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Aleen's Ultimate Glue Gun

Discussion in 'Foam Talk' started by 3DMON, Jul 10, 2009.

  1. 3DMON

    3DMON Moderator Staff Member

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    The glue gun that I won from Mark and Trish's phlatprinter table contest came in today.
    They aren't kidding, this glue gun is awesome!

    This gun has a nice feel to it. It comes with 4 tips that do different things, and a whench to change them with.

    The gun has two temp settings to choose from, 280 deg F and 360 deg F. After the gun reaches the right heat, the cord can be unplugged from the handle to make it cordless for up to 5 minutes (very nice feature). Another feature I found on it that's different than most other guns is the palm feed. This gives you a more solid feel when squeezing the glue out of the gun, compared to the finger trigger.
    Out of the 4 tips I found the one I like best is the tip that lays a nice thin 1/4" wide bead down. The cool thing about it is the tip can be rotated, and with this tip rotated it makes a normal style of a bead, so you have the option of either kind of bead.


    From what I understand this glue gun will be available in the Phlatstore. If anyone want's an awesome glue gun, I highly recommend getting one of these.

    Thanks again Mark and Trish for this awesome glue gun! Attached files [​IMG] [​IMG] [​IMG]
     
    3DMON, Jul 10, 2009
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  2. Evil-Tunes

    Evil-Tunes Moderator Staff Member

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    Thanks 3DMON for the cool Pictures of the beads. I have tried this gun and that tip is the best I have ever used.


    Cheers
    E-T
     
    Evil-Tunes, Jul 10, 2009
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  3. Jnida63

    Jnida63 Member

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    I just got one not too long ago and I love mine, well worth the money
     
    Jnida63, Jul 10, 2009
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  4. Flashsolutions

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    I have one too. The flat tip is awesome. I gradually upgraded from a little tiny glue gun up to this over a period of a year or so. This is by far the top of the line. I have another battery operated glue gun that I keep in the car for field repair. I modified it to take a 2 cell LIPO and it makes a great addition to the field box. I think I got it from Harbor Freight, but it did not work worth a crap using the batteries that came with it. The LIPO brought it to life.
     
    Flashsolutions, Jul 10, 2009
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    Evil-Tunes Moderator Staff Member

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    I was looking at Flash's bird pictures and you can see that he has one too..


    Cheers
    E-T
     
    Evil-Tunes, Jul 10, 2009
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    I had a coupon, so today I picked up one these glue guns from Micheals. It reminds me of a star trek phasor. :)
     
    kyyu, Jul 11, 2009
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  7. kram242

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    3DMon great review! thank you and thank you for the nice comments as well :)
    We are happy that you like it as much as we do.
    Kwok it does look like a phasor! lol
    Mark and Trish
     
    kram242, Jul 12, 2009
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  8. ToxicToast

    ToxicToast Down in the weeds. Staff Member

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    This reminds me of the builders tip I recently read...

    When you reloading your glue gun, dab a bit of hot glue onto the incoming stick's end and stick it to the butt of the one already in there. This helps cleanly transition between sticks. Duh.

    It gets filed under "common sense things that should be obvious but somehow never occured to me" category of my brain!

    Chris.
     
    ToxicToast, Sep 25, 2009
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  9. kram242

    kram242 Administrator Staff Member

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    Great tip Chris, thank you I have to try that one because it takes a while before the guns plunger catches the second stick so you keep having to push it in.This will be very helpful
    Thanks again
    Mark
     
    kram242, Sep 25, 2009
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    That is a great tip. DUH from too, I've never thought of it, I just keep squeezing the trigger and pushing the glue stick until it catches or I push a big glob of hot glue all over my work.
     
    7up, Sep 25, 2009
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  11. ToxicToast

    ToxicToast Down in the weeds. Staff Member

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    I'm glad I'm not the only one who didn't know this!
     
    ToxicToast, Sep 26, 2009
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  12. kram242

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    :D sometimes the simplest of things :)
    Mark
     
    kram242, Sep 26, 2009
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    Eh? I thought everyone hot-blobbed the new stick to the old stub, so I've never bothered to mention it.
    I guess we all think in different ways. [​IMG]
     
    Anonymous, Sep 26, 2009
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    i have never had a glue gun good enough to tell if it was the crap gun, crap glue or well...me. i guess i am going to be forced to upgrade now so i can be in league with you all.! :lol:
     
    Spadman82, Oct 8, 2009
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