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GregS
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Heat source for heat shrink
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On Wed, 03 May 2006 18:52:53 -0700, David Nebenzahl
wrote:
Dan spake thus:
Jim Yanik wrote:
David Nebenzahl wrote in
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What do people here use for heat shrink tubing?
I'm tired of using matches, and a butane pencil torch seems like
overkill.
an electric heat gun.
Harbor Freight sells them VERY inexpensively.
I imagine some better hair dryers would also work.
I have one of those HF guns. Also works fine but of course you have to
plug it in somewhere ;-)
I thought about a heat gun; we're talking about those things that are
basically glorified blow dryers, right?
I think they are basically a blow dryer with the element closer to the
end of the blower tube...blow dryers have pretty-well maxed out the
wattage of a 120 VAC circuit.
The Ungar has a narrow opening and has different tips to control the flow
some more. Its about 600 watts. Will melt solder at about 600 to 700 degrees.
greg
Tom
Isn't that a little much just to
heat a little bitty piece of tubing? Are there any "mini heat guns"
available to heat smaller things?
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