I use the Princess heat gun, because I am a princess (If only it came in pink....). It's always in my "repairl" tool case that I leave in the van. I like the idea of a smaller tool for use out in the field and the Pryopen certainly sounds interesting--though I am a little troubled about the comment about its occasional reluctance to ignite. So, if you will, all of you go out and buy one and test it out. Then report to me whether you have problems with it or not. OK? :-) Barbara Richmond, RPT near Peoria, Illinois ----- Original Message ----- From: "John Formsma" <formsma at gmail.com> To: pianotech at ptg.org Sent: Saturday, February 28, 2009 9:53:49 AM GMT -06:00 US/Canada Central Subject: Re: [pianotech] Tool for hammer burning I use the Princess heat gun. I think it came from Schaff, and I've had it for some years now. Works well -- no flame or chance of combustion. :-) snip -- JF On Sat, Feb 28, 2009 at 12:49 AM, Andrew Cherry < ajc at foobox.com > wrote: snip It also works well for its primary purpose as a soldering iron (and heats up in less than a minute). The only complaint I have about mine is that it's occasionally a bit reluctant to ignite, but I don't know if all of them are like that or just mine. Anyway, I thought I'd mention it in case anyone else might be interested, since it seems like a nifty use of the tool, and Paul seemed pretty excited about it. :-) Here are some links. Fry's seems to have the best price (like I said, I bought mine at a local store.. instant gratification!): http://www.cooperhandtools.com/onlinecatalog/literature/55702.pdf http://shop3.frys.com/product/2461450#detailed BTW, I have no affiliation with Weller, Fry's, etc; just happy to find that non-piano tools I already own come in handy for piano tech work. Take care... -Andrew -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: <http://ptg.org/pipermail/pianotech_ptg.org/attachments/20090228/f500016b/attachment.html>
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