<HTML style="FONT-SIZE: x-small; FONT-FAMILY: MS Sans Serif" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/TR/REC-html40" xmlns:o = "urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:office" xmlns:w = "urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:word"><HEAD> <META http-equiv=Content-Type content="text/html; charset=us-ascii"> <META content="MSHTML 6.00.2900.3086" name=GENERATOR> <STYLE>  </STYLE> </HEAD> <BODY lang=EN-US vLink=blue link=blue> <DIV> <DIV>Try and google ' Rival ' .   They have a pot heater with a temp control that I use.</DIV> <DIV>Someone on here or the PTG journal suggested it before.  Works fine I think.</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>Dave</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV></DIV></DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <BLOCKQUOTE style="PADDING-RIGHT: 0px; PADDING-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; BORDER-LEFT: #000000 2px solid"> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt Arial">----- Original Message ----- </DIV> <DIV style="BACKGROUND: #e4e4e4; FONT: 10pt arial; font-color: black"><B>From:</B> <A title=tune4@earthlink.net href="mailto:tune4@earthlink.net">Paul Chick \(Earthlink\)</A> </DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>To: </B><A title=pianotech@ptg.org href="mailto:pianotech@ptg.org">Pianotech List</A></DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Sent:</B> 5/22/2007 7:43:31 AM </DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> RE: glue pot</DIV> <DIV><BR></DIV><FONT size=2> <DIV class=Section1> <P class=MsoNormal><FONT face=Arial color=navy size=2><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: navy; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">Check the wattage.  Maybe a light dimmer would be heavy enough for it.  There is a router speed control available through your favorite woodworking retailer that might work, also.<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P> <P class=MsoNormal><FONT face=Arial color=navy size=2><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: navy; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"><o:p> </o:p></SPAN></FONT></P> <P class=MsoNormal><FONT face=Arial color=navy size=2><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: navy; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">Paul C<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P> <P class=MsoNormal><FONT face=Arial color=navy size=2><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: navy; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"><o:p> </o:p></SPAN></FONT></P> <DIV> <P class=MsoNormal><B><FONT face=Tahoma size=2><SPAN style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Tahoma">Subject:</SPAN></FONT></B><FONT face=Tahoma size=2><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Tahoma"> glue pot</SPAN></FONT><o:p></o:p></P></DIV> <P class=MsoNormal><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=3><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt"><o:p> </o:p></SPAN></FONT></P> <DIV> <DIV> <P class=MsoNormal><FONT face=Garamond size=3><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: Garamond">I went to buy a cheap Fry Daddy at Walmart today to improvise a glue pot, but the plain round model on the shelf was not thermostatically controlled--one heat, to maintain a"perfect frying temp" which is probably 350.  Didn't sound appropriate to me.<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P></DIV> <DIV> <P class=MsoNormal><FONT face=Garamond size=3><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: Garamond"> <o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P></DIV> <DIV> <P class=MsoNormal><FONT face=Garamond size=3><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: Garamond">I'm sure others have improvised rather than spend for the glue pot.  Any ideas?<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P></DIV> <DIV> <P class=MsoNormal><FONT face=Garamond size=3><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: Garamond"> <o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P></DIV> <DIV> <P class=MsoNormal><FONT face=Garamond size=3><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: Garamond">Richard Morgan<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P></DIV></DIV></DIV></FONT></BLOCKQUOTE></BODY></HTML>