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nuckolls.bob(at)cox.net
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Posted: Mon Jun 09, 2008 1:43 pm Post subject: New toy from Radio Shack

Needed to visit the local Radio Shack for some aircraft quality

parts a few days ago . . . I browsed the tools rack and spotted

this thing.



http://aeroelectric.com/Pictures/Tools/Soldering/Battery_Portable/RadioShack_64-039.jpg



I've been using it on the workbench for several days and found

it to be a good value. It's not going to replace my Metcal solder

stations by any means but it's performance is entirely

adequate for most of what I need to do away from the workbench.

I've used a variety of gas powered tools:



http://aeroelectric.com/Pictures/Tools/Soldering/Gas_Tools/



and a few battery powered devices that I pitched before they

found their way into my toolbox. This $20 widget has some

impressive performance. Jury still out on cost of ownership

and general robustness.



If any of you try it out, let us know what you discover and

if you decide to pitch it, let us know why.



        Bob . . .



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frank.hinde(at)hp.com
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Posted: Mon Jun 09, 2008 2:05 pm Post subject: New toy from Radio Shack

Ahh yes the HF stand up micro torch.



I loved that thing..Unfortunately I was also doing some Oxy-actelyne weldng on the same bench and just the tip of the welding flame was impinging on the plastic and well, the good thing is it only melted the plastic so it din't work any more.



It was the best $5 I'd ever spent and I reall want another one..Trouble is I can't get it for $5..



Frank



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Posted: Tue Jun 10, 2008 5:06 am Post subject: New toy from Radio Shack

Bob, I can't recall if you've ever expressed your views on soldering guns. Any reason not to use one?

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Posted: Tue Jun 10, 2008 6:58 am Post subject: New toy from Radio Shack

At 09:02 AM 6/10/2008 -0400, you wrote:

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Bob, I can't recall if you've ever expressed your views on soldering 

guns.  Any reason not to use one?


	


   They get hot, melt solder and for a time (about 1962)

   was my #1 choice of soldering tools when I was working

   with hard wired vacuum tubes.



   I have a couple but very seldom use them . . . my benches

   have Metcal stations and the grab-it-and-run tool boxes

   have gas powered and/or battery powered portables.



   It's not that the soldering gun doesn't work as advertised,

   it's just bulky and horribly inefficient. When you consider

   the part that gets hot . . .



http://aeroelectric.com/Pictures/Tools/Soldering/Irons/gun2.jpg



   the 125 watts of rated power dissipated over the whole

   length of the copper "tip".



   I wouldn't bad-mouth the things. They're entirely suitable

   to the soldering tasks for some folks, they just don't

   fit my personal beat-n-bash model any more. I have a

   grandson who may end up owning one of my soldering guns.

   It's a good start-up teaching tool.



   Bob . . .

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