[Boatanchors] Weller Iron Frustrations

[Dave Harmon]

Last week I bought a new Weller 120w stick iron similar the old American
Beauty.
It says made in Mexico....


Dave Harmon
K6XYZ[at]sbcglobal[dot]net
Sperry, Ok.


-----Original Message-----
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[mailto:boatanchors-bounces at mailman.qth.net] On Behalf Of J. Forster
Sent: Tuesday, May 14, 2013 10:33 AM
To: W9RAN at oneradio.net
Cc: boatanchors at mailman.qth.net
Subject: Re: [Boatanchors] Weller Iron Frustrations

Danaher, IMO, has done little to nothing to improve anything technical they
do. They leave customers out on a limb and loot companies for IP to ship to
Chinese plants.

If you ask the simplest question, they spam you incessantly and it is nearly
impossible to stop the flood of crap from their marketing department. Oh,
and they never answer your original question either. Been there.

YMMV,

-John

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> On 5/14/2013 7:17 AM, Dave Harmon wrote:
>> Mine never get loose and never go hi-z.
> I have to say that mine do loosen up, but it's part of normal use to 
> tighten the nuts down once in a while.  Geez, this design has stood 
> the test of time, guys!  Carl Weller invented and filed for a patent 
> on his "Electrical Heating Apparatus"  (U.S. Patent 2,405,866) in 1941,
and he
> started a company to make them after WWII.   Look at the patent drawings
> and you will see that the curve-ended tip held in place with two nuts 
> has been there since the very beginning, and if it was such a problem it
> would have been redesigned.     Cooper Industries and Danaher combined
> their hand tool holdings to create Apex Tool Group two years ago, so 
> Weller and many other tool brands are once again owned by a company 
> focused on nothing but tools (acquired last year by Bain Capital).
>
> A little PM is a small price to pay for such a useful tool - I've got 
> one Weller gun that has been dropped and broken so many times (not 
> even by me!) that the housing is more black electrical tape than 
> plastic, yet it keeps on working as well as a brand-new one.
>
> 73, Bob W9RAN
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