On Sun, 02 Nov 2008 09:20:33 +0000, Andrew Gabriel wrote:

If you really want a good one, they cost. I have a Weller TCP
which I bought when I was at University, and over 25 years
later, it's still brilliant. You can still buy it -- over £50
when I last looked (was nothing like that much when I was a
student!).

No, but beer was nothing like £2 a pint when you or I were students either ;-)

I had (still have) a TCP with a 12V element (very handy for use away from
mains) and for years had a spare element tucked away just in case.
Eventually had to fit it and found that the new one was a different
diameter so the sleeve which holds the bit on wouldn't fit :-(


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