At 07:03 PM 2008-09-27, Lou Judson wrote:
>I have heard (secondhand) that the snackmaster type has rising air
>without a fan (am I correct?)

No it has a pretty fast fan -- at least the FD-50 and FD-60 that I have.

>thus gets hotter at the bottom reel
>than the top.

Pretty constant throughout.


>This is why I like the excalibur which forces heated air across all
>reels equally... Agreed on safety of splices!

What is the Excalibur? I thought it was a sword -- but not the one 
stuck in an ash tree.

Cheers,

Richard

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