Heat Gun

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Hot Air Gun

Hot air gun.JPG
Synonyms: DE: Heißluftgebläse, "Heißluftfön"
Type: power tool
Material: heat shrink tubing, plastics, metals
Similar (More or Less): hot air soldering station

A hot air gun is useful to heat up metals that are hard to solder or to assemble 3D printer nozzles under heat, for example.

For well-regulated and more focused heat you may want to use a hot air soldering station instead.

Other Uses

scraping certain paints only works under heat
  • paint removal (see left)
  • bending 3D-prints (be careful, the line between bendable and liquid is very thin with PLA)
  • fitting heat shrink tubing
  • drying stuff (e.g. paint, but not recommended as it could cause cracks)