Thread: DIY Web casting gun

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Does anyone know of an easy way to modify a regular old hot glue gun to be a webcasting gun?

Check this out from Scary Terry: http://www.scary-terry.com/ggshooter/ggshooter.htm

Thanks so much! That will help a lot!

I remember seeing that link last year and thought about making it but since I didn't (still don't) have an air compressor it wasn't on my priority list. I bought the retail version 50% off from Halloween Express last year but I've wondered about the quality of the glue gun itself. Glue guns in general are horribly unreliable products unless you get into the $50+ commercial range. I've seen horror stories about how the little ones from Wal Mart and Joann break quickly, or worse, spontaneously combust (why is Firefox telling me combust is not a word!?), though that seems to be from people who leave them on for hours at a time just so they're always ready. Since the Webcaster really doesn't need to be on a long time to use it, I guess the lifetime of the gun doesn't matter too much, it's not like you're making production runs of candles, etc, with it. I'll have to keep that link bookmarked just in case!

Oddly enough, I have wanted to make one of those for years, but also lacked the compressor. Last year I decided it was imperative to add webs to the haunt so I grabbed my glue gun and the missus' hair dryer. Worked like a charm, with no set up time. I suggest you give this a try if you don't have the compressor, or have enough props to build that you don't seem to have the time for this build. That said, if you can, build one. It's difficult to run both hair dryer and glue gun and get the webs just where you want them.

Main thing to remember when making your own webcaster is wattage, personally if your not using a base gun that has more than 150watts your asking for trouble, when the weather gets colder and you intend to use it the low wattage of the small ones move the glue too slow to get stuff done.
Ours are 200watts and flow a good working rate and have a small learning curve.
Another thing to remember is all glue sticks are not created equal.
Different glue sticks have different melting temps, different working times, different adhesion bands and different pre storage demands.
Then theres the air nozzle that picks up the glue for the ride, to do it right you want to create a squared box of air for the glue to ride on, when you do that you decrease the learning curve of the webcaster and make is more enjoyable to shoot stuff rather than spend your time adjusting stuff and cussing because your blowing out blobs of hot glue all over everything.
Hope this helps.