Re: [ATM] Making the pitch tool

["John Stephen" <atmlist.net@johnstephen.org>]

Thanks, that is inexpensive but I'm a hasty impatient fool and can't stand 
the idea of waiting for the UPS guy to drive from Kentucky to California :-)

Regardless, somebody replied to me off-list and suggested using a camp 
stove.  I like this idea because I already own one and I can easily set it 
up outdoors on a wide open concrete surface in case I do something stupid. 
In any case, I still intend to use a double boiler to prevent overheating.

- John

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Michael Lindner" <mikell@optonline.net>
To: "John Stephen" <atmlist.net@johnstephen.org>; "ATM List" 
<atm@atmlist.net>
Sent: Friday, October 15, 2004 7:20 PM
Subject: Re: [ATM] Making the pitch tool


> On Friday 15 October 2004 07:22 pm, John Stephen wrote:
>> Thanks for the tip Dale.
>>
>> Do you (or anyone else) have any clever ways of melting the pitch?  My
>> stove is gas and I don't own a hotplate :-(
>
> I can't speak to the absolute danger of melting over gas, but I do know 
> pitch
> itself is quite flammable. Ya know, $10 is rather cheap insurance...
>
> http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/B00024L706
>
> P.S. Pitch melts at about 150 degrees F. It does not heat up in a 
> microwave
> (don't ask) although you can melt it under water in a microwave.
>
> Clear skies.
> -- 
> Michael Lindner
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