Re: tacking irons.

[Nancy Love <nancyklove@xxxxxxxxx>]

Hi Joanne,

Thanks for the information.  When I spoke with Talas
they thought that the Hot Tacking Tool and Dial Temp
wouldn't work for what I wanted.  I will pass on your
information to them.  Also it didn't occur to me to
use the tool for cutting Stabiltex.

Nancy

--- Joanne Hackett <jhackett@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> Nancy, we recently bought two tacking irons for our
> lab.  Both have been
> working very well.  We got the Coverlite 21st
> Century Iron mentioned by
> Deborah Trupin.  This iron is sold by Talas in New
> York (212 219 0770)
> as the "Advanced Technology Tacking Iron" for about
> $50.  It has a
> large, 2 1/2" by 4", Teflon coated shoe and has
> proved very useful for
> larger scale adhesive projects.  We also got the
> small "Hot Tacking
> Tool" from Talas for about $30.  This has several
> small interchangeable
> tips, including a small Teflon coated foot.  When
> used in conjunction
> with the "Dial Temp", a rheostat that you plug the
> Hot Tacking Tool
> into, you can vary the temperature of the small iron
> from very cool
> (adhesive treatments) to very hot (cutting
> Stabiltex).  The Dial Temp is
> also available from Talas for around $40.  Sorry all
> the prices are
> approximate, but my catalogue is a little out of
> date.
> Joanne Hackett.
> FAMSF
> 


=====
Nancy Love
823 N. Newkirk Street
Philadelphia, PA 19130
(215) 769-6057

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