I bought one of those cheap-o ones from Radio Shack (you pop a modified
butane lighter in it) and it's shrunk my tubing just fine. Less than $10.
Good for spot cooking too.
David.
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Mark Pulver [mailto:mpulver@...]
> Sent: Friday, November 12, 1999 8:21 AM
> To: motm@onelist.com
> Subject: Re: [motm] Heat Guns
>
>
> From: Mark Pulver <mpulver@...>
>
> J. Larry Hendry (08:42 AM 11/12/1999) wrote:
>
> >What about those small little butane torch things. One of the techs at
> >work uses one to shrink heat shrink on cabling jobs (but that
> is not near
> >the back of a partially plastic electronic component). Anyone
> use them of
> >have an opinion?
>
> They're good for a couple of months, but I find that if you need to store
> them then they'll tend to leak. If you're constantly out in the field and
> making use of it then they're great.
>
>
> Elhardt:
>
> I prefer to use a heat gun with a concentrator nozzle for
> shrinking stuff.
> The one I have is from my model airplane days, so in general it's
> a bit big
> for simple shrink jobs.
>
> You may wanna to check out that avenue... I don't think you'll find the
> quality of the FIT, but it's an option. A local hobby shop should carry
> them, or you can shop online at places like Tower Hobbies.
>
> http://www.towerhobbies.com/
> search for "heat gun" (no quotes)
>
>
> Mark
>
>