"jim rozen" wrote in message
...

While doing the cord I figured the cord clamp wasn't *quite*
grabbing the cord enough, so I thought some heat-shrink on
the cord OD would improve matters.

There was an impressive *Pop* from the innards of the heat
gun, and then smoke began to gently waft from the air intake.

So after I put electrical tape on the drill cordset...


That's why you should always keep a spare BIC Lighter around. Just rotate
the heat shrink, like a pig on a spit, well over the flame so that it
shrinks evenly and doesn't char or burn.