burning thread near cement glue

[beltbuckles]

2 minutes ago, TargetRockLeather said:

I have been using the Thread Zap II as LatigoAmigo mentioned. In my opinion it's much better than using a lighter and well worth the money. You can get very close with it and there's almost no chance of burn damage to your project from an open flame.

does it melt all the threads together in a ball as to not come unraveled?

[TargetRockLeather]

Yes. It's a small ball, but certainly enough to prevent unraveling and might even help the thread not to pull through. There are some youtube videos showing it in use. Check them out. Another nice thing is that it cuts the thread and melts the ends in one step. Also eliminates the chance of your knife nicking your project when you cut the thread (had that happen once).

[nrk]

normally cementing/gluing works for linen threads.

burning - for the synthetics

[TargetRockLeather]

good point. forgot to mention that. i only use synthetic myself so i forgot about the linen.

[garypl]

I had a thread zapper and it worked pretty good when batteries were new, but it went through batteries so quickly, I decided it wasn’t worth the hassle.  Something else broke and then it wouldn’t work even with new batteries.  Went back to using a match or Bic lighter.

Gary

[LatigoAmigo]

22 minutes ago, garypl said:

I had a thread zapper and it worked pretty good when batteries were new, but it went through batteries so quickly, I decided it wasn’t worth the hassle.  Something else broke and then it wouldn’t work even with new batteries.

I had a similar experience, then went to longer lasting lithium batteries, and found that the burning elements are replaceable, so my interest was renewed at that point, and I haven't looked back.

[garypl]

9 hours ago, LatigoAmigo said:

I had a similar experience, then went to longer lasting lithium batteries, and found that the burning elements are replaceable, so my interest was renewed at that point, and I haven't looked back.

About how often do you have to replace the lithium batteries?

[LatigoAmigo]

4 hours ago, garypl said:

About how often do you have to replace the lithium batteries?

It depends on how often I use the thread burner. In my case I might go for weeks without using it, but I haven't changed the battery since last summer.

[garypl]

8 hours ago, LatigoAmigo said:

It depends on how often I use the thread burner. In my case I might go for weeks without using it, but I haven't changed the battery since last summer.

Well, maybe I will buy another one 

[YinTx]

On 7/12/2019 at 6:30 PM, garypl said:

Well, maybe I will buy another one 

I had a similar experience to you, so after two tries it went into the drawer and never came out.  If you are looking for one to buy, I could probably dig mine out and send it your way...

YinTx