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Can You Inject Hot Glue Into 3D Printed Molds? | DIY Cable Repair & Protection - spoiler: yes, it's neat(youtu.be)

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Imgonnatrythis@sh.itjust.works
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This guy gonna poop his pants when he discovers heat-shrink tubing.

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pelletbucket@lemm.ee
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I have a fraying cable that is usba on both ends, I can’t fit the appropriate size shrink tube over the connector. I need this product

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lud@lemm.ee
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Try to see if you can find some heat shrink tubing with extra shrink ratio so you can use a bigger one that fits and still have the result you desire.

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Imgonnatrythis@sh.itjust.works
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For all those wondering, extra shrink ratio is real - it’s not just a made up thing, no judgements should be passed, some things just shrink more than others and that’s a fact of nature.

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pelletbucket@lemm.ee
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I just got out of the pool

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half_built_pyramids@lemmy.world
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I’m gonna poop his pants

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Zorque@lemmy.world
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So it was you who pooped my pants at the prom…

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Imgonnatrythis@sh.itjust.works
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Don’t do that. It’s the worst. Someone did that to me once and it’s incredibly hard to convince others that it wasn’t YOU that pooped YOUR pants. Such a mean thing to do!

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Empricorn@feddit.nl
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Don’t let your dreams stay dreams.

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WaltzingKea@lemmy.nz
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Yeah I guess heat-shrink would do the job most of the time. But for when you have connectors that are too big to fit the right heat-shrink over or want to splice more than 2 wires together and want a waterproof seal over them this could be useful.

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Imgonnatrythis@sh.itjust.works
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Why not use injectable silicone instead of hot glue though?

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Droechai@lemm.ee
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Hot glue is cheap, easy to handle and easier to clean away is my guesses… I would definitely try a silicone gun

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