Magnet Installation Pliers
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Makes installing magnets in prints much easier
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I was having an issue installing the small ¼" (~6mm) magnets I use in the bases of some of my other prints. When using super glue/CA glue, installing the magnet would get my fingertips in the glue as it raised around the edges of the magnets. Obviously, this is messy and not fun. So, I designed a quick set of pliers to solve this.
They are currently designed for the ¼" (~6mm) magnet diameter, but that can always be changed easily, and I am sure slightly larger/smaller diameter would fit as well. If the arms end up getting too close together after use, you can simply pull them apart slightly and hold for a few seconds to “reset” the tip to have a wider gap. The PLA I printed in definitely has a decent amount of “spring” to it to reset to an open position when you remove pressure.
On my A1 mini with Sunlu PLA+ (black), these took ~20mins including the bed leveling, calibration, etc. and around 5g of filament. PLA seems to work fine, I have not tested it with PETG, ABS, etc.