Eric wrote:
Now come on John would you buy a soldering iron that had a aluminum tip
????

No. That was kind of my point, if you'd re-read.

Give us a break !!!!!
Anybody like to go bankrupt here manufacturing soldering irons with
aluminum tip, even it does soldering great !!!

The point is, they *don't* "do soldering great," hence they are not being
made.

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John Miller
Email address: domain, n4vu.com; username, jsm

mathematician, n.:
Some one who believes imaginary things appear right before your _i's.