We fully recommend this for the gourd hobbyist, and use it ourselves. Rated at 35 watts, it won't handle the heavy duty or long pens, but those are not used for gourds. Use a power setting of about halfway, allow 8 seconds to warm the tip (just like the other Detail Master units), and don't worry about pausing between strokes for heat recovery—we have found that there was no loss of heat while we were woodburning.
The finishing touch is the integral carrying case! The woodburner unit is build into the case; you just open the lid, remove your woodburning pen, plug in the unit and the pen, and you're ready to go. Pack up afterwards and carry everything with you!
Detail Master doesn't cut corners—this has the same unique features that make Detail Master the leading woodburning system in the world: heavy duty power supply construction, hard metal (not soft) blades for sharpness and long life, aluminum pen shafts for strength and light weight, full size power plugs/connections to eliminate hotspots, a power supply designed specifically for woodburning, and a company with decades of experience.
This item is for the woodburner base unit only. The pen pictured here is not included; if you want a pen, we also have the complete kit for sale on this site.