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Large soldering iron.
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Previously:
https://www.homemadetools.net/forum/...000#post198934
https://www.homemadetools.net/forum/...186#post199629
https://www.homemadetools.net/forum/...538#post185751
https://www.homemadetools.net/forum/...372#post185277
https://www.homemadetools.net/forum/...4315#post79736
I am reminded of this classic stock photo:
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Not to mention holding the barrel, but unless some kind of reflow work, one handed soldering is kind of "how in the hell?".
But she's wearing outdoor tint safety glasses!
I have one of those. 550 watts. It will melt solder at ten paces.
A tool to plug politicians?
Somebody plug that soldering iron in the woman is holding let's see if her calluses are thicker than mine. I can hold some pretty hot things but nowhere near as hot as those things get
I wound up with 3 of them, 2 500's & a 350. Got a job doing some copper gutter work & found out the "big" soldering iron I had wasn't big at all & found them on ebay for really good prices. When I got the first one it came with the box & cradle & I plugged it in to see if it would work & 5-10 minutes later it was glowing dull red in the dim light in that corner of the room. They do make solder flow real fast.
and that's from the last time it was plugged in. 20 paces plugged in live.Quote:
Originally Posted by wb8nbs
The best known brand of those "American Beauty". I can't find the picture, but in the 50's there were Rosie Riveters assembling Amphenol style plugs with them, probably in the 150w 200w range.
I inherited a junior version. It's about half the diameter. I let it heat up once and it kinda scared me.Quote:
Originally Posted by wb8nbs
Neil
We've got a club going here, I have 3 of these large guys too. American Beauty brand is definitely a great choice and they're usually available on eBay at a good price. The right tool for soldering sheet metal. If you're fabricating brewing equipment, copper gutters, metal boxes, etc. you'll love 'em.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ytgoT87nK_g
BITD I can remember gutters being soldered with a version of this that was charcoal or propane heated and then thrown up to the guy on the roof. This was probably a shop version used in automotive body work to join or repair body panels where electricity was more readily available and when Bondo wasn't so common.
BITD,....
BITD? What does this have to do with the "Best In The Desert" Nevada offroad race association?
BITD; I had to google it.
Oh, Back In The Day. What the hell was I thinking?
I am trying to up load some pictures of a large Acetylene soldering iron, I have but I get "Fail to upload file" message. All are jpeg format and about 2.5 meg.
Is that too large?
I have posted jpeg files larger than that but I now have the same upload problem as you have.
It must be a system glitch. I had no problem attaching and emailing to myself
Reminds me of this gem...Quote:
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