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Re: Strip: heat guns
By:Simeon
Date: 12/30/2010, 7:24 pm
In Response To: Strip: heat guns (george jung)

I've got a Makita - it has a thermocouple, so it maintains the same temperature regardless of airflow. Even if you completely block the end of it, it stays the same temp.

Yep, it was more expensive than the cheap nasty overgrown hair-dryer variety, but I think the reliable temperature is worth it. There's an additional reducing tip I could get for it that would allow me to heat weld plastic.

My advice once you get one is to grab a couple of scrap strips and experiment - you'll be surprised just how much you can torture a strip and have it stay there once cooled.

: I know this has been covered before, but when I 'searched', it
: appears Bill Hamm had rigged the system; all that came up was
: Ebonizing (a great thread, but doesn't answer my questions....
: )!

: Just kidding, Bill. But this is easy - any recommendations for heat
: guns, for easing the bending of strips?

Messages In This Thread

Strip: heat guns
george jung -- 12/30/2010, 6:36 pm
Re: Strip: heat guns
Allan -- 12/30/2010, 11:46 pm
Re: Strip: heat guns
Simeon -- 12/30/2010, 7:24 pm
Re: Strip: heat guns *PIC*
Al Edie -- 12/30/2010, 9:01 pm
Re: Strip: heat guns
Bill Hamm -- 12/30/2010, 11:37 pm
Re: Strip: heat guns
Simeon -- 12/31/2010, 3:17 am
Re: Strip: heat guns
Bill Hamm -- 12/31/2010, 8:41 am
Re: Strip: heat guns
george jung -- 12/31/2010, 10:35 am
Re: Strip: heat guns
Al Edie -- 12/31/2010, 11:04 am
Shock protection?
Paul G. Jacobson -- 12/31/2010, 9:21 pm
Re: Shock protection?
Kirk Fredericks -- 12/31/2010, 10:17 pm
Re: Shock protection?
george jung -- 1/1/2011, 12:49 pm
Re: Shock protection?
Kirk Fredericks -- 1/1/2011, 1:25 pm
Re: Shock protection?
Bill Hamm -- 1/1/2011, 10:54 pm
Re: Shock protection?
Kirk Fredericks -- 1/2/2011, 12:36 am
Re: Shock protection?
Al Edie -- 1/3/2011, 1:47 pm
Re: Shock protection?
Kirk Fredericks -- 1/3/2011, 2:39 pm
Re: Shock protection?
Al Edie -- 1/3/2011, 4:21 pm
Re: Shock protection?
george jung -- 1/4/2011, 7:25 pm
Re: Strip: heat guns
george jung -- 12/31/2010, 2:00 pm
Re: Strip: heat guns
Al Edie -- 12/31/2010, 9:21 pm
Re: Strip: heat guns
Bill Hamm -- 12/31/2010, 5:37 pm
Re: Strip: heat guns *PIC*
Al Edie -- 12/30/2010, 8:56 pm
Re: Strip: heat guns
Bill Hamm -- 12/30/2010, 7:11 pm
Re: Strip: heat guns
David Bynoe -- 12/30/2010, 7:00 pm