My trusty Portasol has, apparently, given up the ghost. I don't use it very often, but when I need it (as I did yesterday), I expect it to work. Yesterday it did not. I filled it with butane, turned it on, and no gas flowed. The on/off switch feels kind of funky, and I suppose that after the 20 or so years that I've had it, I can't complain.

So, today I went looking at Amazon, ebay, home depot, etc, and it seems like there's a pretty huge array, some good reviews and some horrible reviews for each of them.

I don't want to spend a LOT of money, but I don't want to but crap, either. Any suggestions would be welcome.

"rangerssuck" wrote in message
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My trusty Portasol has, apparently, given up the ghost. I don't use it
very often, but when I need it (as I did yesterday), I expect it to work.
Yesterday it did not. I filled it with butane, turned it on, and no gas
flowed. The on/off switch feels kind of funky, and I suppose that after
the 20 or so years that I've had it, I can't complain.

So, today I went looking at Amazon, ebay, home depot, etc, and it seems
like there's a pretty huge array, some good reviews and some horrible
reviews for each of them.

I don't want to spend a LOT of money, but I don't want to but crap,
either. Any suggestions would be welcome.


I've got a couple butane soldering irons. They work ok, but recently I had
to do a repair on an alarm panel (fusible link was blown) and didn't have
one in the truck. Rather than a 45 minute trip (one way) back to the shop I
stopped by a local Radio Shack and found one that operates on a couple AA
batteries. Along with it I picked up a small roll of light (thin) rosin
core solder. I also bought a pack of batteries to go in it, as I didn't
expect them to last long. That soldering iron has seen half a dozen uses in
the field now, and at the moment it sitting on my work bench because I just
used to to make up some battery packs. It still has the first set of
batteries in it. The pack I bought has come in handy, but so far not for
that iron.

I would not use it to try and solder a T-tap in 12 ga electrical wire, but
it does a great job for fine soldering of 22ga stuff, circuit boards, etc
and its great in close quarters were I am not 100% certain of the
flammability of the surrounding dust and the glow of a butane iron makes me
nervous.

I don't know what its life actually is because I don't normally use it on
the bench, but I've had it for over a year. Normally it rides around in my
tool pouch in the truck.




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"Bob La Londe" wrote in message
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"rangerssuck" wrote in message
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My trusty Portasol has, apparently, given up the ghost. I don't use it
very often, but when I need it (as I did yesterday), I expect it to work.
Yesterday it did not. I filled it with butane, turned it on, and no gas
flowed. The on/off switch feels kind of funky, and I suppose that after
the 20 or so years that I've had it, I can't complain.

So, today I went looking at Amazon, ebay, home depot, etc, and it seems
like there's a pretty huge array, some good reviews and some horrible
reviews for each of them.

I don't want to spend a LOT of money, but I don't want to but crap,
either. Any suggestions would be welcome.


I've got a couple butane soldering irons. They work ok, but recently I
had to do a repair on an alarm panel (fusible link was blown) and didn't
have one in the truck. Rather than a 45 minute trip (one way) back to the
shop I stopped by a local Radio Shack and found one that operates on a
couple AA batteries. Along with it I picked up a small roll of light
(thin) rosin core solder. I also bought a pack of batteries to go in it,
as I didn't expect them to last long. That soldering iron has seen half a
dozen uses in the field now, and at the moment it sitting on my work bench
because I just used to to make up some battery packs. It still has the
first set of batteries in it. The pack I bought has come in handy, but so
far not for that iron.

I would not use it to try and solder a T-tap in 12 ga electrical wire, but
it does a great job for fine soldering of 22ga stuff, circuit boards, etc
and its great in close quarters were I am not 100% certain of the
flammability of the surrounding dust and the glow of a butane iron makes
me nervous.

I don't know what its life actually is because I don't normally use it on
the bench, but I've had it for over a year. Normally it rides around in
my tool pouch in the truck.


P.S. I think if I needed more heat and used it for longer at a time I would
look for one of the old oversized Weller butane irons.


