Grip Installation.

[BigJim13]

Originally Posted by MGP

I have 3 or 4 different heat guns now, a couple are specific to my work (electronics). The one is recently bought for general shop and clubmaking use is this one:

Harbor Freight Tools - 1500W Dual Temperature Heat Gun

This one is also good:

Harbor Freight Tools - Dual Temperature Heat Gun

And here's the accesory kit -- I use the little concentrator for pulling club heads on the high temp setting:

Harbor Freight Tools - Heat Gun Accessory Kit

As it turns out it's a really nice heat gun. I also got the accesory kit. I picked them both up on sale. The heat gun cost $9.99 and the accessory kit cost $6.99.

Harbor Freight Tools is a great source for tools on the cheap. The quality isn't always as good as professional level tools (I have plenty of them too) but I've always found them workable and affordable. If you are careful, you can save a lot of money on a lot of the little things that fill your shop and nickel and dime you to death. Once you buy from them you'll get sales flyers all the time in the mail. Buy from their sales, you can usually get about 30-50% off their regular price.

We also have one of their stores locally so I can often go in and just pickup the stuff I want when it's on sale.

Wow those are really cheap. The ones I have been looking at are anywhere from $30-$50. I may have to pull the trigger on one of these.

[spartyon8]

The HarborFreight heat guns are actually very decent. I work on cars as a side hobby and have one that has lasted about 5 years. I have dropped and kicked it many times. They are pretty good. I still prefer the tape and solvent method when installing grips, and never had a problem with WINN grips at all. Maybe I am just old school though.