Don,
I have a butane 'powered' Weller iron that is just the berries for doing
outside antenna work. You can take the tip off and it becomes a small blow
torch which has helped when working with copperweld lines. Usually those
gadgets on TV that you end up being saturated with commercials are generally
nothing more than snake oil.
Mike(y)
W3SLK
----- Original Message -----
From: "Donald Chester" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: <[email protected]>
Sent: Sunday, January 15, 2006 2:07 PM
Subject: RE: [AMRadio] Coleman Powermate "Cold Heat" Soldering iron review
>From: "Jim candela" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>Don't waste your money on this soldering iron...
I recall seeing a soldering iron demo at Datyon one year, that used liquid
fuel, something like lighter fluid, that contained a miniature blowtorch
that heated a real honest-to-God copper soldering tip. It took it only a
few seconds warm up, and worked just like an electric soldering iron. It was
about the same size as 150-watt electric job. That's what I thought of
first upon hearing about a "Coleman soldering iron."
I have actually tried to solder using the same technique as the one
described earlier, when the tip on my Weller soldering gun would break it
two. I had almost identical results. Ended up making an emergency
replacement tip out of a piece of #10 or #12 bare copper wire.
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