When just one isn't enough
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Windows are done except for four upstairs that need new sashes. That's another job. Stripping sashes with one gun actually wasn't bad.
The current project is the front porch. At some point it had been closed in with some aluminum storm windows. It's going back to an open porch.
The exterior had been sided over with vinyl but that will not be going back on. Had to replace a little wood here and there, most of the damage was caused by the vinyl overtop. And of course everything has many layers of paint. So in the interest of making it last and look decent it's getting stripped.
From this.
To this.
I kind of want to try three heat guns.
The current project is the front porch. At some point it had been closed in with some aluminum storm windows. It's going back to an open porch.
The exterior had been sided over with vinyl but that will not be going back on. Had to replace a little wood here and there, most of the damage was caused by the vinyl overtop. And of course everything has many layers of paint. So in the interest of making it last and look decent it's getting stripped.
From this.
To this.
I kind of want to try three heat guns.
BlakeTheCarGuy
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Hey if it works, it works. I laughed when I seen the picture of them duck taped together.
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I made the thread as a little bit of a joke. The heat gun is for real, I've been using it. Gotta be able to hold it with one hand. Sure beats dry scrapping!
But it's kind of the polar opposite of what most post about here. Lots of people with a bunch repeat tools. Usually pretty well polished. Nothing against that, I'm just more about getting the job done effectively.
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captain14
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I like it. I used a heat gun and scrapper last fall on my 80 year old garage door. Lots of work involved.
Two photos of the work in progress, one patch installed and the finished door about 26-27 work hours later.
Two photos of the work in progress, one patch installed and the finished door about 26-27 work hours later.
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BlakeTheCarGuy
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I made the thread as a little bit of a joke. The heat gun is for real, I've been using it. Gotta be able to hold it with one hand. Sure beats dry scrapping!
But it's kind of the polar opposite of what most post about here. Lots of people with a bunch repeat tools. Usually pretty well polished. Nothing against that, I'm just more about getting the job done effectively.
Definitely beats scraping for sure. Yeah I don’t polish my tools either that’s weird in my opinion.
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I have multiples of most tools because:
1-if I lose 1 I can keep working and find it when the job is finished.
2- If 1 breaks, I have a back up
3- I found the tool on clearance at a store for a great price and bought the lot
4-said tool is of a vintage that tools were well made and these tools are getting harder to find
5- e- bay
6- I am a tool addict
7- I may be. Hoarder
1-if I lose 1 I can keep working and find it when the job is finished.
2- If 1 breaks, I have a back up
3- I found the tool on clearance at a store for a great price and bought the lot
4-said tool is of a vintage that tools were well made and these tools are getting harder to find
5- e- bay
6- I am a tool addict
7- I may be. Hoarder
matt_i
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I've worked with my Dad before sweating some 1-1/2" copper pipe where the little bottle propane torches we had at the time were not going to cut it, using only one. So we both lit one and brought the temp up enough to flow the solder.
It worked just great like I am sure your tools did!
It worked just great like I am sure your tools did!
BlakeTheCarGuy
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Haha.
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toolchaser
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She straps a flame thrower to a projectile firing gun to go after the creature. Not a huge Sci-fi guy myself, but the original is a classic. I used 2 heat guns simultaneously to heat an engine block for painting, but on seperate stands, not ganged together
Dave455
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It’s an M1A1 .45 with parts of a Franchi Spas 12 stuck on!
Not a huge Sci Fi guy myself either, but the original film was definitely something of a classic!
66HertzClone
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Hmmmmm, this isn't what came to mind when I read the title.
Reminds me of over the winter, I zip-tied my heat gun to an 8ft 2x2 and held it up to my motion light that had frozen up. I was too lazy to get the ladder, plus the ground was icy, lol. Sometimes you gotta do what you gotta do.
One of the few sequels that can be seen first and doesn't really lose anything. Also the sequel is equal to - I'd say better in some respects - to the original. Worth a Saturday night when the kiddies won't be watching.
The prop guys took a Thompson submachine gun and attached a modified Remington 870 pump action shot gun underneath the barrel. Then Ripley took a liquid fueled flame thrower and nylon strapped and duct taped the two together.
The Marines - when it absolutely, positively has to be destroyed overnight!
https://avp.fandom.com/wiki/M41A_Pulse_Rifle
Did you run that off a single circuit or did you have to use two different ones? Just curious cause I know those guys draw a lot of amps and was thinking that it would trip a single breaker running two for extended periods.
Hey I figured a good title might make up for the tool.
I was figuring two at first but they're 1200w guns. Together they're right at 20A and it hasn't tripped yet, even with some lights on the same circuit.
LX-Markham
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Double barrel heat gun.
Thread of awesome this belongs.
Thread of awesome this belongs.
I made the thread as a little bit of a joke. The heat gun is for real, I've been using it. Gotta be able to hold it with one hand. Sure beats dry scrapping!
But it's kind of the polar opposite of what most post about here. Lots of people with a bunch repeat tools. Usually pretty well polished. Nothing against that, I'm just more about getting the job done effectively.
Amen. Pretty sure a lot of guys here would spend 10 hours on a lathe making some bracket to hold them together and then have a 4 page long thread about how to wire the two to one plug.
