"Michael Black" wrote in message
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| If an old style Christmas tree bulb fits in that socket, then it sounds
| a lot like the modular soldering iron put out by Ungar. At least I think
| it was Ungar; the one I bought decades ago came from Radio Shack and had
| their brand on it.
|
| One could buy a plug-in that had both the heating element and the tip.
| But you could also buy heating elements that had a thread for the actual
| tip. Indeed there were two kinds of those, one where the thread of the
tip
| was inside, the other with the thread on the outside. I killed a number
| of heating elements when mine fell to the floor and the tips with the
thread
| on the outside broke off right at the element.
|
| So maybe that Heath soldering iron was made by Ungar (or whoever actually
| made it). At least a few years ago Radio Shack here in Canada still
carried
| those elements and tips, and I'm almost prepared to say they still do,
though
| I won't say it outright since I've not looked recently.

One could try National Parts in Barrie, ON. Or 1-800-THE SHACK

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