ian field wrote:

Years ago I bought a cheap soldering gun (god only knows why!), a few weeks
later someone donated a nearly new genuine Weller - I can't recall ever
having used either!


I used Weller guns for decades, back in the tube days. I bought the
first in '66 and still have a couple. I put a 12 foot coiled AC cord on
one of them that was kept at the bench. They were used on service calls
where you didn't have time to wait for a soldering iron to heat up, then
cool down.

I also have a Wen soldering gun like this:
http://bmwdean.home.att.net/soldergun.htm


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