 All right, IonMPI this week brought to you by Digikey and Adafruit. IonMPI is when we look at the latest and greatest cool stuff and more on digikey.com. This is General Tools. This is one of their graphics, they grabbed that from Twitter. What did they make and what is this week's IonMPI that is on Digikey? Okay, so last week's IonMPI was physically big, so we're going to do the office, but this one's physically small. So we thought we would do this from the desk of Lady Aida. So this week's IonMPI is the Jonard micro deburring tool. And so, you know, deburring tools are not new. I know you've probably been like, I've seen these before, why is IonMPI? But I remember the first time I saw a deburring tool. I was at the media lab and Saul Griffith was showing me like, you know, I drilled something out and I was like trying to file the hole or the cut. And he was like, that's going to take forever. It's a pain. You have to like jigging. You have to hold in the vice and you're going to mar it. The best thing to use is to use a deburring tool. And he picked this up and handed it to me. And I was like, you showed me how to use it. I was like, oh my God, this thing is so cool. So I do recommend if you don't own one, it's a good idea. They're only 20 bucks and they are super useful. So a deburring tool, I mean, this is just grab the graphic. Basically, this is curved S-blade that sits in a ball bearing and it's got a nice handle. Traditionally, they were used for cleaning pipes. So like if you're a plumber or an electrician and you're cutting conduit or copper pipe or PVC pipe, you cut it and there's all these little bits and pieces and burrs left over from the cutting edge. And you use the deburring tool to clean up, especially if you want to fit pipes together and you want them to be flush or you want to glue things and you didn't want to have any, as my parents would say, schmutz in the way. So this is what a deburring tool normally is used for but it's also used for, and this is another nice demo. It also can be used for other stuff like 3D prints and PCBs, especially when I was making PCBs with copper etching. I would laminate and then copper etch with ferric chloride or copper chloride, the copper off. And then I would cut the PCBs down with, I can even show them my diagonal cutters and diagonal cutters, my sheet metal cutters. They always leave kind of a gross burr at the end and I would use the deburring tool to clean it up and make it nice and pretty. So it's pretty easy to use, you just grip with your hand. It's nice because you don't have to use a vise and you don't have to jig your tool. So it's like, especially for round stuff or delicate stuff, it doesn't get hurt and then you just kind of do this elegant swipe emotion, which I'll show you. It takes a few moments to get used to it. If you've never used, you know, the first time you'll get stuck but just practice it for a minute or two and then you'll have a beautiful deburred output. And then I found some photos of, because I was like, oh, like, can I find any photos or videos of people deburring? Turns out there aren't any. I mean, I'll show it live. But I did get this nice picture. This is an amplifier. Actually, continue with the next picture. This is, I think I swapped the two pics. So this is like that amplifier saw on Flickr. Somebody, you know, they printed out this template. You paste it on top of a box and then you use a hole saw or a drill to cut through. But you see how, if you go back the previous one, it's all really rough. This is exactly where you would use a deburring tool. You go in and you just scrape away and it's so satisfying. You scrape away all those burrs and you get like a beautiful, slightly countersunk finish. And then don't forget also to pick up extra blades. The blades do go dull, especially if you're using them on metal. You can use these deburring tools on brass and copper. Mild steel, not stainless steel. Aluminum is fine. Of course, all sorts of plastics. We'll work on glass. Anything kind of soft. Foam is too soft, but you know, maybe modeling foam is okay. Like the kind of firm stuff that you would use with your Modella or your CNC, you know, not super hard stuff, but like the kind of firm stuff. And of course, all sorts of woods as well. So also I did want to shout out while, you know, after you book your order on Digikey, go check out the Genard Tools TikTok, which is filled with really good videos on how to use hand tools and like details and the answer questions. You can ask them questions about their tools and they'll answer them as well. But for now, I thought maybe before we pop over the video, I could show live demo of this tool and make sure I'm, okay, good. So yeah, so this is the handle. I'll say the handle does not open. There's some tools I've seen that the handle opens it holds it blades, but this one doesn't. To change the blades really easy, you pull this down and this releases to reinstall. You pull it in and it does a nice click and then this moves freely. So for example, you know, this is a nice 3D print, but let's say you had a burr edge on the 3D print. I like to put my thumb to support it and then you can just scrape to create a nice edge. You can see it like it's giving me a nice, much smoother, non-sharp edge and this is resin. So it goes from having a good nice sharp edge to a nice smooth edge. The other thing I use it for, hold on, it's to clean up the edge also. You can see this makes a nice clean, smooth cut and you'll get a smooth deburring edge and you can go the other direction as well. So a nice little tool, definitely easier than sanding, especially if you have stuff like plastic that you can't sand or it'll gum up your sandpaper or your file, this doesn't gum up because it's got a blade on it. And then finally, not recommended, but something I do do, but again, if you're doing this, make sure that you are doing it with a vacuum or over a trash can is, if you have a hole, like I had holes in my PCBs that were mounting holes that were too small, you can go in and like very carefully, you can either countersink them or enlarge them. Not what it's supposed to do, it's not meant for fiberglass and of course you wanna clip the fiberglass dust real well, but I have done it. It works of course better on paper phenolic. For paper phenolic it works great. So sometimes it's like, I'll mill a shape or I'll cut a shape that I need to have it be a little cleaner or a little bit bigger, I'll go in with the deburring tool as well. So, deburring tool, this one's mine, I actually bought it for myself, but also a great INMPI. And that's this week's INMPI. Do you wanna play their video? Yeah, let's play their video because they had more than one else. Yeah, I should say, you know, available on Digikey. They have some stuff. There's a few left in stock, so make sure to get it and we're gonna play this video and see you on the other side in two minutes. Hey guys, Ed here from Jonard Tools. Today I want to talk to you about one of our latest new products, the DB-5. The DB-5 is a micro duct deburring tool. This tool is perfect for prepping the inside of micro ducts for termination or connectorization. The tool features the following. A high speed steel blade that has 0.71 inches of cutting edge. S-shaped design makes it nice and easy to use. Ergonomic rubberized handle, which gives you comfort and good secure grip. Easily removable blade. We sell replacement blades. The replacement blade part number is DB-5 RB. Simply pull the collar down, insert the blade back, listen for the click, and the tool is ready to go. Let me show you how to use it. Simply take the tool, insert it into the duct, rotate several times. You now have a nice clean chamfered end. Doesn't matter the size of the tube, it'll work on something very small as this as well. And you can see nice edge on it. This tool will also work on PVC pipe, high density polyethylene tubes and piping. It will also work on steel, copper, and aluminum conduit or ducts. Thank you for watching our video. Please take a moment, like, share, comment below. Subscribe to our channel to see the latest videos from Joan R. Tools.