[Boatanchors] Those Harbor 'Fright' Soldering guns revisted

[Tom Chesek]

My dad gave me a new Weller soldering gun when I was 14.  I still use it frequently and it works well.  I am now 64 so that is 50 years of excellent service.  It is usually best to buy a good quality tool right from the start rather than fiddle-fart with issues.  You get what you pay for.

Tom k3tvc

-------- Original message --------
From: David Knepper <collinsradio at comcast.net> 
Date: 09/04/2015  5:43 PM  (GMT-05:00) 
To: Boatanchors <boatanchors at mailman.qth.net>,Phil <ko6bb1 at gmail.com> 
Subject: Re: [Boatanchors] Those Harbor 'Fright' Soldering guns revisted 
 
I, too, bought one of these soldering guns and, unfortunately, it did not 
take long for the plastic to melt around the holder.

I quit using it!

David Knepper - W3CRA/W3ST
Collins Radio Association
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-----Original Message----- 
From: Phil
Sent: Friday, September 04, 2015 1:52 PM
To: Boatanchors
Subject: [Boatanchors] Those Harbor 'Fright' Soldering guns revisted

Quite a long time ago I mentioned here that I bought a HF Soldering Gun,
it seemed like a good buy on sale at about $14, and I guess it is.

It's ostensibly a 180W iron, the factory tips are pretty poor quality
and don't last long at all in regular service (and yes, I DO know how to
ride the trigger on the soldering gun to keep from overheating them).

HF does NOT sell replacement tips for their solder-guns, leaving you the
choice of making your own out of heavy gauge copper wire, or
substituting  Weller tips, available at my local hardware store.  You
need to get the tips for their 100/140W gun, not the ones for the heavy
duty guns though.  You need the 7135W tips.

HOWEVER, the square shank Weller tips will NOT fit into the smaller
round holes of the HF Soldering Gun, you have to file off the square
corners of the tip a bit.  Once you do that they'll fit and work just
fine.  They heat fast, and keep in mind that the 180W of the HF guns
will probably eat up tips faster than the Weller does, unless your
careful of the duty cycle time you hold the trigger in.

I've always liked the Weller tips, so all is Hunky Dory now. . .

-- 
73 de Phil,  KO6BB
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