Tapping into 3D Printed Parts

[Aaron Ng]

Originally Posted by Chak

Someone on my team did that, except he also pointed a heat gun at the 3D printed part before he forced the screw on to soften it around the screw. It worked, but then again he was just making a mount for a computer fan and so didn't need much strength.

bit of a correction: I heated up the bolt only, and with a hot bolt, threaded the plastic. Pointing a heat-gun at the piece would have probably killed it

The threads are clean, and I would think that this is the strongest way to tap a piece of plastic, but that's just my gut feeling.

Of course, it also depends on how deep the threading is, and the bolt size. But like others have recommended, putting a nut on the other end would make a undoubtedly stronger product then my method.