Mine clogged and couldn't get the wire thru. Didn't have the drill so took a sewing needle in a pair of vice grips and that made it thru.
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Mine clogged and couldn't get the wire thru. Didn't have the drill so took a sewing needle in a pair of vice grips and that made it thru.
Eric
Quoted from oldschoolbob:To unclog the tip, put it in a vice, heat it with a torch and run the wire through.
If it won't melt at all installed in the gun, this might be the way to go.
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