Thankfully, [Alex Rich] came up with a cheap solution: a modified soldering iron mounted to an Arbor press. Commercial threaded insert presses typically use ultrasonic welding or heat welding to ...

These fasteners have been designed to assemble unconventional materials, such as ultra high-strength steel and bioplastics.

If you’re building mechanical assemblies with 3D printed parts, you’ll quickly realize that driving machine screws into thermoplastic isn’t exactly an ideal solution. It can work in a pinch ...