Plastic solutions supplier Globeius and its new acquisition Plastixs are exhibiting together for the first time in the U.S.

(Alas; they weren’t, but thankfully injection-molding plastic has made these parts a commodity.) Heat-set inserts work by softening the surrounding material as they’re being installed.

Heat shrink tubing might be your friend ... fit into and a more-or-less stock hot glue gun, which fills the mold with melted plastic. [Print Practical] thought it just might be possible to 3D ...