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Post by: Motorman on October 02, 2013, 10:28:26 PM

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Title: Re: Heat gun with Generator
Post by: RknRusty on October 02, 2013, 10:45:08 PM

Quote from: Motorman on October 02, 2013, 10:28:26 PM

Hey guys, will this power a monokote heat gun? http://www.harborfreight.com/catalog/product/view/id/9057/category/429/

Thanks,
MM

No, the Top Flite gun is 1000 watts, that generator is 800 watt.

Title: Re: Heat gun with Generator
Post by: Norm Furutani on October 03, 2013, 12:48:25 AM

No, but it will power a monokote iron. For dewarping on the field, I use a 400 watt inverter and an iron connected to the car battery. I have a gen, but the iron and inverter is a lot less fuss.

Norm

Title: Re: Heat gun with Generator
Post by: RknRusty on October 03, 2013, 01:35:12 AM

After my first few jobs, I quit using the gun. I use the iron without a sock for everything. It takes time and you have to keep shifting to stay in the right light so you can watch the film darken under the heat, but it does a really nice job. It's one of the things I've found I'm really good at. But I only cover ribbed wings and small solid surfaces like the stab. I might find I need the gun if I worked on other things like large solids, I'm not sure.