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I've tried the soldering iron approach with almost no
success.
If your not squeamish, you can use a gas stove. Just
fire up a burner, and wave the part to be shrunken quickly
over the flames, until it shrinks. Note, don't put the
part IN the flames, but 4-10 inches above them. This
works, but you do have to be very careful not to heat up
other parts of the board. If you have some extra heat
shrink tubing left over, you can try the technique out
with it.
hdan
-----Original Message-----
From: andy@... [mailto:andy@...]
Sent: Wednesday, July 05, 2000 4:48 PM
To: motm@egroups.com
Subject: [motm] Assembly question
Some of my modules have arrived and I am starting assembly. Starting
with the Power supply module first, there comes a step where it calls
for heat shrink wrap tubing. In the Power Supply instructions, Paul
suggests using an Alpha Fitgun3. I cannot find much on the web
about that product, but I do find lots of info on other brands of
heat guns.
Do I need a heat gun to shrink the tubing? Can I use something else,
like passing the soldering iron nearby? Is there a cheap way of
doing the heat shrinking? Is there a lot of heat shrinking done in
the other kits that would justify buying a quality heat gun?
Thanks for any help.
Andy Miller
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