20 minute project - Glue gun holder/stand

[LCHIEN]

I was goofing around the shop and made this from an article I saw online -
I have a Arrow hot melt glue gun that I hate because it has a built in stand but its too narrow and falls over from the weight and stiffness of the cord. It just would not stand up.


also in the pics/attachments are the Woodsmith article I stole this from and simplified greatly.
Didn't need the fancy "T"-handle (just a hole for me) and no glue-stick storage.
This gun had a long handle so I had to make the hole/slot shorter so the gun would "hang" right.

article link https://www.woodsmith.com/newsletter...ource=hs_email

[leehljp]

Great idea! I too have found the glue gun to need a holder that will make it easy to access, and to catch the melting glue that drips. I like the stick holder also, but I have moved to the long sticks and would need to modify the stick holder to handle the 12? inch sticks.

I would probably triple wax the section under the tip so that the drippings would come off easy. Any other ideas to catch and remove the glue drippings, or is this just a problem that I have?

[LCHIEN]

Great idea! ...

I would probably triple wax the section under the tip so that the drippings would come off easy. Any other ideas to catch and remove the glue drippings, or is this just a problem that I have?

Triple wax might work. In the article they used a 3x3 ceramic tile to catch the drips. Maybe waxed.
Anything sacrificial will work, too.

[LCHIEN]

Grrr. I have a package of about 50 glue sticks somewhere. Exactly where escapes me at the moment. Been looking for them since last night.

[leehljp]

I did the same thing last fall. I ordered a bundle of the long sticks; A month later I could not find it and had to order another. I finally found the original pack last month!

[Jim Frye]

My hot melt glue gun also has a folding stand but it seems to work OK. Probably because the bottom of the hand grip has a wide pedestal base. I use a 3M sticky note to catch the drips. Easy toss in the bin when done.

[LCHIEN]

3M post-it - great idea to catch the drips.

[LCHIEN]

Countdown timer

https://www.sawdustzone.org/forum/discussions/shop-setup-layout-and-design/848392-countdown-timer

Good for using glue guns and branding irons and other heating stuff - auto time off so you don't have to worry about leaving them on and burning down the shop.

[LCHIEN]

To make long glue sticks, I just put a dab of melted glue on the end of a six inch stick and stick it to the end of the stick already in the gun.
If hot melt glue won't glue together two sticks of itself, it won't be much good!

[nicer20]

What if you use a piece of melamine shelving for the base? Will that provide a surface where the hot glue can be easily scratched off?

Just a thought.

[LCHIEN]

Yeah, that probably works. Waxed melamine even better.

[cwsmith]

Nice project Loring, thank you for the post.

I recently rediscovered my glue gun a couple of months ago. I had put it away a number of years ago, opting to use my Titebond glues for a few years. Then something came up at the beginning of this year and I remembered the glue gun. I have the thumb push one which I think I bought back in the 70's and then when my FIL passed away I found his trigger-operated one, which was slightly larger.

Regarding the glue drip, I just place a scrap of card stock below the strip and then throw it away. But just now, with the question here, I wonder how a piece of silicone would work. In several home stores I am always seeing silicone mats, utensils, etc. usually at rather cheap prices.

CWS