Xacto X73780 Precision Soldering Iron and Hot Knife Tip
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Tools and Hardware Reviews of Xacto X73780 Precision Soldering Iron and Hot Knife Tip
Customer Review: Did the job.
Summary: 5 Stars
I purchased this product primarily for the hot knife. I needed to seal the edges on some synthetic fabric and the hot knife did the job.Customer Review: great little knife!
Summary: 5 Stars
We used this little knife to cut out foam shapes for our Vacation Bible School. It worked great and saved us tons of time!Customer Review: Outstanding
Summary: 4 Stars
Good product all around, I use it for cutting tool box layouts from foam mats for aviation toolboxes. My only complaint is that it takes two cuts to cut through thick foam. It is a 35 watt soldering iron, a longer blade and higher wattage iron would help a great deal. The blade adapter will screw into any standard size soldering iron, and will accept any x-acto or similar blade so there is a great deal of flexibility. In either case this product easily melts through foam up to 3/8 of an inch thick in its standard configuration.Customer Review: Works well...does its job
Summary: 4 Stars
I don't have any complaints about the product. I've had much luck with it thus far.Customer Review: It works if...
Summary: 3 Stars
Originally I got very excited about finally being able to use the Xacto blades I already had in a hot knife, but the problem is it doesn't work that way. The Xacto blades are too thin and simply cannot transfer any heat through the cutting edge. BUT there is some hope...
I am cutting heavy nylon webbing with mine, but not with the blade tip. The package also had a round tip that carried heat much better. I made this into a more bladed tip by heating the unit up and hammering the round tip flat. This makes it a bit denser as well to hold heat. I then took the tip to a grinding wheel to make it even sharper. Works very well now. Just don't expect the blade tip to do anything that a normal Xacto handle can't.