Abstract: An extremely rapidly acting heating apparatus such as for example a soldering iron, plastic welder or hair iron, wherein a fixed large amount of electricity is provided to a heating element for a short period of time by activating a power supply switch once and thereby rapidly raising the temperature of a heating apparatus trowel tip and obtaining a desired higher temperature. By activating the switch, substantially an additional number of times, and wherein the heating element is separated from the trowel by highly heat conducting insulation material such as aluminum nitride and wherein the electrical power to the heating element is off except for the short period of time each time the switch is activated.