[Heathkit] Heat shrink gun

[Glen Zook]

They have been around since before heat shrink was invented.  I just got tired of "borrowing" my wife's hair dryer to shrink the tubing.  Besides, the heat gun works considerably faster and draws less current.  Normally I only have to use heat shrink on one or two connections at a time.  But, I had a project for a client that required working on several Jones type connectors.  Using a hair dryer on that many connections would have taken some time.  Then the Harbor Freight flyer came with the $10 heat gun.  Since there is a Harbor Freight store about 5 miles from my house I drove over and got the gun.

Harbor Freight has had these for some time.  However, the "half price" was the thing that caught my eye.

Glen, K9STH

Website:  http://k9sth.com


--- On Sun, 11/16/08, rbethman <rbethman at comcast.net> wrote:

> From: rbethman <rbethman at comcast.net>

These are hardly "new".  Maybe just new for Harbor Freight.
 
We've been using them in R/C aircraft for decades.  We shrink the mylar coverings put out by numerous companies.  I couldn't tell you what I paid for it over ten years ago, but it does heat shrink VERY well.