burning thread near cement glue

[garypl]

Thanks Y - I am going to mull it over before I buy another one.  Bit lighter has been working pretty good

[dikman]

On 7/10/2019 at 10:16 PM, Matt S said:

Yep, been there done that. But then I was trying to speed the drying process with a blowtorch...

or should that be .

I use a soldering iron with a fine tip, no flame and it gets in close.

[nylonRigging]

2 hours ago, dikman said:

or should that be .

I use a soldering iron with a fine tip, no flame and it gets in close.

That will work great . All a Hot-knife is, is a glorified soldering iron .
Until I bought production hot knives, all I used to do is just buy those Radio Shack 100 watt solder guns . Then put/fix a two-prong blade on it, in-place of the solder tips . The smaller watt Solder wands work great also for specific jobs .
I cried the day they quit selling those radio shack solder guns with the 2 screws tightening on the end .
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I still got a couple of them and one I never used & I always keep my eye's peeled at  junk stores for those old 100 watt guns .
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[YinTx]

25 minutes ago, nylonRigging said:

 

I see by the photo you are a millionaire, along with $7 and another note.   Shouldn't be too hard to afford another?    heheheh couldn't resist...

YinTx

[nylonRigging]

LOL .. ya, I slide all kinds of currency/picture/paper under there . I use a 1/2" thick glass top for a hot-knife cut table .

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[MikeRock]

If you have doctor type friends, especially Emergency Room types, ask them for their used CAUTERIES.  That is the medical thread zapper used to cauterize/heat seal small arteries and bleeding stuff.  

If you are in a city with a busy ER you will get a dozen or more a night.

[LatigoAmigo]

1 hour ago, MikeRock said:

CAUTERIES.  That is the medical thread zapper used to cauterize/heat seal small arteries and bleeding stuff. 

That is very interesting. When I Googled Cauterie it looked amazingly like the Thread Zapper II that I got from Amazon... for around $10.

[MikeRock]

I had a farming accident several years back and when they were done stitching me up I asked for the cautery.  He gave me half a dozen........no issue with contamination on the working end!!  They are the same darned tool, relabled.