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"Bob La Londe" wrote in message
...
"Bob La Londe" wrote in message
...
"rangerssuck" wrote in message
...
My trusty Portasol has, apparently, given up the ghost. I don't use it
very often, but when I need it (as I did yesterday), I expect it to
work. Yesterday it did not. I filled it with butane, turned it on, and
no gas flowed. The on/off switch feels kind of funky, and I suppose that
after the 20 or so years that I've had it, I can't complain.

So, today I went looking at Amazon, ebay, home depot, etc, and it seems
like there's a pretty huge array, some good reviews and some horrible
reviews for each of them.

I don't want to spend a LOT of money, but I don't want to but crap,
either. Any suggestions would be welcome.


I've got a couple butane soldering irons. They work ok, but recently I
had to do a repair on an alarm panel (fusible link was blown) and didn't
have one in the truck. Rather than a 45 minute trip (one way) back to
the shop I stopped by a local Radio Shack and found one that operates on
a couple AA batteries. Along with it I picked up a small roll of light
(thin) rosin core solder. I also bought a pack of batteries to go in it,
as I didn't expect them to last long. That soldering iron has seen half
a dozen uses in the field now, and at the moment it sitting on my work
bench because I just used to to make up some battery packs. It still has
the first set of batteries in it. The pack I bought has come in handy,
but so far not for that iron.

I would not use it to try and solder a T-tap in 12 ga electrical wire,
but it does a great job for fine soldering of 22ga stuff, circuit boards,
etc and its great in close quarters were I am not 100% certain of the
flammability of the surrounding dust and the glow of a butane iron makes
me nervous.

I don't know what its life actually is because I don't normally use it on
the bench, but I've had it for over a year. Normally it rides around in
my tool pouch in the truck.


P.S. I think if I needed more heat and used it for longer at a time I
would look for one of the old oversized Weller butane irons.


P.P.S. I guess over a year isn't recently...LOL


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On Sat, 14 Dec 2013 11:30:11 -0700, "Bob La Londe"
wrote:

"Bob La Londe" wrote in message
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"Bob La Londe" wrote in message
...
"rangerssuck" wrote in message
...
My trusty Portasol has, apparently, given up the ghost. I don't use it
very often, but when I need it (as I did yesterday), I expect it to
work. Yesterday it did not. I filled it with butane, turned it on, and
no gas flowed. The on/off switch feels kind of funky, and I suppose that
after the 20 or so years that I've had it, I can't complain.

So, today I went looking at Amazon, ebay, home depot, etc, and it seems
like there's a pretty huge array, some good reviews and some horrible
reviews for each of them.

I don't want to spend a LOT of money, but I don't want to but crap,
either. Any suggestions would be welcome.


I've got a couple butane soldering irons. They work ok, but recently I
had to do a repair on an alarm panel (fusible link was blown) and didn't
have one in the truck. Rather than a 45 minute trip (one way) back to
the shop I stopped by a local Radio Shack and found one that operates on
a couple AA batteries. Along with it I picked up a small roll of light
(thin) rosin core solder. I also bought a pack of batteries to go in it,
as I didn't expect them to last long. That soldering iron has seen half
a dozen uses in the field now, and at the moment it sitting on my work
bench because I just used to to make up some battery packs. It still has
the first set of batteries in it. The pack I bought has come in handy,
but so far not for that iron.

I would not use it to try and solder a T-tap in 12 ga electrical wire,
but it does a great job for fine soldering of 22ga stuff, circuit boards,
etc and its great in close quarters were I am not 100% certain of the
flammability of the surrounding dust and the glow of a butane iron makes
me nervous.

I don't know what its life actually is because I don't normally use it on
the bench, but I've had it for over a year. Normally it rides around in
my tool pouch in the truck.


P.S. I think if I needed more heat and used it for longer at a time I
would look for one of the old oversized Weller butane irons.


