Glue Skillet, anyone else ?

So cool!  Thanks for the posting.

Interesting! How do you apply glue from it? Does it require cleaning? If so, how?

There is no clean up..you just dip in your item and then place the item where it goes. In the second photo you see how you take a glue stick to add to the skillet. When finished with your project, just unplug and let it cool. When cool, hot glue becomes hardened and stays in skillet. Just plug in and it reheats the glue & your ready to start your next project.

Great find. A lot of modelers bad-mouth hot glue for precision work, but I have always found it quite useful. It IS inconvenient out of the glue-gun, though.  This looks like a big improvement. I imagine that dipping a toothpick into the pool would work well for fine work.  I'm gonna get me one of those.

Nice, but I have a bad habit of dipping fingers in one of these... even with gloves. OUCH!

My biggest frustration is the glue strings

Yes, I use a toothpick and other small items to help place it. Also, you do not waste as much glue with this little gem.

Roger this is really interesting.  Are there still those anoying strings that come with this like those when using a hot glue gun?

Yes on the strings, but I find that they are more controllable. When you have a gun in your hand, you have to put it down. With this, both hands can be used and I can control the strings a "little" better.

 

Thanks Roger.  This must be great in positioning people, and much more controllable. 

John

Yep, my new way to secure those "pesky" old folks that keep falling over because they had too much to drink. Just dip their feet and then they do not go any where.

 

or kicked the bucket!

I've seen these but never used them.  I use other gluing techniques and they work well enough, so I probable won't walk down this road (why change at my age? )  But it is interesting and I am glad it works for you.  Seems like a good idea. 

What's this widget cost?

Was less than $10. I think somewhere around $8

Now Lee... if you haven't learned anything from me it's that learning new techniques never stops until you can't function any longer. I just received two back-ordered issues of RMC which had a kit-bashed coal mine. They were from '76 & '77. If you don't think we've learned new stuff, just read build articles from the 70s (or earlier). I for one am thinking seriously about getting a glue skillet.

Cool. 

When I had my flower shop we use an old electric skillet 10" or 12" and we had hot glue cakes 2"X2" that you placed in the skillet.  It was nice for gluing larger pieces of Styrofoam to a container or other pieces of Styrofoam.      

Ok now that is a great little thing to have....thnx for posting.

Great idea, Roger.  I've had severely burn places on my fingers from a glue gun.  And, I also like working with both hands. 

Thank you for the tip.  I picked one up a few days ago, although I haven't tried it out yet.

 

- Mike

Do you have a sku number?  I cannot find it on the michael website.

No on the sku number. But if you go into the stores they are right beside the glue guns.

I also looked online at Michael's and Hobby Lobby, but could not find it.

Click here for Amazon.

Also click here for a crafts website that has it also.

Thank you Roger.

Saw one of these years ago on an Allen Keller video. It was shown gluing Super Tree material onto an armature to make a large tree. Put the stem of the Super Tree into the glue and then quickly place it on the armature.After mixed results trying various glues. I may invest in one of these. In the video the glue was thick and seemed to set pretty fast.

i have a Michaels about a mile down the road and there's always a coupon in the paper.

 Roger, question. Are there different glues you can use ?  Can you comment on what you have used.

Dave C. I just use the regular glue stick 4" long. I have not tried any other glue. Keep me posted if you find something that works best.

Thanks again. Went to the local Michaels and bought two. Had a coupon so I got $4 off. Original price was $8.99.

Mine came from Amazon today--haven't opened the package yet.

Good to know guys, I hope you all enjoy this little item as much as I do.

Hi all!  I use hot glue at work, in construction. I'll offer some info. But first, that skillet looks great!! Have to get one.

The 3 different glues I use are: 1, the common clear type. it is ok but does not have a lot of strength. 2, yellow sticks. made for wood. ingredient in it that really gets into the pores of wood for very strong glue joint. it also takes a bit longer to set. 3, Arrow brand,

"Superpower". Slow setting and the strongest glue joint for the price. There are industrial sticks but the gun is over $100.

For layout work, a two temperature gun is great. Note that the hotter the glue is, the better it sticks! I use an AdTech 2 temp gun, 40 watts, A Dewalt, with ceramic heater-heats really fast but no "on light" , and a Surebonder Pro2, 100 watts, different nozzles, and NO DRIP.(about $40)

Hope this helps!