tommytubetone
Great Lakes
I wish I would have thought of this. 
Great idea for soldering
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CaptainMoto
Blues Voyager
I wish I had those when I was living aboard my boat.
Pretty nifty!
Pretty nifty!
I wish I would have thought of this.
Any specifics on the hear gun needed? You mean my wife's hair dryer won't work?
dvs
Green Mountain Blues
I wondered about that, too. I found a spec that said the melting point of the solder is 138 Centigrade (~280 Fahrenheit) and you'd probably need to get things a bit warmer than that. Any heat gun made for general shop use should do the trick, no hair dryer should get that hot.
P.S. MikeS, I think you'll recognize this guy: https://www.wcax.com/video?vid=503874392
MarkDyson
Blues Hound Wannabe
FWIW this is the heat gun I used on my shrink wrap when wiring geetars:
https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00EU2T8GG/ref=oh_aui_search_detailpage?ie=UTF8&psc=1
Setting 2 is way too hot, but I expect it'd do well for this application. It comes with an assortment of nozzles, too.
https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00EU2T8GG/ref=oh_aui_search_detailpage?ie=UTF8&psc=1
Setting 2 is way too hot, but I expect it'd do well for this application. It comes with an assortment of nozzles, too.
tommytubetone
Great Lakes
You're probably right Doug. A hair dryer will work with regular shrink tubing, so if you have a soldering iron already, no need to order this new product.
MarkDyson
Blues Hound Wannabe
Given my penchant (though reduced of late) for opening up and modding project guitars there have been numerous instances where I've been splicing wires end to end. Those little jewels would make such tasks so much easier.
aleclee
Tribe of One
I'd be careful operating a heat gun in close proximity to a guitar
MarkDyson
Blues Hound Wannabe
Indeed. I also always shrink tube my connections so have a lot of experience (and some early failures while I developed my skill set) doing so.
Rancid Rumpboogie
Blues Mangler
I can't think of any application of this for guitar wiring. There is nothing in a guitar that might not need to be replaced at some point, and you can't just unsolder these, you would have to cut them out. Also, lots of guitars have very limited space for wires.
Eblues (AKA - Herm)
Herm
Very cool, plus.... I gained the added bonus of understanding the benefits of using the proper tool. I've always just used a lighter to activate heat shrink... which requires a bit of technique, cause you only have so long to do the shrinking without destroying the original insulation.
Never dawned on me you can leave a heat gun on the work area much longer, for a more controlled application. Sometimes common logic flies right over my head, unless I have it bluntly pointed out... like in this example.
Never dawned on me you can leave a heat gun on the work area much longer, for a more controlled application. Sometimes common logic flies right over my head, unless I have it bluntly pointed out... like in this example.