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I use a lot of heatshrink at work, daily. Wanted something to cut heatshrink tubing to length quicker than my current method. There are automatic machines that do it but they cost $2-3K. Found 3D printed plans online for guillotine style cutters but I don't have a 3D printer. Here's what I came up with.
Went this route for better portability. 1.5" length is what I normally cut to but I made it up to 1.75" capacity. Used a thumbscrew for adjustability & milled a flat on the rod for the thumbscrew. Not that it matters but the rod is 303, depth bar or whatever is just aluminum, piece of scrap Mic-6 IIRC. Thumbscrew is also SS for no reason other than appearance/style.
Looks goofy as heck but my contraption works! Well enough for me anyway.
I don't actually sort them nice & neat like this, no time for that at work. They just end up sorting themselves as the case gets shaken around (entropic force?). Wish the butt connectors wouldn't actually do that though, they get tough to grab when they do & I have to stir them up.
Went this route for better portability. 1.5" length is what I normally cut to but I made it up to 1.75" capacity. Used a thumbscrew for adjustability & milled a flat on the rod for the thumbscrew. Not that it matters but the rod is 303, depth bar or whatever is just aluminum, piece of scrap Mic-6 IIRC. Thumbscrew is also SS for no reason other than appearance/style.
Looks goofy as heck but my contraption works! Well enough for me anyway.
I don't actually sort them nice & neat like this, no time for that at work. They just end up sorting themselves as the case gets shaken around (entropic force?). Wish the butt connectors wouldn't actually do that though, they get tough to grab when they do & I have to stir them up.