Hot Glue Gun

[arniez]

Hi Everyone,

Is there any use for a hot glue gun in general woodwork.

Regards Arnie!

[AlexS]

Yes. Temporary joints, also building a dam around areas where you're filling with casting resin, and if you're building a mock up that just has to be tacked together.

[Skew ChiDAMN!!]

Hmmm... I'd have never thought of using it for damming resin.

I often use it for temporary fixtures though.

[munruben]

I have a hot melt glue gun and had it for some time but have never used it.

[arniez]

Thanks for the quick response,I will hang on to the glue gun and use it for the applications you have suggested.

Regards Arnie!

[Honorary Bloke]

Like Skew, I often use it for temporary jigs and fixtures. Like flattening a wide twisted board using a planer.

[Ashore]

for keeping the pegs on a peg board in place so they don't fall out every time you lift a tool off the board

[Wongdai]

I use mine for temporarily sticking things to the shed walls.

[glock40sw]

I use it for attaching strings of Fairy lights to the tile ridge capping at Xmas.

[BozInOz]

Temporary joints is the main thing.
I use it extensively to glue rails to the side of wide boards to stabilise them while thicknessing when the jointer is too narrow.
Dam walls is a good idea.

[Chris Parks]

I use one when wiring trailers, garages etc, it keeps the wires in place. Also temporary glue ups as noted above.

[shoe]

Use it to keep ropes in place if you are using rope for decoration.

I also make cat scratching posts with the rope glued on with hot glue and it seems to last with no problem.

shoe