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brightspark
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smaller irons I have a few 1 small thin electric one for fine work. an American instant heat one hi wattage. better than the weller ones and the large copper one heated on gas stove or propane . tins petrol tanks or anything else that needs a lot of heat and can retain it
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I've got one too, used to use it on brass radiators if one sprang a leak, great on thick cable aswell
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there good but not instant heat. it all depends on application to what type you useMy Henley Solon would give it a run for it's money
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When I was serving my time, the steelworks had a proper tinsmiths shop, A treat to watch them working, they made anything and everything. Beautiful folded seams and a perfect run of solder using various irons including a nice big hatchet one.
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last time i used those soldering irons was tinning tin sheet for making a model boat had it nearly complete at that
as i had the old model mags which also had the wiring instructions in to make a remote control up as well
in end the teacher was so interested within the books and what you could build with them I decided to give them the metal work teacher the books and also the soldering irons at the time
I knew the metal work teacher would look after them I was in 6th form and leaving the school at the time
as i had the old model mags which also had the wiring instructions in to make a remote control up as well
in end the teacher was so interested within the books and what you could build with them I decided to give them the metal work teacher the books and also the soldering irons at the time
I knew the metal work teacher would look after them I was in 6th form and leaving the school at the time
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Not with all those photo's of cleaned up tools you keep posting, you're not.
Would never have crossed my mind at one point to tickle them. 
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I doubt many do it at all today. Shame ! Not something I ever really remember doing out of my first two years at college. Only two guys in our shop actually got involved for real with it, by then (mid eighties) just an odd specialist place. There was a specialist shop in the town that did all that stuff being duct work specialists .
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About to shove this and another one in the drawer, and then suddenly had an urge to clean them up a gnat's.
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great tools i have a propane hatchet bolt for big jobs .we had massive ones for tinplate rollers we used to make for jute mills
the secret is in tinning them properly you get to know when the heating flame takes a greenish hue your at the correct temp we kept a metal tray with all the solder dribbles and a bit of bakers in for tinning the bolts
proper Frys tinmans solder was used it came in long bars
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Only of some things......
OFF MANY THINGS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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Sounds painful! Wouldn't a stick be better? ;-)
