13Jan 6
Tired of Burnt Fingers? Try PID Tuning the Hot Glue Gun https://hackaday.com/2026/01/06/tired-of-burnt-fingers-try-pid-tuning-the-hot-glue-gun/
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Tired Of Burnt Fingers? Try PID Tuning The Hot Glue Gun

Hot glue guns are pretty simple beasts: there’s an on/off switch, a heating element, and a source of current, be it battery or wired. You turn it on, and the heater starts warming up; eventua…

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MDMRNDec 17

Good morning and happy Wednesday!

Last night, I learned, that if you put a candy cane in a hot glue gun, it will melt and you can use it like hot glue.

Which is helpful when making a gingerbread house.

Just putting that information out there.

So, yea.

Have a great one.

EDIT: As others have rightly pointed out, glue guns are not designed for food prep. This is outside of the norm for this device. So, YMMV and there may be issues with trace metals or plastics from the glue gun itself getting into your liquid candy cane. But it DOES actually work and it does make, crafting a decorative gingerbread house a LOT faster.

#GoodMorning #MorningMoments #TIL #Wednesday #HotGlueGun #CandyCane

Chi ha ucciso Il Conte?Sep 2, 2025
Today my "Digital Fabrication and Physical Computing" course started, today we drafted projects using cardboard and other stuff (the @littlegreyvan way...) @hkustguangzhou #cma #design #course #university #sketching #cardboard #hotgluegun
SibylleFeb 16, 2024
Was muss das muss...
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Pete Prodoehl 🍕Dec 2, 2023

Someone emailed thanking me for this post I wrote 7 years ago… I love that!

https://rasterweb.net/raster/2016/10/07/hot-glue-gun-repair/

#hotGlue #hotGlueGun #repair

Hot Glue Gun Repair

I spent some time after class in the Physical Computing Lab repairing the hot glue guns. During class students told me that the triggers didn't seem to work, and they had to push the glue into the gun by hand to get anything out the hot-end. I removed all the screws (about 8 of them) [...]

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