Heat gun
- Tim
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I'm on my second Milwaukee 8977-201. The first one got something inside the works and eventually stopped working, forcing me to buy another. I liked it well enough to seek the same model.
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Fig,
I have been using a $30 Wagner. It is "barely adequate" when I use it, a line from a trash bag advertisement keeps running through my head. The line is "Wimpy-wimpy-wimpy." Tim's Milwaukee looks at least 10 times better.
I have been using a $30 Wagner. It is "barely adequate" when I use it, a line from a trash bag advertisement keeps running through my head. The line is "Wimpy-wimpy-wimpy." Tim's Milwaukee looks at least 10 times better.
Cheers
Dennis
Luders 33 "Paper Moon" Hull No 16
Life is too short to own an ugly boat.
Dennis
Luders 33 "Paper Moon" Hull No 16
Life is too short to own an ugly boat.
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I have that same Milwaukee heat gun. Excellent.
I had had a yard sale cheepie which served well for several years before failing.
I'm pretty much a Milwaukee fan and try to always buy their stuff. Made here, too. One negative is that the 14.4 v batts for my drill are remarkably expensive, and rare, but short lived, for a diy guy.
I had had a yard sale cheepie which served well for several years before failing.
I'm pretty much a Milwaukee fan and try to always buy their stuff. Made here, too. One negative is that the 14.4 v batts for my drill are remarkably expensive, and rare, but short lived, for a diy guy.
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I am a huge fan of Dayton heat guns. Most any with a chrome vent on the side model 750 and 775 are the best of the best. Top out at a thousand degrees. I'm not sure if Daytona rebranded a miluakee or vice versa, but the housings are aluminum/pot metal and weigh a few pounds...
They keep on going and going... instant heat, and way more than anyone needs. We used to use them working extrusion lines for doing sample runs to heat form the plastic... c-clamp them beside the line, and they'd be fine running for hours at a time.
Finally killed the one my grandfather handed down to me last fall... he died in '96. I think its just a short, everything works but the element!
Zach
They keep on going and going... instant heat, and way more than anyone needs. We used to use them working extrusion lines for doing sample runs to heat form the plastic... c-clamp them beside the line, and they'd be fine running for hours at a time.
Finally killed the one my grandfather handed down to me last fall... he died in '96. I think its just a short, everything works but the element!
Zach
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