Heat gun

Anyone here keep a heat gun in there arsonal…..I really like the Steinel brand from Gemany, currently using a HL1910 E gun with temp control. I find many uses for a heat gun more so than I ever thought. They also offer a variety of tips for your particular needs.

I need to invest in a heat gun I find myself saying that I wish I had a heat gun right now all too often.

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I have a dewalt heat gun. I don’t use it much but i do have it.

Fletcher94 wrote:

I have a dewalt heat gun. I don’t use it much but i do have it.

Is that the model with the swappable tips?

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jimboslice wrote:

Is that the model with the swappable tips?

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Yes…..however you can buy most of thier models with tips as a kit or just the tool by itself.

I just stick with a torch 😀

Got a heat gun on the welding station. And a portable one (dremel versatip, gass powered). Both works for small stuff.

For larger stuff I’ve got a cheap china heat gun (2kW).

But it’s electric is awfull, and all the lights in the house starts blinking when it is in use (Sends a lot of electric noise into the system). And if I turn it off after use on max temp, the plastic will melt. (So you need to run it on half power before you turn it off)

Not good at all, and should probably be replaced with something nice. The metabo one looks pretty cool. 😀

http://dorchdanola-netbutik.dk/product/metabo-varmluftpistol-he-23-650-control-2300-watt-3995/

jimboslice wrote:

Is that the model with the swappable tips?

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Yep, it’s got seven tips. It also has a lcd display thing to adjust heat setting. I would have to look at it to know the exact model.

yes I have a heat gun in my bag of tricks….not as fancy as that one but does what I need it too……works good with plastic and some times upholstery

Fletcher94 wrote:

Yep, it’s got seven tips. It also has a lcd display thing to adjust heat setting. I would have to look at it to know the exact model.

If your talking about the Steinel, the 2010E model has the temp display also there is the 1910E model which is the same as the first but with no temp display.

I have the Steinel HL 1910E which is great with the analog heat control. No fancy LCD temp display but I’m a bit of a “cool-warm-burning” type of guy. [emoji2]

hemdale wrote:

I have the Steinel HL 1910E which is great with the analog heat control. No fancy LCD temp display but I’m a bit of a “cool-warm-burning” type of guy. [emoji2]

Yep its a great and durable heat gun, I like mine alot.

@jbw55: do you use the cool ir feature to cool the gun down more rapidly ?

hemdale wrote:

@jbw55: do you use the cool ir feature to cool the gun down more rapidly ?

Only if I’m changing tips or I need to cool down what I’m working on otherwise I just let it cool by itself before going back in the case.

Santi_78342 wrote:

I just stick with a torch 😀

My thoughts. 

Definetly gotta have a heat gun in the arsenal! Very useful tool that really has no other substitutes in a lot of situations . I use a variable temp makita

I use my heat gun all the time. I bought it like 10 years ago for working on hockey sticks but I use it all the time for just about everything I need heat. What’s incredible about it is that I only paid about $10 for it at Sears and now even the off-brand cheap heat guns are four times the price! You can barely buy the reducing tip for $10! 

jbw55 wrote:

If your talking about the Steinel, the 2010E model has the temp display also there is the 1910E model which is the same as the first but with no temp display.

No, it’s by dewalt. Well at least it’s dewalt branded, not sure exactly who made it.