number of of my gadgets have PCBs held in enclosures with sizzling glue. However like each different maker on the planet, I feel the new glue weapons themselves are irritating to make use of. John Boss agreed, which is why he got down to construct a greater one.
There have been two frustrations specifically that Boss wished to handle they usually’re widespread to nearly each sizzling glue gun mannequin in existence. The primary was the mechanism for pushing glue sticks, which grips too far again and so can’t push half-used sticks. The second was the flimsy stand, which by no means supplies sufficient assist and is sort of ineffective.
Boss’s answer was to design a brand new 3D-printable sizzling glue gun that makes use of the heating component from a preferred mannequin of sizzling glue gun that you’ll find at any massive field retailer.
This design has an prolonged ratcheting mechanism to push the new glue. It’s lengthy sufficient to push a complete stick via and has a pleasant spring-loading characteristic for fast adjustment. It additionally has magnets embedded beneath the “barrel,” so it could actually relaxation securely on the accompanying stand or something ferrous.
Plus, it seems very cool. And as a bonus, it has built-in storage for eight additional glue sticks.
Boss hasn’t but launched this design for others to make use of, so make sure to touch upon his video for those who’d like him to do this.