P.P.S. I guess over a year isn't recently...LOL


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I have one of those so-called "cold" soldering irons too - 2 AA
batteries -and it is cold all right - have never been able to solder
anything with the useless piece of junk.

wrote in message
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On Sat, 14 Dec 2013 11:30:11 -0700, "Bob La Londe"
wrote:

"Bob La Londe" wrote in message
...
"Bob La Londe" wrote in message
...
"rangerssuck" wrote in message
...
My trusty Portasol has, apparently, given up the ghost. I don't use it
very often, but when I need it (as I did yesterday), I expect it to
work. Yesterday it did not. I filled it with butane, turned it on, and
no gas flowed. The on/off switch feels kind of funky, and I suppose
that
after the 20 or so years that I've had it, I can't complain.

So, today I went looking at Amazon, ebay, home depot, etc, and it
seems
like there's a pretty huge array, some good reviews and some horrible
reviews for each of them.

I don't want to spend a LOT of money, but I don't want to but crap,
either. Any suggestions would be welcome.


I've got a couple butane soldering irons. They work ok, but recently I
had to do a repair on an alarm panel (fusible link was blown) and
didn't
have one in the truck. Rather than a 45 minute trip (one way) back to
the shop I stopped by a local Radio Shack and found one that operates
on
a couple AA batteries. Along with it I picked up a small roll of light
(thin) rosin core solder. I also bought a pack of batteries to go in
it,
as I didn't expect them to last long. That soldering iron has seen
half
a dozen uses in the field now, and at the moment it sitting on my work
bench because I just used to to make up some battery packs. It still
has
the first set of batteries in it. The pack I bought has come in handy,
but so far not for that iron.

I would not use it to try and solder a T-tap in 12 ga electrical wire,
but it does a great job for fine soldering of 22ga stuff, circuit
boards,
etc and its great in close quarters were I am not 100% certain of the
flammability of the surrounding dust and the glow of a butane iron
makes
me nervous.

I don't know what its life actually is because I don't normally use it
on
the bench, but I've had it for over a year. Normally it rides around
in
my tool pouch in the truck.


P.S. I think if I needed more heat and used it for longer at a time I
would look for one of the old oversized Weller butane irons.


P.P.S. I guess over a year isn't recently...LOL


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I have one of those so-called "cold" soldering irons too - 2 AA
batteries -and it is cold all right - have never been able to solder
anything with the useless piece of junk.


I don't know what a "cold" soldering iron is, and if the one I got said
"cold" anywhere on it I would not have bought it.


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On Sat, 14 Dec 2013 11:14:24 -0700, "Bob La Londe"
wrote:

"rangerssuck" wrote in message
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My trusty Portasol has, apparently, given up the ghost. I don't use it
very often, but when I need it (as I did yesterday), I expect it to work.
Yesterday it did not. I filled it with butane, turned it on, and no gas
flowed. The on/off switch feels kind of funky, and I suppose that after
the 20 or so years that I've had it, I can't complain.

So, today I went looking at Amazon, ebay, home depot, etc, and it seems
like there's a pretty huge array, some good reviews and some horrible
reviews for each of them.

I don't want to spend a LOT of money, but I don't want to but crap,
either. Any suggestions would be welcome.


I've got a couple butane soldering irons. They work ok, but recently I had
to do a repair on an alarm panel (fusible link was blown) and didn't have
one in the truck. Rather than a 45 minute trip (one way) back to the shop I
stopped by a local Radio Shack and found one that operates on a couple AA
batteries. Along with it I picked up a small roll of light (thin) rosin
core solder. I also bought a pack of batteries to go in it, as I didn't
expect them to last long. That soldering iron has seen half a dozen uses in
the field now, and at the moment it sitting on my work bench because I just
used to to make up some battery packs. It still has the first set of
batteries in it. The pack I bought has come in handy, but so far not for
that iron.

I would not use it to try and solder a T-tap in 12 ga electrical wire, but
it does a great job for fine soldering of 22ga stuff, circuit boards, etc
and its great in close quarters were I am not 100% certain of the
flammability of the surrounding dust and the glow of a butane iron makes me
nervous.

