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| This heat gun has a special hooked deflector which directs the hot air to all sides of a length of heat-shrink tubing (typically being applied as insulation around a wire connection). |
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| Larger suction cups are for handling big sheets of glass or smooth tile. |
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| Generic heat guns are useful for all kinds of heat-related needs. |
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| Vacuum forming is how annoying, impossible-to-open plastic packaging is created. The sheet is heated from above with electric heating elements, then sucked down with a vacuum pump. |
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| Apple extends its war on people opening things to its iMac desktop computers, which require suction cups like this to remove the screen. |
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| This tiny little vacuum forming machine is designed for making “invisible” dental retainers, by vacuum forming clear plastic around a mold of the patient’s teeth, suitably adjusted to the desired positions. It’s also great as a tool for making any kind of small vacuum forms parts. |
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