midnighttinting 10 Report post Posted February 2 Old school Makitas were the best, new ones are the worst. I found that the Matcos heat gun come close to the old Makitas. You’ll get 1 1/2 years out of it, and it gets really hot 1 Super Dave reacted to this Share this post Link to post
Super Dave 357 Report post Posted February 5 @midnighttinting still have 2 operational makita’s! other tinters always try to buy them off me. Share this post Link to post
midnighttinting 10 Report post Posted February 8 On 2/4/2019 at 7:46 PM, Super Dave said: @midnighttinting still have 2 operational makita’s! other tinters always try to buy them off me. Gold! Share this post Link to post
redneckj 60 Report post Posted February 9 (edited) On 2/2/2019 at 1:32 AM, midnighttinting said: Old school Makitas were the best, new ones are the worst. I found that the Matcos heat gun come close to the old Makitas. You’ll get 1 1/2 years out of it, and it gets really hot I found my last heat gun, used, on offer up. A pawn shop had it locally. I showed up and it looked like it had very little use. Worked great. He rang it up and gave me a deal at $30. A Milwaukee heat gun for $30. How do you say NO to that. 6 months later it still works great. But I do agree with Midnight. The old school Makita guns are the best. I still have one at home. They usually last me for 5-6 years and I go through 3 cords before the gun fails. This is a new one on Amazon. https://www.amazon.com/Milwaukee-8975-6-1000-Degree-Fahrenheit-Temperature/dp/B00U0WTYO6/ref=sr_1_4?ie=UTF8&qid=1549753613&sr=8-4&keywords=milwaukee+heat+gun Edited February 9 by redneckj cause 1 TintDude reacted to this Share this post Link to post
Super Dave 357 Report post Posted February 10 7 hours ago, redneckj said: But I do agree with Midnight. The old school Makita guns are the best. I still have one at home. They usually last me for 5-6 years and I go through 3 cords before the gun fails. So 2 yrs ago my Makita stopped working, I was crushed, not sure exactly when I bought it but I knew that I had it before I met my wife! ( 14yr anniversary next week) so a long ass time. Anyway I took it a part and found the switch/circuit board was toast. Found a place to order the part from and they also had 2 cases and the important parts to build another one so I bought everything and had a brand new one and a repaired older one. Hope they will last until I find a way out of installing or retiring. Share this post Link to post
redneckj 60 Report post Posted February 11 19 hours ago, Super Dave said: So 2 yrs ago my Makita stopped working, I was crushed, not sure exactly when I bought it but I knew that I had it before I met my wife! ( 14yr anniversary next week) so a long ass time. Anyway I took it a part and found the switch/circuit board was toast. Found a place to order the part from and they also had 2 cases and the important parts to build another one so I bought everything and had a brand new one and a repaired older one. Hope they will last until I find a way out of installing or retiring. That is an awesome story. Most tinters think the hotter the better when it comes to heat guns. IMHO that is not true. Yes, the gun needs to be hot but more important is the CFM that the heat gun produces. The "roofing" 220 volt heat guns doesn't get any hotter than a $20 wagner heat gun but they blow A LOT more air. I have seen a guy shrink a Camry back glass template in about 35 seconds with a roofing 220 volt heat gun. This is a great heat gun for the money. 13 CFM https://www.amazon.com/Steinel-Multi-Purpose-Temperature-Adjustable-Industry/dp/B06XDJVNWC/ref=sr_1_2?ie=UTF8&qid=1549852449&sr=8-2&keywords=HL+1620+S This is also a good heat gun. https://www.amazon.com/Steinel-803-UltraHeat-Temperature-Lightweight/dp/B01MDUFTT0/ref=sr_1_4?ie=UTF8&qid=1549852587&sr=8-4&keywords=steinel+heat+gun 1 Super Dave reacted to this Share this post Link to post
