[ARC5] [Boatanchors] Walter Ashe Novice Staton

[Richard Knoppow]

    I actually have one of these. They were often used by 
plumbers. Many old type gasoline blowtorches have fittings for 
holding a soldering iron. They are usually arranged like 
gunsights with a hook toward the back and a split front sight to 
hold the iron in the flame. I have also seen photos of similar 
irons using gas heaters.

On 1/27/2020 8:18 AM, Bob Groh wrote:
> on the soldering method mentioned - back in the day (and even 
> up to the 1950s) some soldering irons were just big old copper 
> things and they were heated by an open flame or torch.  When 
> you needed the 'soldering' iron, you removed it from the flame 
> and used the hot iron to solder whatever you were working on. 
> It avoided, obviously, having an exposed flame in proximity to 
> the parts you were soldering. Plus a bit more controlled.  I do 
> remember seeing such an iron at one time.
>
> Bob Groh, WA2CKY
>
> On Tue, Jan 21, 2020 at 5:13 AM Bry Carling <af4k at hotmail.com 
> <mailto:af4k at hotmail.com>> wrote:
>
>     GM - please explain that soldering method, Mac ?!
>
>     Sincerely,
>
>     73 - Brian "Bry" Carling, AF4K
>
>
>
>
>
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>     Subject: [ARC5] Walter Ashe Novice Staton
>
>     Reviewed in September and October 1953 Radio and Television
>     News with complete descriptions plus schematics and parts
>     lists for all three units.
>
>     The statement of 5 x 7 x3 for receiver and transmitter
>     chassis and 5 x 7 x 2 for power supply chassis was correct.
>
>     I built all three with a non-electric soldering copper
>     heated up in kitchen gas stove one connection at a time.
>
>     If there is someone who can post the two articles on an
>     accessible URL, I will send both articles to him/her.
>
>     73 de Mac, K2GKK/5​
>     Since 30 Nov 1953​
>     Oklahoma City, OK​
>     USAF, Retired ('61-'81)​
>     FAA, Retired ('94-'10)
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Richard Knoppow
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