Heatherington] which uses a hot wire forming tool to make precise bends. The tool is simple to use plus it’s cheap and easy to build. It’s a great choice if you don’t have a heat gun ...

A research project led by the Fraunhofer Institute for Industrial Mathematics (Fraunhofer ITWM) has developed a simulation software tool for visualizing heat flows in district heating networks ...

By wrapping the tool with a piece of copper wire, then with 2 1/2-inch heat shrink tubing, they were able to add a grip to one of their tools. It should work with about any larger tool ...