Picked up a Solder set

[Ed.]

Went to the local market with the missus yesterday and at one of the stalls that was selling old tools, saw a solder set. Not that I needed one as I don't solder anything except for electrical wires nowadays and I have 3 soldering torches to choose from. But this set appealed to me, probably only good for my man cave. The pump on the burner needs a set of washers and rubber rings to work but not planning to use it as such, but may just end up fixing it just in case! Anyway paid AU$45 for the lot. What do you guys think, did I overpay?

 

[frank horton]

wont buy the cpper here...
i have monster copper iron that gets used for old fashioned rad repairs (necks n hose connectors)

 

[Migmac]

Went to the local market with the missus yesterday and at one of the stalls that was selling old tools, saw a solder set. Not that I needed one as I don't solder anything except for electrical wires nowadays and I have 3 soldering torches to choose from. But this set appealed to me, probably only good for my man cave. The pump on the burner needs a set of washers and rubber rings to work but not planning to use it as such, but may just end up fixing it just in case! Anyway paid AU$45 for the lot. What do you guys think, did I overpay?

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We used similar at school, cheap enough I think

 

[Ed.]

I think that there is about 2.2kg of copper all up in those heads, looked up prices on the web and they are all over the place for a set of irons and a blowtorch, but it looks like I still did OK for what I paid for the lot, one thing I didn't find, is the largest one has a 48 stamped on it, so I assume that the weight is in Ounces, was that a common size in irons as I haven't found any that large?