I don't know what its life actually is because I don't normally use it on
the bench, but I've had it for over a year. Normally it rides around in my
tool pouch in the truck.

Good report! Thanks!

Ive had several battery powered irons..and with exception of one..a
Weller IRRC..they all sucked big time. But the last one I purchased
was at least 12 or more years ago..the Weller and it had a heating
module on 2 wire leads sticking out the front. Put it down carefully
or it would bend the heater off to one side or another and pushing
against the workpiece tended to bend the leads without much pressure.

http://www.ebay.com/sch/i.html?_nkw=...soldering+iron

Some of the current ones look pretty good.

I currently use the Master Appliance UT-100 iron for the most part out
in the field, but have a couple 110vt irons in the "soldering box" in
the truck.

http://www.grainger.com/product/MAST...ing-Iron-5HD27

I paid about half the Grainger price btw , for a new kit.

Its about the only cordless iron Ive found that will properly do
PL-259 coax fittings. For those..I generally use a Well 150 watt gun
without the heating loop/tip. The Master Applience gave me more
versitility out in the field..vehicle etc.

Thanks!!

Gunner





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On Sat, 14 Dec 2013 11:15:49 -0700, "Bob La Londe"
wrote:

"Bob La Londe" wrote in message
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"rangerssuck" wrote in message
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My trusty Portasol has, apparently, given up the ghost. I don't use it
very often, but when I need it (as I did yesterday), I expect it to work.
Yesterday it did not. I filled it with butane, turned it on, and no gas
flowed. The on/off switch feels kind of funky, and I suppose that after
the 20 or so years that I've had it, I can't complain.

So, today I went looking at Amazon, ebay, home depot, etc, and it seems
like there's a pretty huge array, some good reviews and some horrible
reviews for each of them.

I don't want to spend a LOT of money, but I don't want to but crap,
either. Any suggestions would be welcome.


I've got a couple butane soldering irons. They work ok, but recently I
had to do a repair on an alarm panel (fusible link was blown) and didn't
have one in the truck. Rather than a 45 minute trip (one way) back to the
shop I stopped by a local Radio Shack and found one that operates on a
couple AA batteries. Along with it I picked up a small roll of light
(thin) rosin core solder. I also bought a pack of batteries to go in it,
as I didn't expect them to last long. That soldering iron has seen half a
dozen uses in the field now, and at the moment it sitting on my work bench
because I just used to to make up some battery packs. It still has the
first set of batteries in it. The pack I bought has come in handy, but so
far not for that iron.

I would not use it to try and solder a T-tap in 12 ga electrical wire, but
it does a great job for fine soldering of 22ga stuff, circuit boards, etc
and its great in close quarters were I am not 100% certain of the
flammability of the surrounding dust and the glow of a butane iron makes
me nervous.

I don't know what its life actually is because I don't normally use it on
the bench, but I've had it for over a year. Normally it rides around in
my tool pouch in the truck.


P.S. I think if I needed more heat and used it for longer at a time I would
look for one of the old oversized Weller butane irons.

The one you want for heavy work

http://www.masterappliance.com/heat-...torch-ut-100si

Good **** Maynard!!



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On Sat, 14 Dec 2013 16:02:52 -0700, "Bob La Londe"
wrote:

wrote in message
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On Sat, 14 Dec 2013 11:30:11 -0700, "Bob La Londe"
wrote:

"Bob La Londe" wrote in message
...
"Bob La Londe" wrote in message
...
"rangerssuck" wrote in message
...
My trusty Portasol has, apparently, given up the ghost. I don't use it
very often, but when I need it (as I did yesterday), I expect it to
work. Yesterday it did not. I filled it with butane, turned it on, and
no gas flowed. The on/off switch feels kind of funky, and I suppose
that
after the 20 or so years that I've had it, I can't complain.

So, today I went looking at Amazon, ebay, home depot, etc, and it
seems
like there's a pretty huge array, some good reviews and some horrible
reviews for each of them.

I don't want to spend a LOT of money, but I don't want to but crap,
either. Any suggestions would be welcome.


