[AMRadio] Coleman Powermate "Cold Heat" Soldering iron review

[Donald Chester]

>From: "Jim candela" <jcandela at prodigy.net>

>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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