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Post by Figment »

I need a new heat gun.

Anyone have a model that they like or hate for any particular reasons?

Thanks all.
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Post by Tim »

I'm on my second Milwaukee 8977-201. The first one got something inside the works and eventually stopped working, forcing me to buy another. I liked it well enough to seek the same model.

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Fig,

I have been using a $30 Wagner. It is "barely adequate" when I use it, a line from a trash bag advertisement keeps running through my head. The line is "Wimpy-wimpy-wimpy." Tim's Milwaukee looks at least 10 times better.
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Post by Triton 185 »

I second the Milwaukee 8977-201.....or is that third - because Tim purchased it twice.

Also, love my Milwaukee sawzall - I have sawn the hell out of it and it keeps following me home:)
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Post by Oscar »

Have a slightly older model Milwaukee... have had it for 16 years, and it has a LOT of hours on it. (Stripped all the trim on the second floor of a 100 year old home with it in the first two months I owned it...)
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I have the red M. sawsall box! Bought it at a tag sale years ago. What was I thinking?
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Just the box? Did you know it was empty at the time? ;<)
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Post by BALANCE »

I did know it was empty. I sidestepped over to it thinking 'yes' a sawsall! Then discovered it empty. Decided it was a good size case so I bought it for 50 cents.
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Post by Quetzalsailor »

I have that same Milwaukee heat gun. Excellent.

I had had a yard sale cheepie which served well for several years before failing.

I'm pretty much a Milwaukee fan and try to always buy their stuff. Made here, too. One negative is that the 14.4 v batts for my drill are remarkably expensive, and rare, but short lived, for a diy guy.
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Post by Zach »

I am a huge fan of Dayton heat guns. Most any with a chrome vent on the side model 750 and 775 are the best of the best. Top out at a thousand degrees. I'm not sure if Daytona rebranded a miluakee or vice versa, but the housings are aluminum/pot metal and weigh a few pounds...

They keep on going and going... instant heat, and way more than anyone needs. We used to use them working extrusion lines for doing sample runs to heat form the plastic... c-clamp them beside the line, and they'd be fine running for hours at a time.

Finally killed the one my grandfather handed down to me last fall... he died in '96. I think its just a short, everything works but the element!

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Post by Figment »

This thing is freakin sweeeeet.
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