I've got a couple butane soldering irons. They work ok, but recently I
had to do a repair on an alarm panel (fusible link was blown) and
didn't
have one in the truck. Rather than a 45 minute trip (one way) back to
the shop I stopped by a local Radio Shack and found one that operates
on
a couple AA batteries. Along with it I picked up a small roll of light
(thin) rosin core solder. I also bought a pack of batteries to go in
it,
as I didn't expect them to last long. That soldering iron has seen
half
a dozen uses in the field now, and at the moment it sitting on my work
bench because I just used to to make up some battery packs. It still
has
the first set of batteries in it. The pack I bought has come in handy,
but so far not for that iron.

I would not use it to try and solder a T-tap in 12 ga electrical wire,
but it does a great job for fine soldering of 22ga stuff, circuit
boards,
etc and its great in close quarters were I am not 100% certain of the
flammability of the surrounding dust and the glow of a butane iron
makes
me nervous.

I don't know what its life actually is because I don't normally use it
on
the bench, but I've had it for over a year. Normally it rides around
in
my tool pouch in the truck.


P.S. I think if I needed more heat and used it for longer at a time I
would look for one of the old oversized Weller butane irons.


P.P.S. I guess over a year isn't recently...LOL


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I have one of those so-called "cold" soldering irons too - 2 AA
batteries -and it is cold all right - have never been able to solder
anything with the useless piece of junk.


I don't know what a "cold" soldering iron is, and if the one I got said
"cold" anywhere on it I would not have bought it.


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Mine is made (or imported) by "coldheat" in Van Nuys California. It
uses 4 AA batteries and it has 2 "carbon" electrodes, separated by a
thin insulator. It only heats when the 2 carbons are shorted by the
workpiece.

On Sat, 14 Dec 2013 16:02:52 -0700, "Bob La Londe"
wrote:

wrote in message
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On Sat, 14 Dec 2013 11:30:11 -0700, "Bob La Londe"
wrote:

"Bob La Londe" wrote in message
...
"Bob La Londe" wrote in message
...
"rangerssuck" wrote in message
...
My trusty Portasol has, apparently, given up the ghost. I don't use it
very often, but when I need it (as I did yesterday), I expect it to
work. Yesterday it did not. I filled it with butane, turned it on, and
no gas flowed. The on/off switch feels kind of funky, and I suppose
that
after the 20 or so years that I've had it, I can't complain.

So, today I went looking at Amazon, ebay, home depot, etc, and it
seems
like there's a pretty huge array, some good reviews and some horrible
reviews for each of them.

I don't want to spend a LOT of money, but I don't want to but crap,
either. Any suggestions would be welcome.


I've got a couple butane soldering irons. They work ok, but recently I
had to do a repair on an alarm panel (fusible link was blown) and
didn't
have one in the truck. Rather than a 45 minute trip (one way) back to
the shop I stopped by a local Radio Shack and found one that operates
on
a couple AA batteries. Along with it I picked up a small roll of light
(thin) rosin core solder. I also bought a pack of batteries to go in
it,
as I didn't expect them to last long. That soldering iron has seen
half
a dozen uses in the field now, and at the moment it sitting on my work
bench because I just used to to make up some battery packs. It still
has
the first set of batteries in it. The pack I bought has come in handy,
but so far not for that iron.

I would not use it to try and solder a T-tap in 12 ga electrical wire,
but it does a great job for fine soldering of 22ga stuff, circuit
boards,
etc and its great in close quarters were I am not 100% certain of the
flammability of the surrounding dust and the glow of a butane iron
makes
me nervous.

I don't know what its life actually is because I don't normally use it
on
the bench, but I've had it for over a year. Normally it rides around
in
my tool pouch in the truck.


P.S. I think if I needed more heat and used it for longer at a time I
would look for one of the old oversized Weller butane irons.


P.P.S. I guess over a year isn't recently...LOL


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I have one of those so-called "cold" soldering irons too - 2 AA
batteries -and it is cold all right - have never been able to solder
anything with the useless piece of junk.


