On 16/11/2016 10:55, Dave Plowman (News) wrote:
In article ,
Brian Gaff wrote:
I thought gas powered irons for electronic use used catalysts, not
flames.

If they are good for heatshrink means they must have a blast of hot air
coming out the sides, etc.


Yes, they so, or at least radiated heat.

Not something I want when soldering a PCB.

No. I never tried that, only used it for connectors and the odd splice.
I'd not want to use one for a PCB.