Filament Splicing Jig

smooth vase mode color changes!

the multicolored splicing jig used in the pictures was printed with all spliced color changes (except one). it would have been way easier to manually pause and change colors but i had to prove it works.
all 7 pcs of the jig were printed at the same time with the same spliced filament.
i found out a bad join may break. or a badly managed length of multiply-spliced filament can cause a break. or 2. or 3? #@&%=*
that is where the jig turns white.
i had to abandon the spliced filament and i printed the rest with plain white filament.

assembly:
Use a piece of filament as a "hinge pin" to join up the hinged halves. see pic for assembly.

how to use it:
see pics for how to use

Straighten the ends of the filament pieces to be joined.
Insert trimmed filament in one end, attach large tight clip.
Insert trimmed filament in other end, attach smaller loose clip.
Insert heat source between the 2. I have a thin leaf-blade type tip on a wood burning