Date: Fri, 31 Oct 2008 01:12:44 -0300 From: "Deborah Hunt" <maskhunt-AT-gmail.com> To: puptcrit-AT-puptcrit.org Subject: Re: [Puptcrit] Hot Glue Gun Warning Mathieu, i am glad you are still alive. after years of always trying to find the best glue gun...i now just buy a cheapo one...it lasts surprising long enough...and I dont take special care...maybe we have funny electricity here in Puerto Rico.... love Deborah On Fri, Oct 31, 2008 at 12:42 AM, Mathieu René <creaturiste-AT-primus.ca>wrote: > hi all. > I just killed my glue gun. > > It was my best glue gun ever, and I don't know when I'll be able to get the > same model again, as it's not a usual one around here. > > The model is Thermogrip 209. > It heats up very fast, the trigger works smoothly, and is comfortable. > The tip is strong and precise. > I had tried it at a customer's place in the USA, and took note of the > details, so someday I could get one. > It is THAT good. > > The tragedy: > What happened is that I leaned it against a surface that already had some > hot glue on it. > It was left there too long. A particle of hot glue somehow got inside the > gun, from above where the "pusher" pushes the glue stick inside. It blocked > the trigger completely. It never gets hot enough over there to ever melt it > off. > > So I tried to scrape it off. BIG mistake. I must have severed a wire or > something, because when I plugged it back in, and pressed the trigger, the > gun shorted out in a blinding flash, I had a slight electric shock, and it > was a strong enough spike in the house to make my computer restart! > Thank goodness for rubber soles on my shoes! > > Needless to say I declared the gun deceased, and I am in mourning (as much > as you can mourn a sinple tool). I can still use hot glue (I did for years, > using a candle to melt the sticks), but it won't be fast nor precise. A > friend of mine just got the same model, so I'll ask him where he got his, > hopefully they'll have some left. I am not yet willing to get another model > "in the meantime". > > Thankfully, my Halloween costume's last step (hot glueing some mesh inside > the mask) was finished before the problem occured! > > When I get my next hot glue gun, I'll devise a special wooden or metal > stand > that will hold the gun steadily and pointing down, as it was designed to > be. > Sadly, none of the embedded "stands" in hot glue guns I've tried are stable > enough, and the ones made of wire are easy to lose. > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > List address: puptcrit-AT-puptcrit.org > Admin interface: http://lists.puptcrit.org/mailman/listinfo/puptcrit > Archives: http://www.driftline.org > -- Deborah Hunt MASKHUNT MOTIONS www.myspace.com/maskhunt http://hemisphericinstitute.org/artistprofiles/index.php?lang=Eng&Artist=dhunt&Menu=About&Category=Bio _______________________________________________ List address: puptcrit-AT-puptcrit.org Admin interface: http://lists.puptcrit.org/mailman/listinfo/puptcrit Archives: http://www.driftline.org
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