What do people here use for heat shrink tubing?

I'm tired of using matches, and a butane pencil torch seems like overkill.


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"David Nebenzahl" wrote in message
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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.

I run the tip of my soldering iron over it if it small - otherwise I use a
heat gun


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I use a heat gun..

- Mike

"David Nebenzahl" wrote in message
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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.


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Pierre, mon ami. Jetez encore un Scientologiste
dans le baquet d'acide.

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"France recommends dissolving Scientologists"

David Nebenzahl wrote in
.com:

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.

--
Jim Yanik
jyanik
at
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David Nebenzahl wrote:
What do people here use for heat shrink tubing?

I'm tired of using matches, and a butane pencil torch seems like overkill.


I find one of those long nozzled butane lighters used to light outdoor
BBQ's etc. works well in most situations . Big flame to cover a good
size area, but not too hot.

Dan

Jim Yanik wrote:
David Nebenzahl wrote in
.com:

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 ;-)

Dan

Dan spake thus:

Jim Yanik wrote:

David Nebenzahl wrote in
.com:

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? 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?


--
Pierre, mon ami. Jetez encore un Scientologiste
dans le baquet d'acide.

- from a posting in alt.religion.scientology titled
"France recommends dissolving Scientologists"

David Nebenzahl wrote:
Dan spake thus:

Jim Yanik wrote:

David Nebenzahl wrote in
.com:

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? 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?




Not that I'm aware of, the size doesn't matter, that's exactly what
they're designed for amoung other things, it works better than anything
else I've ever tried.

In article ,
David Nebenzahl wrote:

Dan spake thus:

Jim Yanik wrote:

David Nebenzahl wrote in
.com:

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? 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?

I think the real heat guns are considerably hotter than a hair dryer.
They're the best thing in most circumstances. Someone suggested the tip
of a soldering iron, which works, but I find the barrel works better.
The tip is a tad *too* hot sometimes.

I use a heat gun that was designed for heat shrik tubing.

Jerry G.
======

On Wed, 03 May 2006 16:19:30 -0700, David Nebenzahl
put finger to keyboard and composed:

What do people here use for heat shrink tubing?

I'm tired of using matches, and a butane pencil torch seems like overkill.

Hair dryer.

- Franc Zabkar
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"Dan" wrote in message
. ..
David Nebenzahl wrote:
What do people here use for heat shrink tubing?

I'm tired of using matches, and a butane pencil torch seems like
overkill.


I find one of those long nozzled butane lighters used to light outdoor
BBQ's etc. works well in most situations . Big flame to cover a good size
area, but not too hot.

Dan

I use a Black and Decker two heat paint stripper gun for the big stuff, and
a butane flameless mini heatgun, for the small stuff, and have used both for
years. The butane gun is actually a pencil gas torch, of the type that often
has a catalytic soldering tip available for it. The heatgun accessory, is
basically the same, in that the gas passes over a platinum wire catalyser,
which glows red hot, and then exits as a stream of hot gas, from the nozzle.
Intensity of the jet, and temperature, can both be controlled by the setting
of the gas valve. It refills from a normal can of butane cigarette lighter
gas. There are dedicated heatgun only tools as well. Look at

http://www.autobarndeals.com/servlet...uns/Categories

for examples

Arfa

In article ,
David Nebenzahl wrote:
What do people here use for heat shrink tubing?

I'm tired of using matches, and a butane pencil torch seems like
overkill.

Cheapest way is to get a dual heat setting hot air paint stripper gun from
a DIY shed. They're often on offer for a very small sum. Only use on low
power setting. Don't get a single heat setting one as they're rather too
powerful.

The pro types are expensive. They're smaller so might be better if using
heat shrink inside an amp etc and they don't produce so much heat.

But for cables etc, a paint stripper type on 1Kw or less output is fine.
Some hairdriers can also be used if they have a nozzle to direct the
airflow.

--
*Even a blind pig stumbles across an acorn now and again *

Dave Plowman London SW
To e-mail, change noise into sound.

In article , David Nebenzahl wrote:
Dan spake thus:

Jim Yanik wrote:

David Nebenzahl wrote in
.com:

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? 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?


I have an Ungar. You can probably buy one for $300. I also have a Weller station
for about $900. The Ungar has been wonderfull and I bought it over 20 years ago for about $80.


greg

In article , (GregS) wrote:
In article , David Nebenzahl
wrote:
Dan spake thus:

Jim Yanik wrote:

David Nebenzahl wrote in
.com:

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? 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?


I have an Ungar. You can probably buy one for $300. I also have a Weller
station
for about $900. The Ungar has been wonderfull and I bought it over 20 years ago
for about $80.


Ahh, Electronix Express has two models probably cheaper than anybody but
Harbor Freight, but these are for heat shrink.

greg

David Nebenzahl wrote:

What do people here use for heat shrink tubing?

I'm tired of using matches, and a butane pencil torch seems like overkill.

A heat gun is the ideal choice and is quite inexpensive. But for quick
jobs or when I'm away from the bench I often use a butane cigarette
lighter (then give the heatshrunk a quick wipe to remove the soot).


Tim
--
Did I really still have that sig?

On Wed, 03 May 2006 18:52:53 -0700, David Nebenzahl
wrote:

Dan spake thus:

Jim Yanik wrote:

David Nebenzahl wrote in
.com:

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.

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?

I think the major difference between a hair dryer and a heat gun is
airflow.. A heat gun doesn't move nearly the volume of air that a hair dryer
does.

- Mike

"Tom MacIntyre" wrote in message
...
On Wed, 03 May 2006 18:52:53 -0700, David Nebenzahl
wrote:

Dan spake thus:

Jim Yanik wrote:

David Nebenzahl wrote in
.com:

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.

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?

In article ,
David Nebenzahl wrote:

heat a little bitty piece of tubing? Are there any "mini heat guns"
available to heat smaller things?

Not a butane pencil torch (sounds like a blowlamp!) but I use the side
"exhaust port" of an Oryx Portasol butane soldering iron. Usually because
I can't be bothered to change the (hot) soldering iron tip for the proper
hot air blower attachment! In either case, you get a good stream of hot
air, with no flame. Does just fine for small sleeving, might take a while
for larger stuff though!
--
--------------------------------------+------------------------------------
Mike Brown: mjb[at]pootle.demon.co.uk | http://www.pootle.demon.co.uk/

In article , wrote:
On Wed, 03 May 2006 18:52:53 -0700, David Nebenzahl
wrote:

Dan spake thus:

Jim Yanik wrote:

David Nebenzahl wrote in
.com:

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?

(GregS) wrote in
:

In article ,
wrote:
On Wed, 03 May 2006 18:52:53 -0700, David Nebenzahl
wrote:

Dan spake thus:

Jim Yanik wrote:

David Nebenzahl wrote in
.com:

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.


That was the Princess model;is it still being sold by Ungar?

--
Jim Yanik
jyanik
at
kua.net

In article , Jim Yanik wrote:
(GregS) wrote in
:

In article ,
wrote:
On Wed, 03 May 2006 18:52:53 -0700, David Nebenzahl
wrote:

Dan spake thus:

Jim Yanik wrote:

David Nebenzahl wrote in
.com:

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.


That was the Princess model;is it still being sold by Ungar?

I don't know if its called Princess
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