I don't know what a "cold" soldering iron is, and if the one I got said
"cold" anywhere on it I would not have bought it.


Oh..you havent seen/used one of those pieces of ****?

http://www.howstuffworks.com/cold-heat.htm (6 pages.."keep reading")

Its basically a resistance soldering iron. Usually battery operated.

And under "Ideal" conditions..they work. However..in the real
world....not so good.

Gunner




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On Sat, 14 Dec 2013 14:31:24 -0500, wrote:

I have one of those so-called "cold" soldering irons too - 2 AA
batteries -and it is cold all right - have never been able to solder
anything with the useless piece of junk.

I bought one to solder the 12ga wires in my attic when I put up the
emergency lighting. It didn't even tin one wire by itself. Grrr.

They're good for anything up to 89 gauge wire and a 1-surface pad.
Forget thru pads or anything real. sigh

Luckily, I got a buck more for mine when I sold it than I had paid on
eBaaaah. sheepish grinne

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On Sat, 14 Dec 2013 18:43:18 -0800, Larry Jaques
wrote:

On Sat, 14 Dec 2013 14:31:24 -0500, wrote:

I have one of those so-called "cold" soldering irons too - 2 AA
batteries -and it is cold all right - have never been able to solder
anything with the useless piece of junk.

I bought one to solder the 12ga wires in my attic when I put up the
emergency lighting. It didn't even tin one wire by itself. Grrr.

They're good for anything up to 89 gauge wire and a 1-surface pad.
Forget thru pads or anything real. sigh

Luckily, I got a buck more for mine when I sold it than I had paid on
eBaaaah. sheepish grinne
Mine was a christmans gift from my daughter -

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On Sat, 14 Dec 2013 14:31:24 -0500, wrote:

I have one of those so-called "cold" soldering irons too - 2 AA
batteries -and it is cold all right - have never been able to solder
anything with the useless piece of junk.

I bought one to solder the 12ga wires in my attic when I put up the
emergency lighting. It didn't even tin one wire by itself. Grrr.

They're good for anything up to 89 gauge wire and a 1-surface pad.
Forget thru pads or anything real. sigh

Luckily, I got a buck more for mine when I sold it than I had paid on
eBaaaah. sheepish grinne

I was NOT talking about a "cold" soldering iron. The battery one I got is a
regular iron, and it heats the tip when you hold the button slide forward.
I still wouldn't use it for a 12 ga solder joint, but it works fine for
small stuff. I suspect its around 15-20 watts based on how it performs. I
used to have a low power 25 watt corded one back in the days before thin-net
was affordable and ethernet was even known about to most people for making
up 25 pin LapLink cables. We transferred a lot of data over a parallel port
at about 400K with them. Heck, I sold a lot of parallel transfer cables
for that matter. It wasn't elegant, but it worked.











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On Sat, 14 Dec 2013 21:52:11 -0500, wrote:

On Sat, 14 Dec 2013 18:43:18 -0800, Larry Jaques
wrote:

On Sat, 14 Dec 2013 14:31:24 -0500, wrote:

I have one of those so-called "cold" soldering irons too - 2 AA
batteries -and it is cold all right - have never been able to solder
anything with the useless piece of junk.

I bought one to solder the 12ga wires in my attic when I put up the
emergency lighting. It didn't even tin one wire by itself. Grrr.

They're good for anything up to 89 gauge wire and a 1-surface pad.
Forget thru pads or anything real. sigh

Luckily, I got a buck more for mine when I sold it than I had paid on
eBaaaah. sheepish grinne
Mine was a christmans gift from my daughter -

So sell it on eBay and buy one which works. She'll never know the
difference. If she does, just tell her you buffed it out. Yeah,
that's the ticket.

--
And the day came when the risk to remain tight in a bud
was more painful than the risk it took to blossom.
-- Anaïs Nin

On 12/14/2013 6:19 PM, Gunner Asch wrote:

The one you want for heavy work

http://www.masterappliance.com/heat-...torch-ut-100si

Good **** Maynard!!

For as little as $85 (eBay)!