Best tool for heating shrink tubing?

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Re: Best tool for heating shrink tubing?

Post by gutpile » Fri May 29, 2009 3:48 am

neikeel wrote:I run my soldering iron as close to the tubing up and down - that works without any tools and you can do it in tight spaces without heating everything else too.
This is what I have always done.... I didn't even know there were other tools to do this (I don't smoke and I don't have a lighter lying around and the thought didn't even cross my mind!!!) :o
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Re: Best tool for heating shrink tubing?

Post by BrianH » Sun May 31, 2009 11:39 am

I do both the lighter and soldering iron. If the iron's tip is clean, I'll even just run it up and down the tubing lightly touching it.

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