Resizing iron
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Resizing iron
Major upgrade from my minimally modified soldering iron!
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Re: Resizing iron
Do you have a way to secure it in place while it's doing the work of melting and then cooling back down, or do you have to hold it the whole time?
Could you post details of how it was built, and what parts were used?
I'd posted some pics of a method I used for other plastic remolding for other purposes over here
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but what you have is designed for the purpose, and would be much better for people to be able to use (they wouldn't need to adapt my info to their purpose).
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Iron is machined aluminum with a 6mmX80mm 100 watt 220 volt mold heater cartridge inside it.
Running the cartridge at 110 VAc seems to supply just the right amount of heat. (Still need to test)
Stem is 8mm stainless steel tube TIG welded to 10 and 12mm tubes and then pressed into a drilled out file handle.
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140cm Sasy Amazon doll. Purchased: 5/14/2019, Measurements: K - cup / 31K - 19 - 25 @ 51 lbs
125cm Amazon doll. Purchased: 3/24/2024, Measurements: G - cup / 26G - 17 - 25 @ 39.8 lbs
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Fantastic Plastic wrote: ↑Mon Jun 06, 2022 11:18 am "Yes, no fixture or stabilization provision.
Iron is machined aluminum with a 6mmX80mm 100 watt 220 volt mold heater cartridge inside it.
Running the cartridge at 110 VAc seems to supply just the right amount of heat. (Still need to test)
Stem is 8mm stainless steel tube TIG welded to 10 and 12mm tubes and then pressed into a drilled out file handle."
So I take it this is to use instead of the rework station hot air adaptor shown here, used for enlarging the mouth of the orfices in conjunction with the soldering iron?
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Re: Resizing iron
Unfortunately silicone needs to be cast into the shape you want it to have, and isn't remoldable thermally like TPR and TPE.