Comments on: Preview: Bosch’s Digital Heat Gun

by: Toolmonger » Blog Archive » The Week’s Best Comments: Cooking in the Shop

Thu, 14 Sep 2006 04:56:15 +0000

[...] While you’ve posted lots of useful and helpful comments this week on Toolmonger, this one in particular made our day. In reference to our post about Bosch’s new very-accurate digital heat gun, Eli said: So if you were to set the gun at 425 degrees and cut a hole into the side of a metal toolbox, could oyu cook a frozen pizza in the shop? I guess we’ve got the next ‘Doh!’ of the Week: “Cooking in the shop.” Grilled cheese on an iron doesn’t count; That’s cooking in your dorm room. [...]

by: Eli

Fri, 08 Sep 2006 04:06:19 +0000

So if you were to set the gun at 425 degrees, cut a hole into the side of a metal toolbox, could you cook a frozen pizza in the shop? I guess we’ve got the next ‘doh’ of the week, “Cooking in the shop”. Grilled cheese on an iron doesn’t count, that’s cooking in your dorm room.

by: Steve Thompson

Thu, 07 Sep 2006 17:17:57 +0000

Wow, that’s pretty cool (or pretty hot, I guess…). My trusty Milwaukee Lo/Hi heat gun has served me well over the years, but I have to say, I use it mostly for heat-shrink tubing on electronics harnesses and the like. In more delicate situations, like removing paint from a delicate surface, I spend more concentration flicking the heat on and off the surface in an effort not to do damage than I do being successful removing the finish. My first response to a “digital” heat gun was a little incredulous, but precise control could be valuable.

by: Michael

Thu, 07 Sep 2006 14:32:43 +0000

Seems like this heat gun would be perfect for desoldering surface mounted components.