Soldering Tip Holder #3DThursday #3DPrinting

Shared by grumble on Thingiverse:

A box for storing the soldering iron tips of a cheap ZD99 soldering station. The cap is thin enough that the holder can be velcroed to the soldering station.

The 3D model here isn’t quite perfect and I had to use a heatgun to get a proper fit for the cap and cleanup some other issues with tolerance. Printing it slightly larger (103% or so) might be a good idea. The Fusion360 source file is included.

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Every Thursday is #3dthursday here at Adafruit! The DIY 3D printing community has passion and dedication for making solid objects from digital models. Recently, we have noticed electronics projects integrated with 3D printed enclosures, brackets, and sculptures, so each Thursday we celebrate and highlight these bold pioneers!

Have you considered building a 3D project around an Arduino or other microcontroller? How about printing a bracket to mount your Raspberry Pi to the back of your HD monitor? And don’t forget the countless LED projects that are possible when you are modeling your projects in 3D!

The Adafruit Learning System has dozens of great tools to get you well on your way to creating incredible works of engineering, interactive art, and design with your 3D printer! If you’ve made a cool project that combines 3D printing and electronics, be sure to let us know, and we’ll feature it here!