[sdiy] Heat Gun Recommendation?

Paul Schreiber synth1 at airmail.net
Mon Dec 31 08:12:24 CET 2007


> Look at Paint Strippers in your local hardware store.  Make certain it has 
> a
> 3prong plug.

ACK! A 'paint stripping' gun is about 3X too hot.

Get an Alpha Fit Gun 3 (Allied, Newark, DigiKey, etc). Yes, they are $85. 
But they are the *correct* thing to use. I've had mine 11 years, it works 
perfectly (use the LOW setting). Lesseee...$85/10yr life is 1 meal at 
Wendy's/yr.

Paul S.
life is too short to be a cheap-ass





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